Kazakhstan and the Soviet Legacy Between Continuity and Rupture /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Caron, Jean-François (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Asia-Politics and government.; Asia-Economic conditions.; Economic development.; Asian Politics.; Asian Economics.; Development Studies.

This book examines Kazakhstan's struggle to distance itself from its Soviet past over 25 years after its independence. To a very large extent, the affirmation of its sovereignty and a unique Kazakhstani way remain largely a matter of rhetoric. This book looks to explain the various aspects that...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Political Culture in Kazakhstan: Extension and Reflection
• 3. End of an Era? Kazakhstan and the Fate of Multivectorism
• 4. The Environmental Legacy of the Soviet Regime
• 5. Trials and Tribulations: Kazakhstan's Criminal Justice Reforms
• 6. Comparing Political and Economic Attitudes: A Generational Analysis
• 7. Youth Organizations and State-Society Relations in Kazakhstan: The Durability of the Leninist Legacy
• 8. The Art of Managing Religion in a Post-Soviet Soft Authoritarian State
• 9. The Contemporary Politics of Kazakhisation: The Case of Astana's Urbanism.