02895nam 2200649Ia 450 991046257070332120200520144314.00-87003-299-21-283-86273-5(CKB)2670000000330609(EBL)1092967(OCoLC)830170001(SSID)ssj0000783597(PQKBManifestationID)11941941(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000783597(PQKBWorkID)10761292(PQKB)10522728(MiAaPQ)EBC1092967(OCoLC)826657910(MdBmJHUP)muse35880(Au-PeEL)EBL1092967(CaPaEBR)ebr10632556(CaONFJC)MIL417523(EXLCZ)99267000000033060920091228d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrKazakhstan[electronic resource] unfulfilled promise? /Martha Brill Olcott[Rev. ed].Washington, DC Carnegie Endowment for International Peacec20101 online resource (425 p.)"Carnegie Endowment book".Edition statement from the foreward.0-87003-243-7 0-87003-252-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. 381-391) and index.Front cover; Table of Contents; Ch. 1 Introducing Kazakhstan; Ch. 2 Reluctantly Accepting Independence; Ch. 3 The Challenge of Creating Kazakhstanis; Ch. 4 Trying Pluralism and Abandoning It; Ch. 5 Economic Development or Stealing the State?; Ch. 6 A Divided Society; Ch. 7 Can Kazakhstan Regain Its Promise?; Ch. 8 Is Kazakhstan Moving in the Right Direction?; Appendices; Index; Map; Back coverAt the outset of independence 18 years ago, Kazakhstan's leaders promisedthat the country's rich natural resources, with oil and gas reserves among thelargest in the world, would soon bring economic prosperity. It appeared thatdemocracy was beginning to take hold in this newly independent state. Nearly twodecades later, Kazakhstan has achieved the World Bank's ranking of a ""middleeconomic country,"" but its economy is straining from the global economic crisis. The country's political system still needs fundamental reform before Kazakhstancan be considered a democracy. KazakhstKazakhstanHistory1991-KazakhstanPolitics and government1991-KazakhstanEconomic conditions1991-KazakhstanEthnic relationsElectronic books.958.45958.4508/6958.45086Olcott Martha Brill1949-639293MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910462570703321Kazakhstan1283941UNINA