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This social and cultural analysis provides a new understanding of Kazakhstan’s younger generations that emerged during the rule of Nursultan Nazarbayev, who has been presiding over Kazakhstan for the thirty years since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Half of Kazakhstan’s population was born after he took power and have no direct memory of the Soviet regime. Since the early 2000s, they have lived in a world of political stability and relative material affluence, and have developed a strong consumerist culture. Even with growing government restrictions on media, religion, and formal public expression, they have been raised in a comparatively free country. This book offers the first collective study of the “Nazarbayev Generation,” illuminating the diversity of the country’s younger generations and the transformations of social and cultural norms that have taken place over the course of three decades. The contributors to this collection move away from state-centric, top-down perspectives in favor of grassroots realities and bottom-up dynamics in order to better integrate sociological data.
Marlene Laruelle is research professor, director of the Central Asia Program, and associate director of the Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies (IERES) at the Elliott School of International Affairs of George Washington University.
Introduction: "The Nazarbayev Generation: A Sociological Portrait," by Marlene LaruellePart I: Kazakhstani Youth and National IdentityChapter 1: "Are Youth Different? The Nazarbayev Generation and Public Opinion," by Barbara Junisbai and Azamat JunisbaiChapter 2: "Youth and National Identity: Then and Now," by Aziz BurkhanovChapter 3: "Youth and Civic National Identity," by Dina SharipovaChapter 4: "Mankurts, Kazakh 'Russians' and 'Shala' Kazakhs: Language, National Identity, and Ethnicity Revisited," by Diana T. KudaibergenovaPart II: Youth Voices on Moral ChangesChapter 5: "'We Love Our Country in Our Own Way': Youth, Gender, and Nationalism," by Ulan BigozhinChapter 6: "'Cognitive Unconscious,' 'Modern Conservatism,' and 'Core Liberal Values' in the Context of Chapter 7: "Youth’s National Identity," by Galym Zhussipbek and Zhanar NagayevaChapter 8: "Contours of Ethnonational Landscapes in Three Cities: Youths’ Perspectives on Ethnic and Social Integration," by Reuel R. HanksPart I
What Marlene Laruelle's book does is to help us make sense of this and think critically about Kazakhstan and the reception of globalised norms and liberal values in non-Western societies. Such an intervention is not only informative, but also necessary for anyone trying to make sense of underlying forces shaping our world today.
