The institution of sovereignty in Central Asia

Filippo Costa Buranelli

doi:10.5871/bacad/9780197267127.003.0010

The institution of sovereignty in Central Asia

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This chapter illustrates how the Central Asian republics have adopted and interpreted the institution of sovereignty after becoming independent in 1991. By relying on an English School framework of analysis combined with subaltern realism, on material gathered during multi-year fieldwork in the region and on elite interviews with Central Asian diplomats, the analysis shows how a strictly legal and territorial understanding of sovereignty is the one prevalent in Central Asia, supported by an authoritarian form of governance intertwined with postcolonial discourses and processes of state- and nation-building. Through the case-study of Central Asia, the chapter also upholds the idea that to study sovereignty in a time where processes of globalisation, regionalisation and re-ordering of world politics are becoming increasingly complex, a thorough understanding of local histories, practices and meanings is crucial.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Sovereignty
Subtitle of host publication	a global perspective
Editors	Christopher Smith
Place of Publication	Oxford
Publisher	Published for the British Academy by Oxford University Press
Chapter	9
Pages	189-209
Number of pages	21
ISBN (Electronic)	9780191991745
ISBN (Print)	9780197267127
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5871/bacad/9780197267127.003.0010
Publication status	Published - 3 Nov 2022
Event	Sovereignty: a global perspective - Duration: 29 Apr 2019 → 30 Apr 2019 https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/sovereignty-global-perspective/

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of the British Academy
Volume	253
ISSN (Print)	0068-1202

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Conference	Sovereignty: a global perspective
Period	29/04/19 → 30/04/19
Internet address	https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/sovereignty-global-perspective/

Keywords

Sovereignty
Central Asia
Localisation
Authoritarianism
Postcolonialism

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The institution of sovereignty in Central Asia

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