TY - JOUR
T1 - Securitization of Higher Education Expansion in Authoritarian States
T2 - Uzbekistan’s Seemingly “Elite” Tertiary System
AU - Ubaydullaeva, Dilnoza
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - While many states move from elite to mass higher education (HE) systems, little is known as to why some authoritarian developing states resist this transition. In post-Soviet Uzbekistan the tertiary system was consciously restricted to cover roughly 10% of the population; a situation that continued for more than two decades. This paper argues that it is the securitization of the role of HE growth that confronts the transition of HE from elite to mass systems. To support this argument, the paper analyses Uzbekistan’s HE policy and the notorious 1992 student protests that legitimized the securitization of HE expansion in the country.
AB - While many states move from elite to mass higher education (HE) systems, little is known as to why some authoritarian developing states resist this transition. In post-Soviet Uzbekistan the tertiary system was consciously restricted to cover roughly 10% of the population; a situation that continued for more than two decades. This paper argues that it is the securitization of the role of HE growth that confronts the transition of HE from elite to mass systems. To support this argument, the paper analyses Uzbekistan’s HE policy and the notorious 1992 student protests that legitimized the securitization of HE expansion in the country.
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U2 - 10.1080/10758216.2021.1974886
DO - 10.1080/10758216.2021.1974886
M3 - Article
SN - 1075-8216
VL - 70
SP - 305
EP - 316
JO - Problems of Post-Communism
JF - Problems of Post-Communism
IS - 3
ER -