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200 10$aKazakhstan$b[electronic resource] $eunfulfilled promise? /$fMartha Brill Olcott
205   $a[Rev. ed].
210   $aWashington, DC $cCarnegie Endowment for International Peace$dc2010
215   $a1 online resource (425 p.)
300   $a"Carnegie Endowment book".
300   $aEdition statement from the foreward.
311   $a0-87003-243-7 
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 381-391) and index.
327   $aFront 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 cover
330   $aAt 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.  Kazakhst
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607   $aKazakhstan$xPolitics and government$y1991-
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