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Record Nr.

UNINA9910484858503321

Titolo

Understanding Kazakhstan’s 2019 political transition / / edited by Jean-François Caron

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2021

ISBN

981-334-308-7

Edizione

[1st ed. 2021.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (vii, 103 pages)

Collana

The Steppe and Beyond: Studies on Central Asia, , 2524-8367

Disciplina

958.45086

Soggetti

Democratization - Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan Politics and government 1991-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Political Culture and Power Transition: The Case of Kazakhstan.-Chapter 3: Security Hedging After Nazarbayev? The Future of Kazakhstan’s -- Chapter 4: The Kazakh Model? Dynamics of Regime Succession in Eurasia -- Chapter 5: Understanding Anti-Regime Activists’ Failures During the 2019 Kazakhstan Presidential Election.

Sommario/riassunto

The final page in the political history of the Soviet Union was turned on March 19, 2019, when Nursultan Nazarbayev, the last former Chairman of a Soviet Republic who had managed to stay in power following the collapse of USSR, unexpectedly decided to resign. This edited book looks to analyse the political aspects of this event more specifically by trying to understand its political significance for the country’s policies, the prospects of democratisation, the uniqueness of the transition compared with others that have previously occurred in the region and how it may play an influential part in future political transitions in this part of the world. This book will interest scholars of authoritarian politics, scholars of Central Asia, and those researching the Belt and Road Initiative.