Ph.D University of Pisa, Italy
This paper clarifies the political development and socio-political modification in Uzbeks in modern times. The political advancement of Uzbeks and its connection with the particular socialpolitical arrangements, as well as the effect of the Soviet guideline on those structures are analyzed. In addition, the paper examines the development of an Uzbek political character and its impact on post-Soviet autonomous Uzbekistan. The fundamental argument is the Uzbek experience in the Soviet rule has transformed the Uzbek society and made relative progress in changing the conventional structures into apparently modern ones. However, regardless of the practical political modernization in the Soviet period, the particular socio-political association, tribes, and family relationship structures intrinsic in the Uzbek society succeeded, adjusting and even changing current organizations and structures forced by the Soviets. These customary informal structures have developed as stable organizations in the post-autonomy time.
Political Improvement, Uzbekistan, Informal Politics, Administration
