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sites did not have any opinion about the transition to market economy, Aktau residents were more enthusiastic about the issue and only 25% of the latter had no response to the question about the economic reforms. On other hand, Aktau residents are also displaying a more reserved optimism, i.e., worrying about the future of reforms, the road its taking the country on,
131 which indicates a high degree of understanding in the town that while market economy had very positive effect (indicated by 46% positive responses), the transition was also a very difficult process – especially in Aktau which unlike the other sites in this study experienced significantly larger economic hardships.132
Figure 7: Aktau Attitudes towards Market Reforms
Source: author’s 2009-2010 survey, question “How did the transition to market economy affect you personally?”
Another reason for the relative tolerance for the changes in relationship to the expansion of the oil industry is the success of small business133 in the region which
131 One response in the survey actually expressed concern about the negative impact of market economy on culture – a perfect representative of the conservatives in Aktau.
132 Interview with journalists of a major Mangystau newspaper, 8/7/2009
133 Small business in Aktau is focused on the service industry mostly, such as entertainment and shopping, as well as servicing oil companies, producing specific equipment or parts for the oil discovery and development
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| 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 105 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | 99 sites did not have any opinion about the transition to market economy, Aktau residents were more enthusiastic about the issue and only 25% of the latter had no response to the question about the economic reforms. On other hand, Aktau residents are also displaying a more reserved optimism, i.e., worrying about the future of reforms, the road its taking the country on, 131 which indicates a high degree of understanding in the town that while market economy had very positive effect (indicated by 46% positive responses), the transition was also a very difficult process – especially in Aktau which unlike the other sites in this study experienced significantly larger economic hardships.132 Figure 7: Aktau Attitudes towards Market Reforms Source: author’s 2009-2010 survey, question “How did the transition to market economy affect you personally?” Another reason for the relative tolerance for the changes in relationship to the expansion of the oil industry is the success of small business133 in the region which 131 One response in the survey actually expressed concern about the negative impact of market economy on culture – a perfect representative of the conservatives in Aktau. 132 Interview with journalists of a major Mangystau newspaper, 8/7/2009 133 Small business in Aktau is focused on the service industry mostly, such as entertainment and shopping, as well as servicing oil companies, producing specific equipment or parts for the oil discovery and development 0.00% 10.00% 20.00% 30.00% 40.00% 50.00% 60.00% 70.00% Negative Positive With reservations No Response Aktau Other Sites |
