Kazakhstan [[electronic resource] ] : unfulfilled promise? / / Martha Brill Olcott

• Autore: Olcott Martha Brill <1949->
• Pubblicazione: Washington, DC, : Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, c2010
• Edizione: [Rev. ed].
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (425 p.)
• Disciplina: 958.45; 958.4508/6; 958.45086
• Soggetto geografico: Kazakhstan History 1991-; Kazakhstan Politics and government 1991-; Kazakhstan Economic conditions 1991-; Kazakhstan Ethnic relations
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: "Carnegie Endowment book".; Edition statement from the foreward.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 381-391) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 cover
• Sommario/riassunto: At 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Kazakhstan
• ISBN: 0-87003-299-2; 1-283-86273-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910462570703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II