TY - JOUR
T1 - A tale of two Kazakhstans
T2 - Sources of political cleavage and conflict in the Post-Soviet Period
AU - Junisbai, Barbara
N1 - Funding Information:
Research for this article was supported in part by a World Politics and Statecraft Dissertation Fellowship from the Smith Richardson Foundation and the Title VIII Research Scholar Program, which is funded by the US State Department, Program for Research and Training on Eastern Europe and the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union (Title VIII) and administered by American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS. The opinions expressed therein are the author’s own and do not necessarily express the views of the Smith Richardson Foundation, the US State Department, or American Councils. The author gratefully acknowledges Jack Bielasiak, William Fierman, Azamat Junisbai, Henry Hale, Brent Hierman, Regina Smyth, Regine Spector, and the two anonymous reviewers for their invaluable feedback and suggestions for strengthening this article. Any errors are the sole responsibility of the author.
Copyright:
Copyright 2010 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2010/3
Y1 - 2010/3
N2 - Departing from some prominent scholarship on Kazakhstani politics, the author argues that competition between financial-industrial groups over scarce economic and political resources-rather than inter-clan or centre-periphery rivalries-largely determines who gets what, when and how. While clan politics and regional grievances may still influence struggles over the distribution of power and wealth, their importance has diminished in recent years. Instead, observable political conflict has centred around competing financial-industrial groups, which represent the diverse, and at times clashing, interests of Kazakhstan's business and political elites.
AB - Departing from some prominent scholarship on Kazakhstani politics, the author argues that competition between financial-industrial groups over scarce economic and political resources-rather than inter-clan or centre-periphery rivalries-largely determines who gets what, when and how. While clan politics and regional grievances may still influence struggles over the distribution of power and wealth, their importance has diminished in recent years. Instead, observable political conflict has centred around competing financial-industrial groups, which represent the diverse, and at times clashing, interests of Kazakhstan's business and political elites.
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U2 - 10.1080/09668130903506813
DO - 10.1080/09668130903506813
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:76149083875
VL - 62
SP - 235
EP - 269
JO - Europe-Asia Studies
JF - Europe-Asia Studies
SN - 0966-8136
IS - 2
ER -