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Political vs everyday forms of governance in Uzbekistan: the illegal, immoral and illegitimate
Abstract Based on extensive ethnographic fieldwork in Uzbekistan, this article looks at the way official state narratives are challenged by silent, unorganised, often unaware gestures of resistance at the bottom of a society. Footing on a framework suggested by Scott's definition of infrapolitics (2012), we ... view more
Based on extensive ethnographic fieldwork in Uzbekistan, this article looks at the way official state narratives are challenged by silent, unorganised, often unaware gestures of resistance at the bottom of a society. Footing on a framework suggested by Scott's definition of infrapolitics (2012), we propose to incorporate informal practices in a definition of informality that is more inclusive and better explains the anatomy of a modern state, whose functioning rests on a combination of formal and informal practices. We suggest that this everyday dimension is of particular importance here when trying to understand the governance trajectories, as it allows to look critically, and from a broader perspective, at situations where individual and state perception of events, but also individual and state morality, diverge. By doing this, we propose that governance in transition states and societies may be regarded as a space where formal institutions and citizens (or informal institutions) compete for power and resources and thereby produce informal, alternative "legal orders" and mechanisms that regulate public life in a given area. We will suggest that such a space of informal negotiation is vital in contexts where collective mobilisation and public articulation of social claims is not a preferred, or even available, strategy for citizens.... view less
Keywords
Central Asia; illegitimacy; power; the public; transitional society; regulation; information; legitimacy; legal order; governance; Uzbekistan; morality; politics
Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Free Keywords
informality
Document language
English
Publication Year
2018
Page/Pages
p. 50-64
Journal
Studies of Transition States and Societies, 10 (2018) 1
ISSN
1736-8758
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed