Political Blame-Shifting in Kazakhstan: Patterns and Effects in a Personalist Autocracy

dc.title: Political Blame-Shifting in Kazakhstan: Patterns and Effects in a Personalist Autocracy dc.contributor.author: Aibassova, Aigerim dc.description.abstract: This dissertation examines political blame-shifting in Kazakhstan, a personalist autocracy that relies on internal rather than external scapegoating. In informational autocracies, leaders protect their reputation of competence by…