ACADEMICIA: An International Multidisciplinary Research Journal
  • Year: 2020
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue: 11

Powers of the institution of aksakals (elders) in the management of makhallas in Uzbekistan

Head of the Department Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Jizzakh State Pedagogical Institute, Uzbekistan, Email id: tuychi_axmedov@mail.ru

Online published on 11 January, 2021.

Abstract

This article highlights the role and powers of the Institution of elders in the management of makhallas in Uzbekistan. The makhalla is governed by a leader who is used in the sense of an elder or chairman. The elder is granted administrative, legal, social, economic and cultural powers in the manner prescribed by law. His activities have become an important part of the self-government system in Uzbekistan.

Keywords

Makhalla, Elder, Chairman, Social, Economic, "Prosperous Makhalla" (“Obod Makhalla”), "Prosperous Village" (“Obod Kishlok”), Peace, Civil Society, Social Protection, Citizen, Values, Traditions