Kazakhstan: Snow Leopard at the Crossroads

This volume examines the experience of Kazakhstan's transition over the past 30 years, explaining the political and economic performance of the country since the end of the USSR, through the country's institutions, policy choices and external environment.

Autorentext

Christopher A. Hartwell is Professor of International Business Policy, ZHAW School of Management and Law, and Professor of International Management, Kozminski University.

Klappentext

This volume examines the experience of Kazakhstan's transition over the past 30 years, explaining the political and economic performance of the country since the end of the USSR, through the country's institutions, policy choices and external environment.

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Contents

Foreword 1 Introduction 2 A Brief Institutional History of Kazakhstan: From Antiquity to 1917 3 Drawing Conclusions from a Thousand Years of Kazakh Institutional History 4 The Soviet Experiment in Kazakhstan 5 The Political Development of Post-Soviet Kazakhstan 6 The Economic Development of Post-Soviet Kazakhstan 7 Conclusion Which Way, Snow Leopard?