Neighbours Allies Partners

This is the first book to apply discourse analysis to the nation state of Kazakhstan. It offers an original and innovative contribution to the field of International Relations, Critical Security Studies, and Central Asian Studies, providing a unique perspective on the construction of Kazakhstani Identity in relation to Russia.

List of contents

Introduction/ 1. Critical Constructivism and Discourse Analysis / 2. Discourse Analysis in Practice: Mapping Kazakhstani Official Discourse / 3. Sovereignty and Practices of Integration/ 4. Territorial Integrity and Practices of Bordering / 5. Eurasianism in Kazakhstan's security practices / 6. Relationship and Security - Reading, Writing, Communicating and Practicing the State / Conclusion/ Bibliography/ Index

About the author

By Aida Abzhaparova

Summary

This is the first book to apply discourse analysis to the nation state of Kazakhstan. It offers an original and innovative contribution to the field of International Relations, Critical Security Studies, and Central Asian Studies, providing a unique perspective on the construction of Kazakhstani Identity in relation to Russia.

Product details

• Authors: Aida Abzhaparova
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 01.06.2017, delayed
• EAN: 9781783488971
• ISBN: 978-1-78348-897-1
• Series: Discourse, Power and Society; Discourse, Power and Society
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Russland, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Russian & Former Soviet Union, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism, Politics / Current Events