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the newcomers from the rest of the country. Census and other current statistical data on the ethnic composition of the republic, the migration flows and so on are published in Astana.
b. Interviews were conducted with available officials of the aforementioned ministries and Parliament to gauge the general direction that republican policies in both ethnic and economic development are taking, and to examine the effect of the republican-wide policies as well as the policies to develop the city as the capital of newly independent Kazakhstan on their identity.
c. Again, like in Almaty, interviews with local activists and academics to gauge the effect of policies, as well as their perception of the current state of national identity in Kazakhstan in general and in Astana in particular.
d. A survey was conducted to determine how movement of capital, attendant economic and political development of previously provincial town affected the locals, as well as the perceptions of the government officials about the place since most of them come from elsewhere
3. Aktau is the major the focus of FDI, and also the focus of a recent initiative to develop it into a major tourist attraction. It has the only sea-port in Kazakhstan, and it is a fast-growing town thanks to the large presence of foreign oil companies. Aktau is the focus of Chinese investment into oil fields of Kazakhstan but there are many other oil companies as well. Its population is mainly Kazakh. This site was expected to yield the most support to the primary hypothesis due to the large presence of traditional Kazakhs clans/groups and the high levels of FDI into Mangystau region where Aktau is located.
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 78 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | 72 the newcomers from the rest of the country. Census and other current statistical data on the ethnic composition of the republic, the migration flows and so on are published in Astana. b. Interviews were conducted with available officials of the aforementioned ministries and Parliament to gauge the general direction that republican policies in both ethnic and economic development are taking, and to examine the effect of the republican-wide policies as well as the policies to develop the city as the capital of newly independent Kazakhstan on their identity. c. Again, like in Almaty, interviews with local activists and academics to gauge the effect of policies, as well as their perception of the current state of national identity in Kazakhstan in general and in Astana in particular. d. A survey was conducted to determine how movement of capital, attendant economic and political development of previously provincial town affected the locals, as well as the perceptions of the government officials about the place since most of them come from elsewhere 3. Aktau is the major the focus of FDI, and also the focus of a recent initiative to develop it into a major tourist attraction. It has the only sea-port in Kazakhstan, and it is a fast-growing town thanks to the large presence of foreign oil companies. Aktau is the focus of Chinese investment into oil fields of Kazakhstan but there are many other oil companies as well. Its population is mainly Kazakh. This site was expected to yield the most support to the primary hypothesis due to the large presence of traditional Kazakhs clans/groups and the high levels of FDI into Mangystau region where Aktau is located. |
