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support both – that is, there is evidence of the breakdown of Kazakh identity, and there are also signs of its recovery, suggested by the survey data.
Symbolism of Astana demonstrates just how much the current administration is engaged in constructing the national identity of Kazakhstan. While it does have a dual mode of operation, promoting simultaneously both all-inclusive, civic identity to appeal to non-Kazakh population; they also emphasize Kazakh identity which was weakened by the Russian colonization and Soviet imperial policies. It is ironic, that the government of Kazakhstan still headed by a large number of old-time Soviet apparatchiks333 who continue in many ways the Soviet-style ethnic policies with heavy emphasis on symbolism and public discourse of inter-ethnic (civic) unity while carrying out a rapid reconstitution of Kazakh (ethnic) identity as well. Astana is a prime example for both, and the process of identity formation there is a little different from the other two sites due to the immediacy of the government policies of nation building.
In other words, Astana represents an ultimate effort in national identity construction of the independent state of Kazakhstan. If Almaty is the showcase of what the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union could do for the Kazakhs, Astana is the showcase of what the modernizing society with a modicum financial help from outside can do to reshape itself to fit into the globalized world of today.
333 Not as many as 20 years ago, thanks to the transfer of the capital and general youth-oriented recruitment policies of the government which included a Bolashak program of sending youth abroad to train in various subjects and then returning to become government functionaries.
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 236 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | 230 support both – that is, there is evidence of the breakdown of Kazakh identity, and there are also signs of its recovery, suggested by the survey data. Symbolism of Astana demonstrates just how much the current administration is engaged in constructing the national identity of Kazakhstan. While it does have a dual mode of operation, promoting simultaneously both all-inclusive, civic identity to appeal to non-Kazakh population; they also emphasize Kazakh identity which was weakened by the Russian colonization and Soviet imperial policies. It is ironic, that the government of Kazakhstan still headed by a large number of old-time Soviet apparatchiks333 who continue in many ways the Soviet-style ethnic policies with heavy emphasis on symbolism and public discourse of inter-ethnic (civic) unity while carrying out a rapid reconstitution of Kazakh (ethnic) identity as well. Astana is a prime example for both, and the process of identity formation there is a little different from the other two sites due to the immediacy of the government policies of nation building. In other words, Astana represents an ultimate effort in national identity construction of the independent state of Kazakhstan. If Almaty is the showcase of what the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union could do for the Kazakhs, Astana is the showcase of what the modernizing society with a modicum financial help from outside can do to reshape itself to fit into the globalized world of today. 333 Not as many as 20 years ago, thanks to the transfer of the capital and general youth-oriented recruitment policies of the government which included a Bolashak program of sending youth abroad to train in various subjects and then returning to become government functionaries. |
