01318pab a2200145 454500008004000000100001600040245007500056260000900131300001400140362000800154520089400162650003901056650002601095773005101121180718b2008   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aKnox, Colin  aKazakhstan: modernizing government in the context of political interia  c2008  ap.477-96.  aSep  aKazakhstan 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.  aAdministrative reform - Kazakhstan  aAdministrative reform  aInternational Review of Administrative Science