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100			_aKnox, Colin
245			_aKazakhstan: modernizing government in the context of political inertia
260			_c2008
300			_ap.477-96.
362			_aSep
520			_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.
650			_aAdministrative reform - Kazakhstan
650			_aAdministrative reform
773			_aInternational Review of Administrative Sciences
908			_aN
909			_a80040
999			_c80040 _d80040