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of his family, he is increasingly being challenged by various members of his inner circle since 2001.
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Could these two anomalies be related? Tentative answer offered by this project posits the fragmentation of national identity of the states which are undergoing deep social and cultural shock as a result of transition to market economy, which directly challenges and undermines traditional sense of identity, belonging and loyalty. Such interaction creates what might be termed non-national society where people care less about their ethnic identities and more about their position in the economic and political power structures of the state. The transition to market economy along with integration into globalized system of goods exchange introduces new concepts of behavior in these states that challenge and supplant the shared values and cultural priorities, shuddering ethnic/sub-ethnic identities and ‘imagined’ community55 in the process. As a result of the integration into the global marketplace another set of cleavages that divide the society into various groups based on their access to economic resources rather than (sub)ethnic identities, making the former more important for individuals rather than the latter. This project offers a new perspective by looking into the effect of globalization on patronage networks and identity formation in Kazakhstan which has not been addressed by previous research.
54 Even Nazarbayev’s former son-in-law, Rahat Aliev, was found guilty in absentia of treason and attempted coup d’état as recently as March 26, 2008.
55 That is, a community in which individuals ‘imagine’ themselves to be part of a specific group of people with shared perceptions, traditions and worldviews. (Anderson, 1991)
Object Description
| Title | Market reforms, foreign direct investment and national identity: Non-national identity of Kazakhstan |
| Author | Zhanalin, Azamat |
| Author email | janalin_a@yahoo.com; zhanalin@gmail.com |
| Degree | Doctor of Philosophy |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | International Relations |
| School | College of Letters, Arts and Sciences |
| Date defended/completed | 2011-03-22 |
| Date submitted | 2011 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2011-04-29 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | English, Robert |
| Advisor (committee member) |
James, Patrick Rorlich, Azade-Ayse |
| Abstract | The present study offers an analysis of the concept of non-national identity in application to the Republic of Kazakhstan as the most likely case. The primary hypothesis is that newly independent states, which are undergoing a rapid transition to market economy and actively pursue integration in the world economy and foreign direct investment, will experience fragmentation of their national identity, defined as non-national identity.; Three sites in Kazakhstan, Almaty, Astana and Aktau, were chosen for the study as representative of the market reforms in the republic as well as the best examples of the country’s pursuit of foreign direct investment and integration into the global economy. The data collected indicates that while Kazakhstan does demonstrate fragmentation of its national identity, it is not necessarily caused by the market reforms and the participation in the global trade. Alternative causal variables such as the Soviet and Russian colonial legacy, intra-ethnic cleavages among the Kazakhs and the prevalence of multi-vector foreign policy were found to contribute to the development of non-national identity of Kazakhstan. The study’s results also suggest that in the last few years, Kazakh identity is experiencing a rather strong revival as well, which may yet counteract the existing factors leading to the emergence of the non-national identity of Kazakhstan. |
| Keyword | identity; nationalism; Kazakhstan; market reforms; globalization; foreign direct investment; national identity; countries in transition; foreign policy; culture; former Soviet Union; Central Asia; patronage networks; energy; oil; post-colonial legacy; nation-state |
| Geographic subject (city or populated place) | Almaty; Astana; Aktau |
| Geographic subject (country) | Kazakhstan |
| Coverage date | 1970/2010 |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m3812 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Zhanalin, Azamat |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Filename | etd-Zhanalin-4506 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume51/etd-Zhanalin-4506.pdf |
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| Title | Page 47 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | 41 of his family, he is increasingly being challenged by various members of his inner circle since 2001. 54 Could these two anomalies be related? Tentative answer offered by this project posits the fragmentation of national identity of the states which are undergoing deep social and cultural shock as a result of transition to market economy, which directly challenges and undermines traditional sense of identity, belonging and loyalty. Such interaction creates what might be termed non-national society where people care less about their ethnic identities and more about their position in the economic and political power structures of the state. The transition to market economy along with integration into globalized system of goods exchange introduces new concepts of behavior in these states that challenge and supplant the shared values and cultural priorities, shuddering ethnic/sub-ethnic identities and ‘imagined’ community55 in the process. As a result of the integration into the global marketplace another set of cleavages that divide the society into various groups based on their access to economic resources rather than (sub)ethnic identities, making the former more important for individuals rather than the latter. This project offers a new perspective by looking into the effect of globalization on patronage networks and identity formation in Kazakhstan which has not been addressed by previous research. 54 Even Nazarbayev’s former son-in-law, Rahat Aliev, was found guilty in absentia of treason and attempted coup d’état as recently as March 26, 2008. 55 That is, a community in which individuals ‘imagine’ themselves to be part of a specific group of people with shared perceptions, traditions and worldviews. (Anderson, 1991) |
