The Nazarbayev Generation: Youth in Kazakhstan

by Marlène Laruelle

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1793609136
• ISBN13: 9781793609137
• Release Date: August 2019
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 342 Pages
• Weight: 1.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"