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Figure 23: Almaty Perception of What Constitutes National Identity
Source: Author’s 2009-2010 survey, question “How do you understand the concept of the national idea of Kazakhstan?”
In sum, judging by the results of the survey, the Kazakh national consciousness is strengthening in the city but it is not yet dominant. However, it should be noted that the survey results are limited in terms of representativeness: most of Almaty’s respondents are the Kazakh-speaking ethnic Kazakhs aged 19-20, which introduces a bias in the results of the survey, skewing it toward the primacy Kazakh culture and language in nation building processes in Almaty. Nevertheless, the survey indicates that the young generation of the Kazakhs in the multi-cultural city of Almaty still do retain their Kazakh identity.
While higher than average among the respondents, in absolute terms the preference for the Kazakh culture and language appear to be somewhat muted when compared to Aktau and, probably, other Kazakh-dominated towns and regions of
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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 175 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | 169 Figure 23: Almaty Perception of What Constitutes National Identity Source: Author’s 2009-2010 survey, question “How do you understand the concept of the national idea of Kazakhstan?” In sum, judging by the results of the survey, the Kazakh national consciousness is strengthening in the city but it is not yet dominant. However, it should be noted that the survey results are limited in terms of representativeness: most of Almaty’s respondents are the Kazakh-speaking ethnic Kazakhs aged 19-20, which introduces a bias in the results of the survey, skewing it toward the primacy Kazakh culture and language in nation building processes in Almaty. Nevertheless, the survey indicates that the young generation of the Kazakhs in the multi-cultural city of Almaty still do retain their Kazakh identity. While higher than average among the respondents, in absolute terms the preference for the Kazakh culture and language appear to be somewhat muted when compared to Aktau and, probably, other Kazakh-dominated towns and regions of 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% Kazakh Culture Multi-ethnic Culture International Status Kazakh Culture Multi-ethnic Culture International Status Kazakh Culture Multi-ethnic Culture International Status All Kazakh Non-Kazakh Almaty Other Sites |
