The Nationalities Question in Post-Soviet Kazakhstan

Middle East Studies Series

No.51

Nurbulat Masanov, Erlan Karin, Andrei Chebotarev, Natsuko Oka
March 2002
Table of Contents

Back Cover (8KB)

Preface (12KB)

Chapters
1

Perceptions of Ethnic and All-National Identity in Kazakhstan / NURBULAT MASANOV

2

The Policy of Kazakhization in State and Government Institutions in Kazakhstan / ERLAN KARIN and ANDREI CHEBOTAREV

3

Nationalities Policy in Kazakhstan: Interviewing Political and Cultural Elites / NATSUKO OKA

Background (40KB)

Nation-building in independent Kazakhstan
About the survey
Kazakh nationalists
Russian nationalists
Kazakh intellectuals

Conclusion (65KB)

Differences among and within the groups
Possible area of compromise

List of interviewees
Sample of the questionnaire
References