Neoliberalism and post-Soviet transition : Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan / Wumaier Yilamu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yilamu, Wumaier, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Neoliberalism--Uzbekistan.

Neoliberalism.

Uzbekistan--Politics and government.

Uzbekistan.

Politics and government.

Neoliberalism--Kazakhstan.

Kazakhstan--Politics and government.

Kazakhstan.

Physical Description:

xiv, 202 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2018]

Summary:

"This book is comparative study of the impact of neoliberal ideology on capitalist transformation of post-Soviet Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan. Rising as independent states out of the rubble of the Soviet Union in 1991, the ex-Soviet states of Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan immediately engaged in a long-term process of reforms aimed at national revival and economic resuscitation. Based on a comprehensive understanding of neoliberalism that addresses its manifestations at both ideational and practical levels, this volume conducts its investigation through a critical discourse analysis against the background of the global dominance of neoliberalism. Combining a broad macro-level examination of the political, economic, and cultural domains of post-Soviet transformative processes in these two countries with an extensive micro-level critical discourse analysis of the writings and public speeches of the presidents of both countries for manifestations of the influence of neoliberalism, this book demonstrates that both countries' post-Soviet transformations are not isolated events. Instead, it suggests that we might best understand post-Soviet capitalist transitions as processes that involve the exercise of power on behalf of the state with the intention of preserving and perpetuating the interests of the capitalist political-economic systems established in both post-Soviet countries."-- Back cover.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9783319692203

3319692208

OCLC:

1004073180