Kazakhstan in the Making - Legitimacy, Symbols, and Social Changes

This collection is a multidisciplinary examination of modern-day Kazakhstan. It analyzes the country's fast-changing national identity, the current regime's ongoing quest for popular support, relations between the Kazakh majority and the Russian-speaking minorities, and various other issues.

List of contents

Introduction, Marlene Laruelle

Part I: The State: Ruling Mechanisms and Symbols
Chapter 1: The Rule by Law: Negotiating Stability in Kazakhstan, Assel Tutumlu
Chapter 2: The Kazakh Neopatrimonial Regime: Balancing Uncertainties among the Family, Oligarchs, and Technocrats, Sebastien Peyrouse
Chapter 3: Shrek Meets the President: Magical Authoritarianism in a Fairy-Tale City, Mateusz Laszczkowski
Chapter 4: Shrine and Neopatrimonialism in southern Kazakhstan, Wendell Schwab and Ulan Bigozhin

Part II: The Nation: Conflicting Legitimacies and Repertoires
Chapter 5: Nationalizing Elites and Regimes: Nation-building in Post-Soviet Authoritarian and Democratic Contexts, Diana T. Kudaibergenova
Chapter 6: Imagining Kazakhstani-stan: Negotiations of Homeland and Titular-Nationality, Alexander C. Diener
Chapter 7: Which Future for National-Patriots?: The Landscape of Kazakh Nationalism, Marlene Laruelle
Chapter 8: Cowboys, Gangsters, and Rural Bumpkins: Constructing the "Other" in Kazakhstan's "Texas," Natalie R. Koch and Kristopher White

Part III: The Society: Negotiating Cultural Changes
Chapter 9: Islam in Good Taste: About Suitable Forms of Public Religiosity, Alima Bissenova
Chapter 10: The "Spirit of Tengri': Spirituality, Nationalism, and Emerging Trends in Kazakh Ethno-Pop, Megan Rancier
Chapter 11: Return Migration from the United States: Exploring the Dynamics of Cultural Change in Kazakhstan, Douglas Blum

About the author

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.

Summary

This collection is a multidisciplinary examination of modern-day Kazakhstan. It analyzes the country's fast-changing national identity, the current regime's ongoing quest for popular support, relations between the Kazakh majority and the Russian-speaking minorities, and various other issues.

Product details

• Authors: Marlene Laruelle
• Assisted by: Marlene Laruelle (Editor)
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2018
• EAN: 9781498525497
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-2549-7
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: Contemporary Central Asia: Societies, Politics, and Cultures; Contemporary Central Asia: Soc; Contemporary Central Asia: Societies, Politics, and Cultures; Contemporary Central Asia: Soc
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, HISTORY / Asia / Central Asia, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Developing Countries, Politics & government, Kazakhstan, Regional Studies, Politics and government, Social and cultural anthropology, Asian History, Development Studies, Development economics and emerging economies, Global South / Developing countries