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multi-vector foreign policy and non-national identity of Kazakhstan contribute to the development of each other, threatening the revival of genuine Kazakh national identity in the process.
In the long run, non-national, fragmented identity of Kazakhstan will most likely require the continuation of multi-vector foreign policy and further drifting away from Russia’s influence. The government’s attempt to substitute a coherent policy of nation-building within the state with numerous initiatives in foreign policy, which generally aim to bolster internal legitimacy of the regime more than raise its reputation worldwide, will be one of the best instruments at the regime’s disposal of maintaining the domestic order in lieu of a strong national identity. For example, the latest accomplishment of Kazakhstan’s foreign policy, the OSCE chairmanship ended with a whimper internationally. Despite the best efforts of the republic’s diplomats put into the organization of the summit in December 2010, it was marked by numerous disagreements between the member states which Kazakhstan failed to bridge and no concrete decisions were made. (English.news.cn, 2010) Domestically, however, the OSCE chairmanship and results of the summit were hailed as an ultimate achievement of the country on international arena. (Ibid) This is not the first and definitely not the last of Kazakhstan’s foreign policy projects whose international effect does not correlate with the amount of accolades they receive domestically, providing a useful propaganda tool for its government to promote unity of the non-national society by buttressing the perceived international reputation of Kazakhstan domestically.
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 242 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | 236 multi-vector foreign policy and non-national identity of Kazakhstan contribute to the development of each other, threatening the revival of genuine Kazakh national identity in the process. In the long run, non-national, fragmented identity of Kazakhstan will most likely require the continuation of multi-vector foreign policy and further drifting away from Russia’s influence. The government’s attempt to substitute a coherent policy of nation-building within the state with numerous initiatives in foreign policy, which generally aim to bolster internal legitimacy of the regime more than raise its reputation worldwide, will be one of the best instruments at the regime’s disposal of maintaining the domestic order in lieu of a strong national identity. For example, the latest accomplishment of Kazakhstan’s foreign policy, the OSCE chairmanship ended with a whimper internationally. Despite the best efforts of the republic’s diplomats put into the organization of the summit in December 2010, it was marked by numerous disagreements between the member states which Kazakhstan failed to bridge and no concrete decisions were made. (English.news.cn, 2010) Domestically, however, the OSCE chairmanship and results of the summit were hailed as an ultimate achievement of the country on international arena. (Ibid) This is not the first and definitely not the last of Kazakhstan’s foreign policy projects whose international effect does not correlate with the amount of accolades they receive domestically, providing a useful propaganda tool for its government to promote unity of the non-national society by buttressing the perceived international reputation of Kazakhstan domestically. |
