01193pab a2200169 454500008004000000100002300040245008100063260000900144300001500153362000800168520066000176650003900836650003800875650003300913650002600946773005100972180718b2012   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aBhuiyan, Shahjahan  aPolitical leadership and its role in achieving good governance in Kazakhstan  c2012  ap.379-388.  aMay  aThis article examines the role political leadership plays in achieving good governance in Kazakhstan, a post-communist country in Central Asia. Since its withdrawal from the USSR, Kazakhstan maintains an authoritative political leadership, where President Nazarbayev, his trusted ﾓinner-circle,ﾔ and the stalwarts of the Nur Otan party effectively rule the country. Opposition political parties are weak and disorganized, and their leaders are not quite capable of mobilizing favorable public opinion. The finding of the study suggests that the Kazakhstani political leadership has limited success in achieving good governance in Kazakhstan. - Reprodu  aPublic administration - Kazakhstan  aPolitical leadership - Kazakhstan  aGood governance - Kazakhstan  aPublic administration  aInternational Journal of Public Administration