Kazakhstan in the Making (eBook)
304 Seiten
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-4985-2548-0 (ISBN)
Kazakhstan is one of the best-known success stories of Central Asia, perhaps even of the entire Eurasian space. It boasts a fast growing economyat least until the 2014 crisisa strategic location between Russia, China, and the rest of Central Asia, and a regime with far-reaching branding strategies. But the country also faces weak institutionalization, patronage, authoritarianism, and regional gaps in socioeconomic standards that challenge the stability and prosperity narrative advanced by the aging President Nursultan Nazarbayev. This policy-oriented analysis does not tell us a lot about the Kazakhstani society itself and its transformations.This edited volume returns Kazakhstan to the scholarly spotlight, offering new, multidisciplinary insights into the country's recent evolution, drawing from political science, anthropology, and sociology. It looks at the regime's sophisticated legitimacy mechanisms and ongoing quest for popular support. It analyzes the country's fast changing national identity and the delicate balance between the Kazakh majority and the Russian-speaking minorities. It explores how the society negotiates deep social transformations and generates new hybrid, local and global, cultural references.
Marlene Laruelle is research professor, director of the Central Asia Program, and associate director of the Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies (IERES) at the Elliott School of International Affairs of George Washington University.
Introduction, Marlene LaruellePart I: The State: Ruling Mechanisms and SymbolsChapter 1: The Rule by Law: Negotiating Stability in Kazakhstan, Assel TutumluChapter 2: The Kazakh Neopatrimonial Regime: Balancing Uncertainties among the Family, Oligarchs, and Technocrats, Sebastien PeyrouseChapter 3: Shrek Meets the President: Magical Authoritarianism in a Fairy-Tale City, Mateusz LaszczkowskiChapter 4: Shrine and Neopatrimonialism in southern Kazakhstan, Wendell Schwab and Ulan BigozhinPart II: The Nation: Conflicting Legitimacies and RepertoiresChapter 5: Nationalizing Elites and Regimes: Nation-building in Post-Soviet Authoritarian and Democratic Contexts, Diana T. KudaibergenovaChapter 6: Imagining Kazakhstani-stan: Negotiations of Homeland and Titular-Nationality, Alexander C. DienerChapter 7: Which Future for National-Patriots?: The Landscape of Kazakh Nationalism, Marlene LaruelleChapter 8: Cowboys, Gangsters, and Rural Bumpkins: Constructing the “Other” in Kazakhstan’s “Texas,” Natalie R. Koch and Kristopher WhitePart III: The Society: Negotiating Cultural ChangesChapter 9: Islam in Good Taste: About Suitable Forms of Public Religiosity, Alima BissenovaChapter 10: The “Spirit of Tengri’: Spirituality, Nationalism, and Emerging Trends in Kazakh Ethno-Pop, Megan RancierChapter 11: Return Migration from the United States: Exploring the Dynamics of Cultural Change in Kazakhstan, Douglas Blum
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 21.11.2016 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Contemporary Central Asia: Societies, Politics, and Cultures |
| Co-Autor | Ulan Bigozhin, Megan Rancier, Wendell Schwab, Assel Tutumlu, Kristopher White, Alima Bissenova, Douglas Blum, Alexander C. Diener, Natalie Koch, Diana T. Kudaibergenova, Marlene Laruelle, Mateusz Laszczkowski, Sebastien Peyrouse |
| Zusatzinfo | 30 Illustrations including: - 3 Black & White Illustrations; - 14 Halftones, Black & White including Black & White Photographs; - 2 Maps; - 7 Tables; - 4 Graphs. |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte |
| Naturwissenschaften | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien | |
| Schlagworte | Asian Studies • Central Asia • Economics • Eurasia • Islam • Kazakhstan • Kazakhstan History • Nation-Building • Political Geography • Post-Communism • social change • Transition |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4985-2548-2 / 1498525482 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4985-2548-0 / 9781498525480 |
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