Wojciech Ostrowski

Politics and Oil in Kazakhstan

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Based on extensive field work and in-depth interviews in Kazakhstan, this book provides a comprehensive study of the issues of politics of oil and state-business relationships in Kazakhstan. It examines the ways in which the post-Soviet Kazakh regime has managed to sustain itself in power, and the regime maintenance techniques it has used in the process of establishing and upholding its position.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 212
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 155mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 476g
• ISBN-13: 9780415485807
• ISBN-10: 0415485800
• Artikelnr.: 27387013

Autorenporträt

Dr Wojciech Ostrowski holds a PhD in International Relations from the University of St Andrews, UK. His areas of specialization include the politics of oil, authoritarian regimes and state-business relationships in Central Asia.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. The oil industry and techniques of regime maintenance 3.
The Kazakh oil industry in transition: de-formalising formal relations 4.
Strengthening the informal ties: the Kazakhization of the oil industry 5.
Controlling the oil-rich regions: local population 6. Controlling the
oil-rich regions: local interests groups 7. The Kazakh oil industry after
transition: quasi-formal relationships and consolidation 8. Summary and
conclusions