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TitelThe Soviet legacy and the future of language politics in post-Soviet Kazakhstan  
AuteurD. Ramazanova
Jaar2011
TijdschriftSpanda Journal : Indigenous Culture & Development
JaargangII
Serienummer2
Pagina's18-30
ISSN2210-2175
OrganisatieSpanda Foundation
OnderwerpSocial and Political Change
Trefwoordencivil society, culture, democratisation, economic development
RegioCentral Asia
LandKazakhstan
SamenvattingAfter becoming its own nation-state in 1991 for the first time in history, Kazakhstan has been facing major challenges on its path to nation-building. Amidst economic difficulties caused by the shift from communist command economy to a free market system, the country had to unite its multiethnic society with no prior memory of nationhood into a coherent nation. As a result of the extensive Soviet language and identity politics, it was the only republic in the USSR to have the biggest share of its titular Kazakh population speaking Russian to the extent of not knowing their own- Kazakh language. Nonetheless, the country chose nationalism in a form of language revival as means of building a nation whilst developing its economy. The article traces the process of development and its relation to language revival and nationalism in Kazakhstan pointing out the shortcomings of language policy implementation and the future prospects for Kazakh language.  
TaalEngels
CategorieGeneral
Soort documentArtikel
OpmerkingenISBN 978-88-7778-133-8
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