IMPACT OF ECONOMİC DEVELOPMENT ON DEMOCRACY: A CASE STUDY OF KAZAKHSTAN AND UZBEKİSTAN FROM 1991-2016

Year 2016, Afro-Avrasya Özel Sayısı, 179 - 191, 26.12.2016

Erdi Topçuoğlu , Sezai Çağlayan

Abstract

The relationship between economic development and democracy has
dominated academic discourses for decades. The theoretical and empirical
evidence remain ambiguous about the direction of causality or the magnitude of
the impact on each other. Exploiting a qualitative (case study) approach, this
study examines the impact of economic development on democracy in Kazakhstan
and Uzbekistan for the period 1991-2016. The study suggests that economic
development in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan may not have had an impact on the
country’s democratisation process. Although the study is limited by its case
study design, it provides valuable insights into the democracy-economic
development nexus.     

Keywords

Economic Development, Democracy, Case Analysis, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan

EKONOMİ KALKINMANIN DEMOKRASİ ÜZERİNE ETKİSİ: 1991-2016 ARASI KAZAKİSTAN VE ÖZBEKİSTAN ÜZERİNE BİR İNCELEME

Abstract

Ekonomik kalkınma ve demokrasi
arasındaki ilişki, on yıllar boyunca akademik söylemlerin hakimiyetindedir.
Kuramsal ve ampirik, nedensellik yönü veya etkisinin birbiri üzerindeki önemi
belirsizliğini koruyor. Nitel (vaka analizi) yaklaşımın kullanıldığı bu
çalışma, ekonomik kalkınmanın Kazakistan ve Özbekistan'daki demokrasi
üzerindeki etkisini 1991-2016 dönemi için incelemektedir. Çalışma, Kazakistan
ve Özbekistan'daki ekonomik kalkınmanın ülkenin demokratikleşme sürecini
etkilememiş olabileceğini gösteriyor. Çalışma, vaka incelemesi tasarımı ile
sınırlı olsa da, demokrasi-ekonomik kalkınma ağında değerli bilgiler
vermektedir.

Keywords

Ekonomik Kalkınma, Demokrasi, Vaka Analizi, Özbekistan, Kazakistan

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