01388pab a2200181 454500 180718b2008 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Knox, Colin Kazakhstan: modernizing government in the context of political inertia 2008 p.477-96. Sep 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. Administrative reform - Kazakhstan Administrative reform International Review of Administrative Sciences N 80040 80040 80040 0 0 0 0 IIPA IIPA 2018-07-19 Volume no: 74, Issue no: 3 AR80500 2018-07-19 2018-07-19 AR