Overview
- This book is open access, which means that you have free and unlimited access
- Provides an overview over recent political and security developments in the OSCE Region
- Highlights areas of securitization and democracy
- Examines the impact of China's Belt and Road Initiative on the quality of democracy in Eurasia
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About this book
This open-access book presents cutting-edge research on securitization and democratic development in the OSCE Region. Gathering contributions by practitioners and researchers from various disciplines, it presents case studies and highlights recent activities of proactive engagement in democratic institution-building and responding to security threats from the Balkans to Central Asia. The volume is divided into three parts, the first of which focuses on security-related matters, armed conflicts, minorities, and women’s safety, as well as the roles that civil society, foreign governments, social media, and external donors play in this area. These contributions illustrate how the OSCE’s informal approach to peace, security, and securitization as norm entrepreneur is closely linked to the level of democracy among its member states. The second part presents a special section on the political implications of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), assessing the impact of this infrastructural program on the levels of democracy and/or autocracy in Eurasia. The third part consists of short chapters outlining future research and debates. The book will appeal to students and scholars of international relations, security studies, and the human rights-politics nexus.
This is the 2022 instalment in a series of books released by the OSCE Academy in Bishkek. The OSCE works to promote Minority Protection, Security, Democratic Development and Human Rights, guided by the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), and to enhance securitization and development policies in Eurasia, Europe, Central Asia and North America. Since being founded in 1993, the OSCE and its agencies and departments have attracted a wealth of academic research in various fields and disciplines, ranging from economic development and election monitoring to enhancing global principles of human rights and securitization.
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Table of contents (28 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Security Architecture in Eurasia
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Special Section—China’s Belt and Road Initiative: A Curse or a Blessing for Democracy in Eurasia?
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Anja Mihr is DAAD Associate Professor at the OSCE Academy in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. She is a professor of Human Rights, Governance, Public Policy, and Transitional Justice. She is the Founder and Program Director of the HUMBOLDT-VIADRINA Center on Governance through Human Rights in Berlin in Germany.; and previously held professorships at the Willy-Brandt School of Public Policy, Erfurt University, Germany, and at the Netherlands Institute of Human Rights (SIM), University of Utrecht, Netherlands.
Paolo Sorbello is a researcher on Central Asian matters living in Almaty, Kazakhstan. He is a freelance journalist and editor for various online publications. He holds a PhD from the University of Glasgow (UK), where he studied labor relations in Kazakhstan’s oil sector.
Brigitte Weiffen is a political scientist and Senior Lecturer at the Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS), The Open University, UnitedKingdom, with research interests in comparative democratization and regional conflict and crisis management. She is also currently the Chair of Research Committee 34 “Quality of Democracy” of the International Political Science Association (IPSA). She has held visiting professorships at the University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil, and academic positions at the University of Konstanz and the University of Tübingen, both in Germany.
Paolo Sorbello is a researcher on Central Asian matters living in Almaty, Kazakhstan. He is a freelance journalist and editor for various online publications. He holds a PhD from the University of Glasgow (UK), where he studied labor relations in Kazakhstan’s oil sector.
Brigitte Weiffen is a political scientist and Senior Lecturer at the Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS), The Open University, UnitedKingdom, with research interests in comparative democratization and regional conflict and crisis management. She is also currently the Chair of Research Committee 34 “Quality of Democracy” of the International Political Science Association (IPSA). She has held visiting professorships at the University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil, and academic positions at the University of Konstanz and the University of Tübingen, both in Germany.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Securitization and Democracy in Eurasia
Book Subtitle: Transformation and Development in the OSCE Region
Editors: Anja Mihr, Paolo Sorbello, Brigitte Weiffen
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-16659-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-16658-7Published: 09 December 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-16661-7Published: 09 December 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-16659-4Published: 08 December 2022
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 411
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 12 illustrations in colour
Topics: International Security Studies, Terrorism and Political Violence, Political Science, Development Studies, Comparative Politics