Kazakhstan and the Soviet Legacy Between Continuity and Rupture
This book examines Kazakhstan’s struggle to distance itself from its Soviet past over 25 years after its independence. To a very large extent, the affirmation of its sovereignty and a unique Kazakhstani way remain largely a matter of rhetoric. This book l
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Edited by Jean-François Caron
Kazakhstan and the Soviet Legacy
Jean-François Caron Editor
Kazakhstan and the Soviet Legacy Between Continuity and Rupture
Editor Jean-François Caron Nazarbayev University Astana, Kazakhstan
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Contents
1 Introduction 1 Jean-François Caron 2 Political Culture in Kazakhstan: Extension and Reflection 7 Aziz Burkhanov and Neil Collins 3 End of an Era? Kazakhstan and the Fate of Multivectorism 31 Charles J. Sullivan 4 The Environmental Legacy of the Soviet Regime 51 Beatrice Penati 5 Trials and Tribulations: Kazakhstan’s Criminal Justice Reforms 75 Alexei Trochev and Gavin Slade 6 Comparing Political and Economic Attitudes: A Generational Analysis101 Barbara Junisbai and Azamat Junisbai
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7 Youth Organizations and State–Society Relations in Kazakhstan: The Durability of the Leninist Legacy139 Dina Sharipova 8 The Art of Managing Religion in a Post-Soviet Soft Authoritarian State155 Hélène Thibault 9 The Contemporary Politics of Kazakhisation: The Case of Astana’s Urbanism181 Jean-François Caron Index207
Notes on Contributors
Aziz Burkhanov is an assistant professor in the Graduate School of Public Policy at Nazarbayev University in Astana, Kazakhstan. His research interests include nationalism and identity theories, and national identi
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