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the Academy of Sciences. In total, the Almaty libraries own over 37 million items, which constitutes almost 32% of all library materials in the country. (Regiony Kazakhstana v 2009 godu, 2010, p. 170) Furthermore, to complement the access to data, Almaty also has a well-developed internet infrastructure – in 2009, over 14% of city’s residents had access to internet which is almost 3 times of the republican average (Sviaz' - chislo abonentov seti Internet, 2010); and 60% them were accessing the global information superhighway via fast digital subscriber technology (DSL) while the rest of the country’s internet users were mostly relying on a rather outdated dial-up modem technology to do the same. (Regiony Kazakhstana v 2009 godu, 2010, p. 310) There is no doubt the bulk of scientific research in Kazakhstan is carried out in Almaty.
The former capital is the media center of the republic, too. Over 40% of Kazakhstan’s mass media is located in this one city despite the fact that some of the major government controlled media is moving to Astana, including the largest TV news agency Khabar and such prominent newspapers as Kazakhstanskaia Pravda and Egemen Kazakhstan. (Ministry of Communication and Information of the Republic of Kazakhstan, 2010) It is quite obvious that Almaty is engaged in a tug of war with Astana over the hearts and minds of Kazakhstan – while the former is more multi-ethnic and heavily influenced by external factors such as Russia and the West, Astana’s media is promoting the officially sanctified pro-Kazakh content with heavy emphasis on the
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 148 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | 142 the Academy of Sciences. In total, the Almaty libraries own over 37 million items, which constitutes almost 32% of all library materials in the country. (Regiony Kazakhstana v 2009 godu, 2010, p. 170) Furthermore, to complement the access to data, Almaty also has a well-developed internet infrastructure – in 2009, over 14% of city’s residents had access to internet which is almost 3 times of the republican average (Sviaz' - chislo abonentov seti Internet, 2010); and 60% them were accessing the global information superhighway via fast digital subscriber technology (DSL) while the rest of the country’s internet users were mostly relying on a rather outdated dial-up modem technology to do the same. (Regiony Kazakhstana v 2009 godu, 2010, p. 310) There is no doubt the bulk of scientific research in Kazakhstan is carried out in Almaty. The former capital is the media center of the republic, too. Over 40% of Kazakhstan’s mass media is located in this one city despite the fact that some of the major government controlled media is moving to Astana, including the largest TV news agency Khabar and such prominent newspapers as Kazakhstanskaia Pravda and Egemen Kazakhstan. (Ministry of Communication and Information of the Republic of Kazakhstan, 2010) It is quite obvious that Almaty is engaged in a tug of war with Astana over the hearts and minds of Kazakhstan – while the former is more multi-ethnic and heavily influenced by external factors such as Russia and the West, Astana’s media is promoting the officially sanctified pro-Kazakh content with heavy emphasis on the |
