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Conclusion
This study started with the question: does statehood require the existence of a titular nation? Migdal’s concept of non-nation state offers one possible answer to the question: even though the modern system of states is closely associated with the duo of nation and state, Migdal suggests that in certain circumstances, under the ‘double whammy’ of a unipolar international system and integration of state into the global market, a new ethnopolitical entity might emerge – non-nation state.
The Republic of Kazakhstan was chosen for a single-case study of the validity of Migdal’s conceptual framework. Kazakhstan represents a most likely case of non-nation state due to plethora of divisions in its society. The nation of Kazakhstan is anything but; the history of cultural abuse, the massive ethnic changes of its population in the last 200 years, multiple Kazakh sub-ethnic identities, all of these issues and more have already made this country into a close approximation of Migdal’s predicted ideal type of non-nation state, albeit for different reasons from those his model suggests.
Kazakhstan is also subject to very rapid and deep economic reforms which are transforming the republic from a former resource appendage of the Soviet Union into an active participant in the global market space. This country appears to pursue foreign capital and recognition more than it does to buttress the unity of its own people – or, at least, more than many other newly independent countries – thus offering a unique opportunity to examine the validity of Migdal’s perspective.
The study was broken down onto three sites: Almaty, Astana and Aktau, each of which offered a different perspective for the analysis of the causes and extent of non-
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 237 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | 231 Conclusion This study started with the question: does statehood require the existence of a titular nation? Migdal’s concept of non-nation state offers one possible answer to the question: even though the modern system of states is closely associated with the duo of nation and state, Migdal suggests that in certain circumstances, under the ‘double whammy’ of a unipolar international system and integration of state into the global market, a new ethnopolitical entity might emerge – non-nation state. The Republic of Kazakhstan was chosen for a single-case study of the validity of Migdal’s conceptual framework. Kazakhstan represents a most likely case of non-nation state due to plethora of divisions in its society. The nation of Kazakhstan is anything but; the history of cultural abuse, the massive ethnic changes of its population in the last 200 years, multiple Kazakh sub-ethnic identities, all of these issues and more have already made this country into a close approximation of Migdal’s predicted ideal type of non-nation state, albeit for different reasons from those his model suggests. Kazakhstan is also subject to very rapid and deep economic reforms which are transforming the republic from a former resource appendage of the Soviet Union into an active participant in the global market space. This country appears to pursue foreign capital and recognition more than it does to buttress the unity of its own people – or, at least, more than many other newly independent countries – thus offering a unique opportunity to examine the validity of Migdal’s perspective. The study was broken down onto three sites: Almaty, Astana and Aktau, each of which offered a different perspective for the analysis of the causes and extent of non- |
