Illusory Transition? Elite Reconstitution in Kazakhstan, 1989 - 2002

Murphy, Jonathan Richard 2006. Illusory Transition? Elite Reconstitution in Kazakhstan, 1989 - 2002. Europe-Asia Studies 58 (4) , pp. 523-554. 10.1080/09668130600652092

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Abstract

Changes in elite composition during the post-Soviet transition in Russia and Central and Eastern Europe have received significant scholarly attention, but corollary developments in other former ‘Communist’ countries, including Kazakhstan, have attracted much less scrutiny, or have been attributed to organic features of Central Asian society. We examine the trajectory of the Kazakhstan elite in the light of three key perspectives on elite transformation: the first claims that the country has reverted to traditional clan social structures, the second proposes the conquest of power by a nascent ‘acquisition class’, and the third argues that the Soviet-era elite was largely successful in maintaining power during the economic reorganisation. We find that Kazakhstan's experience most closely matches the third explanation.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Business (Including Economics)
Subjects:	D History General and Old World > D History (General) > D839 Post-war History, 1945 on D History General and Old World > D History (General) > D880 Developing Countries D History General and Old World > DK Russia. Soviet Union. Former Soviet Republics J Political Science > JA Political science (General) J Political Science > JC Political theory J Political Science > JQ Political institutions Asia
Publisher:	Routledge
ISSN:	0966-8136
Last Modified:	10 Oct 2017 14:48
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/40053

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