THE MAIN TRENDS OF REGIONAL AND CIVIL COMMUNITY (IDENTITY) IN THE POST-SOVIET STATES OF CENTRAL ASIA

Baurzhan Sheriyazdanov

doi:10.71191/centerasia2024.v64.n2.029

Authors

Baurzhan Sheriyazdanov Institute of State History Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.71191/centerasia2024.v64.n2.029

Keywords:

regional and civic identity, Central Asia, summit, post-Soviet space, civil society, national policy, integration.

Abstract

The article analyzes the conceptual models and processes of formation of regional and civic identity in the post-Soviet countries of Central Asia. The historical and political prerequisites, institutional and socio-cultural factors influencing the formation and development of a regional and civic community are considered. Special attention is paid to the interaction of socio-economic, ethnic and civic identity models, the role of state and civil society institutions. A comparative analysis of the approaches of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan to the formation of a unified regional and civic identity has been carried out.

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