Anticipating demographic superiority: Kazakh thinking on integration and nation building
Open Access
- 1 January 1998
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in Europe-Asia Studies
- Vol. 50 (1), 51-69
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09668139808412523
Abstract
"In order to understand and to forecast what kind of nations will take shape in the new states of the former Soviet Union it is important to focus on the express objectives and actual strategies of the nation builders.... In this article I will concentrate on the ideological aspect, that is, on official and semi-official statements outlining the idea of ¿the Kazakhstani nation', as Kazakhstani nation builders would like to see it develop." Particular attention is given to the changes in the ethnic composition of the country due primarily to the different demographic characteristics of the main ethnic groups that make up the population, the ethnic Kazakhs and Russians, and to the political implications of the growth of the Kazakhs from a minority to a majority ethnic group.Keywords
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