This book is a comparative study of the impact of neoliberal ideology on capitalist transformations of post-Soviet Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan. Rising as independent states out of the rubble of the Soviet Union in 1991, the ex-Soviet states of Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan immediately engaged in a long-term process of reforms aimed at national revival and economic resuscitation. Based on a comprehensive understanding of neoliberalism that addresses its manifestations at both ideational and practical levels, this volume conducts its investigation through a critical discourse analysis against the background of the global dominance of neoliberalism. Combining a broad macro-level examination of the political, economic, and cultural domains of post-Soviet transformative processes in these two countries with an extensive micro-level critical discourse analysis of the writings and public speeches of the presidents of both countries for manifestations of the influence of neoliberalism, this book demonstrates that both countries’ post-Soviet transformations are not isolated events. Instead, it suggests that we might best understand post-Soviet capitalist transitions as processes that involve the exercise of power on behalf of the state with the intention of preserving and perpetuating the interests of the capitalist political-economic systems established in both post-Soviet countries.
- ISBN: 978-3-319-69220-3
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Fecha Publicación: 13/03/2018
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés