The states of Central Asia: in search of the roots of democracy in the history of the people

Authors

  • F. Т. Kukeeva
  • А. К. Ordabayev
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Keywords:

Democracy, Central Asia, Kazakhstan, history, expert judgment

Abstract

The paper examines the problem of finding the historical roots of democracy by political elites in Central Asia in order to find and prove the continuity of the democratic aspect of their model of democracy. The article also shows the estimated domestic and foreign experts and democratization processes in countries of the region in the light of the primary search of democratic values in the past to explain the democratic reforms of the political system in the present. The authors note that Kazakhstan is also based on its historical past the so-called "Steppe democracy", the cult of heroes Democrats – fair biy, "folk" khans, which allows you to build a special model of democracy, which takes into account all the factors affecting the entry of our country into the international democratic community. As the author pointed out that the path chosen by Kazakhstan is more complex than the other countries of Central Asia.

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