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Legitimation and the Party of Power in Kazakhstan

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Politics and Legitimacy in Post-Soviet Eurasia

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The goal of this volume is to shed light on the importance of legitimation for authoritarian-regime stability, focusing in particular on institutional legitimacy in post-Soviet Eurasia.1 The case of Kazakhstan is extremely relevant for this purpose: Governed by a soft authoritarian regime, the country is endowed with significant natural resources and yet deploys advanced forms of institutional legitimation, especially through its party of power. Moreover, the analysis of this case shows that modes of legitimation can vary over time, with shifts largely depending on the historical, economic and political conditions of the moment.

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  1. Institutions and Institutional Change in Postsocialism, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany

    Martin Brusis (Director, Competence Network) (Director, Competence Network)

  2. Private University of Applied Sciences, Göttingen, Germany

    Joachim Ahrens (Professor of International Economics) (Professor of International Economics)

  3. Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany

    Martin Schulze Wessel (Chair for the History of East and Southeast Europe) (Chair for the History of East and Southeast Europe)

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Sordi, A.D. (2016). Legitimation and the Party of Power in Kazakhstan. In: Brusis, M., Ahrens, J., Wessel, M.S. (eds) Politics and Legitimacy in Post-Soviet Eurasia. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137489449_4

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