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Researchers

OKA Natsuko

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OKA Natsuko
Middle Eastern Studies Group, Area Studies Center


Research Field:
Kazakhstan politics, nationalism studies

Education / Research Experience

Education:
M. A. in Area Studies, Graduate Division of International and Interdisciplinary Studies, The University of Tokyo, 1994
Ph.D., School of Politics and International Studies, The University of Leeds, 2008

Professional Career:
Research Fellow, General Research Department, IDE, 1994
Visiting Scholar, The Harriman Institute, Columbia University (New York, USA), 1998-1999
Visiting Scholar, The Institute for the Development of Kazakhstan (Almaty, Kazakhstan), 1999-2001
Research Fellow, Area Studies Department II, IDE, 2001
Research Fellow, Area Studies Center, IDE, 2003
Research Fellow Sent Abroad (Almaty), 2011
Research Fellow, Area Studies Center, IDE, 2012-


Major Works

Russian
Japanese
  • "The 'Return' of Co-ethnics: Kazakhstan's Migration Policy toward Ethnic Kazakhs Abroad," Ajia Keizai, Vol. 51, No. 6, 2010, pp. 2-23.
  • "Kazakhstan's 2007 Mazhilis Elections: The Establishment of a Pro-presidential 'One Party Dictatorship'," The Contemporary Middle East, No. 44, 2008, pp. 28-36.
  • "Kazakhstan: Control of Ethnic Cleavages under the Authoritarian Regime," in Hazama, Yasushi ed., Cleavage Structures and Political Systems in West and Central Asia, Chiba: Institute of Developing Economies, 2006, pp. 211-248.
  • Koreans in Central Asia: Far Away from the Land of Their Ancestors (co-authored with Shiro Hanya), Tokyo: Toyo Shoten, 2006.
  • "Regional Political Elites in Kazakhstan, 1992-2001," in Sakai, Keiko and Hiroyuki Aoyama eds., Power Structure in Middle Eastern and Central Asian States, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, 2005, pp. 111-142.
  • "The Present State of the Study of Koreans of the Former Soviet Union: A Review of Yi Aeria, Changes in a Minority Community in Central Asia: The Case of Koreans in Kazakhstan" (co-authored with Shir? Hanya), Ajia Keizai, Vol. 46, No. 10, 2005, pp. 66-79.
  • "Nations and Politics: 'Nationalizing' States and Changing Interethnic Relations," in Iwasaki, Ichiro, Tomohiko Uyama and Hisao Komatsu eds., Contemporary Central Asia: In-Depth Analysis of Political and Economic Transformation, Tokyo: Nippon Hyoron Sha, 2004, pp. 81-102.
  • "How Russia Deals with Russians in the 'Near Abroad': An Analysis of the Compatriot Law and the Citizenship Law," in Tabata, Shinichiro and Megumi Suezawa eds., The CIS: Restructuring of Former Soviet Spaces, Tokyo: Kokusai Shoin, 2004, pp. 93-112.
  • "Co-opting Ethnic Movements in Kazakhstan: Why Anticipated Conflicts Did No Occur," in Takeuchi, Shin'ichi ed., State, Violence, and Politics: Conflicts in Asia and Africa, Chiba: Institute of Developing Economies, 2003, pp. 451-492.
  • "Russia's Policy toward 'Compatriots' and Russians Abroad: A Case in Kazakhstan," Roshia Kenkyu (Russian Studies), No. 34, 2002, pp. 76-95.
  • "Recent Developments among Russians in Kazakhstan: What Do 'A Separatist Movement' and 'An Appeal for Integration with Russia' Suggest?" Gendai no Chuto (The Contemporary Middle East), No. 29, 2000, pp. 27-38.
  • "Kazakhstan's 1999 Parliamentary Elections: Staged 'Democratization' with Falsified Results," Roshia Kenkyu (Russian Studies), No. 30, 2000, pp. 73-92.
  • Demographic Changes in Kazakhstan (Discussion Paper No. D98-16), Tokyo: Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University, 1999.
  • "Economic Integration in the CIS: Kazakhstan's Strategy," in Shimizu, Manabu ed., Central Asian Experiments in the Transition to a Market Economy: Present Stages and the Work to Be Done, Tokyo: Institute of Developing Economies, 1998, pp. 131-165.

Other Information

Membership of Academic Societies
Japan Association for Central Asian Studies; Japan Association for Comparative Politics


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