1st Edition

Kazakhstan: Snow Leopard at the Crossroads

By Christopher Hartwell Copyright 2023
328 Pages 16 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

328 Pages 16 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

328 Pages 16 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This volume examines the experience of Kazakhstan’s transition over the past 30 years, explaining the political and economic performance of the country since the collapse of the USSR, through the country’s institutions, policy choices, and external environment. In an exploration of more than 1,000 years of institutional development, the chapters analyse and assess the development of political... Read more

Contents

Foreword 1 Introduction 2 A Brief Institutional History of Kazakhstan: From Antiquity to 1917 3 Drawing Conclusions from a Thousand Years of Kazakh Institutional History 4 The Soviet Experiment in Kazakhstan 5 The Political Development of Post-Soviet Kazakhstan 6 The Economic Development of Post-Soviet Kazakhstan 7 Conclusion – Which Way, Snow Leopard?

Biography

Christopher A. Hartwell is Professor of International Business Policy, ZHAW School of Management and Law, and Professor of International Management, Kozminski University.