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Dr Balihar Sanghera is Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Director of Graduate Studies (Taught) at the University of Kent

Articles by Balihar Sanghera

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Adam Ramsay is Editor of oD-UK.

European integration

Six countries. Six different paths to EU integration.

No to TTIP

The secretive EU-US trade deal explained

Unmasking Central Asia's neoliberal judges

Balihar Sanghera 6 November 2015

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Despite claims of impartiality, judges in Central Asia often incorporate neoliberal economic and moral values into their judgements on illegal settlements.

Economic dystopia in Kyrgyzstan

Balihar Sanghera 10 February 2015

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Hailed as a success story for liberal market reforms, Kyrgyzstan in fact provides an example of how the rentier class have become an integral part of the economy, and how democracy has given way to plutocracy.

Wanted: Economic Equality to Mend Kyrgyzstan

Balihar Sanghera 27 August 2010

Media reports of disturbances in Kyrgyzstan’s two main cities Bishkek and Osh focused on human rights and ethnicity. However, Balihar Sanghera suggests that the root cause lies in economic inequality.

Why are Kyrgyzstan’s slum dwellers so angry?

Balihar Sanghera 15 June 2010

If you want to understand what has motivated the uprising of Kyrgyzstan’s poor, you need look no further than the package of neo-liberal economic reforms imposed on the country by the International Monetary Fund, World Bank and World Trade Organisation, comments Balihar Sanghera