Nationality policies in post-Soviet Kazakhstan

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Dinç, Deniz
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This thesis attempts to analyze the continuity of nationality policies of Kazakhstan between Soviet and post-Soviet periods. As for the Soviet past the Soviet template of nationality policies was deeply rooted in Kazakhstan. Considering the Soviet template of nationality policies, this study conceptualizes the structure of it as first among equals under Russian hegemony. With regard to post-Soviet period, this thesis claims that the nation building policies were not born out of its ashes contrary to the mainstream arguments. This study aims to reveal how the post-Soviet nation building in Kazakhstan is still proceeding along with the Soviet template. Evaluating nation building process of independent Kazakhstan, this study emphasizes the rising titular hegemony of Kazakhs. In other words, this study attempts to analyze the transformation of first among equals taking into account the ethnic and civic aspects of nation-building oscillations.
General social sciences.
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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/19851
Graduate School of Social Sciences, Thesis

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D. Dinç, “Nationality policies in post-Soviet Kazakhstan,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2010.
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