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participation in the global economy and market reforms necessitate the standardization of labor and consumers in the republic, that is, the creation of the nation of Kazakhstan.
Astana has become a good illustration of Gellner’s analysis of the relationship between nation and economic growth. (1983) The capital of Kazakhstan embodies a widely proselytized idea that all citizens of the country are united through participation in a giant economic developmental project to propel the country into the future. It is no coincidence that the moment Astana became the capital, Nazarbayev launched the Kazakhstan 2030268 initiative which aims to accelerate the economic growth and development of the country so that by the year 2030 it would become one of the most developed nations of the world. (Nazarbayev N. , 1997) 9 years later, Nazarbayev launched another program with the aim to join the ranks of the 50 most competitive countries of the world.269 The latter was subsequently declared to be the national idea of Kazakhstan, that is, national economic competitiveness became a primary characteristic defining national identity of Kazakhstan. (Nysanbaev & Kadyrzhanov, 2007) (Osipov, 2010)
Such government preoccupation with economic growth as the means of unifying the nation divided by various social, ethnic and religious views resonates with Gellner’s functionalist vision of nation building. Astana is the lightning rod for these identity
268 Announced in a Nazarbayev’s speech addressed to the nation of Kazakhstan in October 1997, same year when the government started getting moved to Astana
269 Again, announced in his annual speech (Nazarbayev N. , 2006)
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 200 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | 194 participation in the global economy and market reforms necessitate the standardization of labor and consumers in the republic, that is, the creation of the nation of Kazakhstan. Astana has become a good illustration of Gellner’s analysis of the relationship between nation and economic growth. (1983) The capital of Kazakhstan embodies a widely proselytized idea that all citizens of the country are united through participation in a giant economic developmental project to propel the country into the future. It is no coincidence that the moment Astana became the capital, Nazarbayev launched the Kazakhstan 2030268 initiative which aims to accelerate the economic growth and development of the country so that by the year 2030 it would become one of the most developed nations of the world. (Nazarbayev N. , 1997) 9 years later, Nazarbayev launched another program with the aim to join the ranks of the 50 most competitive countries of the world.269 The latter was subsequently declared to be the national idea of Kazakhstan, that is, national economic competitiveness became a primary characteristic defining national identity of Kazakhstan. (Nysanbaev & Kadyrzhanov, 2007) (Osipov, 2010) Such government preoccupation with economic growth as the means of unifying the nation divided by various social, ethnic and religious views resonates with Gellner’s functionalist vision of nation building. Astana is the lightning rod for these identity 268 Announced in a Nazarbayev’s speech addressed to the nation of Kazakhstan in October 1997, same year when the government started getting moved to Astana 269 Again, announced in his annual speech (Nazarbayev N. , 2006) |
