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Routledge
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by
Routledge
256 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Kazakhstan is emerging as the most dynamic economic and political actor in Central Asia. It is the second largest country of the former Soviet Union, after the Russian Federation, and has rich natural resources, particularly oil, which is being exploited through massive US investment. Kazakhstan has an impressive record of economic growth under the leadership of President Nursultan Nazarbaev, and... Read more
Introduction 1. Empire, Collaboration, and Transition 2. From Nomadism to a National Imagination 3. Becoming Mankurts? The Hegemony of Russian 4. Ethnic Entitlements and Compliance 5. Enshrining Kazakh as the State Language 6. Disempowered Minorities 7. The Nationalizing State: Symbols and Spoils. Conclusions
Biography
Bhavna Dave is a lecturer in Central Asian Politics at the Department of Politics and International Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. She specializes in issues of ethnic relations, identity politics and political transition in Central Asia.
