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This review assesses Kazakhstan's ability to comply with the principles of liberalisation, transparency and non-discrimination and to bring its investment policy closer to recognised international standards such as the OECD Declaration on International Investment and Multination…
This review assesses Kazakhstan's ability to comply with the principles of liberalisation, transparency and non-discrimination and to bring its investment policy closer to recognised international standards such as the OECD Declaration on International Investment and Multination…
This report comprises a gendered analysis of labor markets, policies, and legislation in Cambodia, Kazakhstan, and the Philippines. It provides policy recommendations that may expand work opportunities for women in specific sectors.
How will Russia redraw post-Soviet borders? In the wake of recent Russian expansionism, political risk expert Agnia Grigas illustrates how-for more than two decades-Moscow has consistently used its compatriots in bordering nations for its territorial ambitions. Demonstrating how…
Bu çalışmada, Kazakistan tarihi ve Kostüm tarihinin ana hatlarıyla Kazakistan bölgesinde yaşamış olan toplulukların ve devletlerin günümüze kadar gelmiş olan giysi buluntuları ve verileri kısaca elealınmıştır. Kazakların kültürü, yaşamı, inançları ve kutladıkları bayramları anla…
Located in the north of Kazakhstan and extending the entire width of the country, the Kazakh Steppe is a temperate grassland ideal for the mobile pastoralism Kazakhs had practiced for thousands of years prior to the Russian Empire’s encroachment on the region. An occupation natu…
This dissertation examines supra-ethnic nation-building in Kazakhstan, particularly focusing on policy outcomes since the republic became independent from the Soviet Union in 1991. The population of Kazakhstan is distinctive among countries of the post-Soviet space in terms of i…
In a comparative case study of two natural resource management projects in Kazakhstan, I examine how World Bank organizational structure and imperatives influence project implementation. Based on in-depth interviews, direct observation, and document review, I explore how organiz…
During the period of the Sino-Soviet Split, Soviet historians continually revised their approach to the writing of Uyghur history to suit the changing political situation. As in other Uyghur histories, Soviet historians divided Uyghur history into distinct narratives, depending …
This study in the anthropology of religion examines the relationship between Kazak ethnicity and religion, exploring how the collective memory is mediating Muslim values in Kazak culture in the 1990s. Ethnographic field research was conducted in the Kazak language from 1992 to 1…
This paper investigates secessionist conflicts that occurred in Kazakhstan, Moldova, Azerbaijan, and Georgia. Each of these states contains mature separatist movements, several of which have achieved the status of what can be called a semi-sovereign entity. All six separatist mo…
This dissertation examines the relationship between the use of student-centered instructional methods in teaching mathematics and science, and achievement of fourth graders in these subjects. The context for analyzing this relationship is the post-Soviet region, with Kazakhstan …
This dissertation is an ethnography of Kazakhstan's art world after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Drawing on fifteen months of anthropological field research in Almaty and Astana, in Kazakhstan, I inquire into the discourses and practices of aesthetic production as visual…
This study examines commonalities and differences in leadership choices preferred by female leaders in Kazakhstan, Sweden and the United States of America. The results of the study show that all respondents (1) value the same leadership traits; (2) recognize the importance of me…
The association of Kazakhstan to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), a regional organization with a strong human rights component, could not induce the oil-rich Central Asian country, long since criticized for its poor human rights record, to change i…
Background: Many studies have shown that risky sexual behavior leads to increased rates of HIV infection among labor migrants. However, little is known about the role of social support in risky sexual behavior among labor migrants in Kazakhstan. This study explores the potential…