Kazakhstan in the making : legitimacy, symbols, and social changes /

Kazakhstan is one of the best-known success stories of Central Asia, perhaps even of the entire Eurasian space. It boasts a fast growing economy--at least until the 2014 crisis--a strategic location between Russia, China, and the rest of Central Asia, and a regime with far-reaching branding strategi...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Laruelle, Marlène (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lanham : Lexington Books, [2016]
Series:Contemporary Central Asia (Lanham, Md.)
Subjects:
National characteristics, Kazakh.
Kazakhs.
HISTORY > Asia > Central Asia.
HISTORY > Asia > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Kazakhs
Economic history
National characteristics, Kazakh
Politics and government
Social conditions
Kazakhstan.
Kazakhstan > Social conditions.
Kazakhstan > Politics and government.
Kazakhstan > Economic conditions.
Kazakhstan > Conditions sociales.
Kazakhstan > Politique et gouvernement.
Kazakhstan > Conditions économiques.
Kazakhstan
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The State: Ruling Mechanisms and Symbols
  • The Rule by Law
  • The Kazakh Neopatrimonial Regime
  • Shrek Meets the President
  • Shrines and Neopatrimonialism in Southern Kazakhstan
  • The Nation: Conflicting Legitimacies and Repertoires
  • Nationalizing Elites and Regimes
  • Imagining Kazakhstani-stan
  • Which Future for National-Patriots?
  • The Landscape of Kazakh Nationalism
  • Cowboys, Gangsters, and Rural Bumpkins
  • The Society: Negotiating Cultural Changes
  • Building a Muslim Nation"
  • The Spirit of Tengri"
  • Return Migration from the United States
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Editor and Contributors

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