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Communal self-governance as an alternative to neoliberal governance: proposing a post-development approach to EU resilience-building in Central Asia

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  • Fabienne Bossuyt
  • Nazima Davletova

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In the European Union’s (EU) new Strategy for Central Asia, which was launched in May 2019, boosting the resilience of Central Asian societies is singled out as a key priority. Drawing on post-development thinking, this article argues that if the EU is serious about promoting resilience to empower ‘the local’ and contribute towards a truly sustainable future for the societies of Central Asian countries, then the EU will need to embrace a de-centred, post-neoliberal approach to resilience. This implies that the EU would have to accept ‘the other’ – in this case, the Central Asian societies – for what they are and advocate home-grown self-organization based on a deep understanding of the local meaning of good life and local knowledge about the available resources. Empirical illustrations to substantiate this claim are drawn from a concrete case, namely the mahalla in Uzbekistan.

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  • Fabienne Bossuyt & Nazima Davletova, 2022. "Communal self-governance as an alternative to neoliberal governance: proposing a post-development approach to EU resilience-building in Central Asia," Central Asian Survey, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 41(4), pages 788-807, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:ccasxx:v:41:y:2022:i:4:p:788-807
    DOI: 10.1080/02634937.2022.2058913
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