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political benefits for the elite in power.
• Kazakhstan’s fast-growing economy insures loyalty of the key players in the political system via patron-client networks and cooptation of the potentially threatening opposition. Therefore, an establishment of coherent national identity becomes a secondary concern to the regime since it is preoccupied with maintaining patronage network rather than creating a base of support in the population as a whole
Methods of Analysis
An appropriately conducted single case study74 is chosen an an appropriate research tool to yield sufficient evidence to support the hypothesized process of non-national identity formation. This study also analyzes the strengths of alternative hypotheses and compare them to the main argument. Kazakhstan is selected as the most-likely case75 to support the main hypothesis because it is a very good fit to the stated non-national model:
• Kazakhs are a formerly nomadic people, who did not have a modern form of state with centralized government institutions for almost all of their history. Additionally, there were no significant national independence movement to assert Kazakh sovereignty and, for quite some time, the leadership of
74 Single case study method offers a good starting point for testing validity of a theory or theoretical model before it is applied in a wider setting. (Eckstein, 1975, p. 80) Kazakhstan represents a test case for the theory of non-national identity which is an appropriate use of single case study method
75 The benefit of most-likely case study is that if it is not confirmed in most favorable conditions, then it is only more likely to fail “in less hospitable circumstances” (Odell, 2004, p. 63)
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 70 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | 64 political benefits for the elite in power. • Kazakhstan’s fast-growing economy insures loyalty of the key players in the political system via patron-client networks and cooptation of the potentially threatening opposition. Therefore, an establishment of coherent national identity becomes a secondary concern to the regime since it is preoccupied with maintaining patronage network rather than creating a base of support in the population as a whole Methods of Analysis An appropriately conducted single case study74 is chosen an an appropriate research tool to yield sufficient evidence to support the hypothesized process of non-national identity formation. This study also analyzes the strengths of alternative hypotheses and compare them to the main argument. Kazakhstan is selected as the most-likely case75 to support the main hypothesis because it is a very good fit to the stated non-national model: • Kazakhs are a formerly nomadic people, who did not have a modern form of state with centralized government institutions for almost all of their history. Additionally, there were no significant national independence movement to assert Kazakh sovereignty and, for quite some time, the leadership of 74 Single case study method offers a good starting point for testing validity of a theory or theoretical model before it is applied in a wider setting. (Eckstein, 1975, p. 80) Kazakhstan represents a test case for the theory of non-national identity which is an appropriate use of single case study method 75 The benefit of most-likely case study is that if it is not confirmed in most favorable conditions, then it is only more likely to fail “in less hospitable circumstances” (Odell, 2004, p. 63) |
