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| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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Knox, Colin |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT |
| Title |
Kazakhstan: modernizing government in the context of political inertia |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
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2008 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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p.477-96. |
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Sep |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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Kazakhstan declared its independence from the Soviet Union in 1991 and joined the Commonwealth of Independent States. Since then it has witnessed a remarkable economic transformation under the leadership of President Nursultan Nazarbayev. Pursuing a policy of `economy first and then politics', Kazakhstan is under growing pressure to engage in political reforms which include a modernization agenda to improve public service provision. Recent constitutional reforms have received a lukewarm reaction from the international community that Kazakhstan is keen to become part of. At the same time a progressive agenda of public services reform is well under way rooted in new public management and a desire to become much more customer focussed in their orientation. This article examines the parallel themes of political reforms and public services modernization in Kazakhstan. - Reproduced. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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Administrative reform - Kazakhstan |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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Administrative reform |
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International Review of Administrative Sciences |
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