The Pitfalls of Family Rule
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The Pitfalls of Family Rule

Patronage Norms, Family Overreach, and Political Crisis in Kazakhstan and Beyond

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  2. English
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The Pitfalls of Family Rule

Patronage Norms, Family Overreach, and Political Crisis in Kazakhstan and Beyond

About this book

In The Pitfalls of Family Rule, Barbara Junisbai questions the conceptual divide separating democracy from nondemocracy as well as that separating "strong" authoritarian rulers from "weak" ones. Focusing on patronage, endemic to post-Soviet Eurasia but also present the world over, she untangles the spoils agreements that bind elites to strongman presidents. Incorporating multiple case studies, including an in-depth investigation into Kazakhstan over the span of twenty plus years, Junisbai demonstrates the power of institutional norms to hold seemingly unconstrainable rulers accountable in surprising and unexpected ways. "Strong" autocrats can stumble even when they set in place robust, pro-presidential institutions, while "weak" autocrats can endure by upholding normative contracts that elites perceive as fair and just.

An important lesson emerges from The Pitfalls of Family Rule: not even the most personalist of regimes functions free of rules. The institutions over which autocrats claim control also lay claim over them.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication Page
  4. Contents
  5. Acknowledgments
  6. Note on Transliteration
  7. Introduction: Family Overreach and the Varied Fates of Personalist Presidents
  8. 1. Patronage as a Normative Institution
  9. 2. Nazarbayev Family Overreach and Presidential Resilience, 2001–2002 and 2007
  10. 3. Karimov Family Overreach and Presidential Resilience, 2005 and 2013–2014
  11. 4. Family Overreach and the Downfall of Multiple Eurasian Presidents: Akayev (2005), Bakiyev (2010), Yanukovych (2013–2014), and Nazarbayev (2022–2023)
  12. 5. Family Overreach and Presidential Downfall in Comparative Perspective: Ben Ali (Tunisia), Mubarak (Egypt), and Smirnov (Transnistria) in 2011
  13. 6. Family Rule and Family-Induced Crisis, the View from Eurasia
  14. Conclusion: Authoritarianism, Conceptions and Reconceptions
  15. Notes
  16. References
  17. Index
  18. Copyright Page