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During the past half-decade Kazakhstan has accomplished something which no other state formed from the ruins of the USSR has achieved: beginning as a largely rural country with a small but politically powerful urban elite, it has emerged with a large and g..
Economic Development in Kazakhstan traces the role of large enterprises, the core of the country's industrial economy, their development through 70 years of socialism and their privatisation since 1991 when Kazakhstan became independent. Tracing the path o..
Modern Kazakhstan is an immense and varied land with a rich and varied culinary heritage. This volume documents the food-ways of Kazakhstan region by region, from early times to the present. Combining cultural and culinary history with practical history, i..
As an arena of political struggle, this industry provides a good test case for uncovering regime maintenance techniques. This book examines the ways in which the post-Soviet Kazakh regime has managed to sustain itself in power, and the regime maintenance t..
As an arena of political struggle, this industry provides a good test case for uncovering regime maintenance techniques. This book examines the ways in which the post-Soviet Kazakh regime has managed to sustain itself in power, and the regime maintenance t..
As a result of enforced, neo-liberal reforms the fledgling republics were exposed to the familiar effects of globalised capital. Focusing on Kazakhstan, where violence and corruption are now facts of everyday life, Joma Nazpary examines the impact of the n..
The region has a population of about 50 million in an area of more than four million square kilometers. The per capita gross internal product is more than 2,500 dollard, although the economy has been declining the past five years. The area has substantial ..