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Living on the edge : relocating Kazakhstan on the margins of power
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Hoggarth, Davinia (2016) Living on the edge : relocating Kazakhstan on the margins of power. PhD thesis, University of Warwick.
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Abstract
In contrast to the Great Game narrative, this thesis demonstrates the extent and limitations of Kazakhstan in generating autonomy. It provides a detailed account of the tactical and strategic choices that the state has made, particularly through its energy industry, to improve its position relative to Russia, China and the West. Using the innovative marginality literature, this thesis reimagines the Central Asian state as more powerful regional actor than has previously envisioned. Moreover, it explores how Kazakhstan is able to effect change in Russian and Chinese foreign policy, and exemplifies a marginal state affecting the centres of power. To demonstrate this, the thesis examines the strategic choices of the Kazak state, its governance structure and the changing identity politics. As geopolitics becomes increasingly antagonistic in Europe, it is vitally important that we understand how these large states are ‘playing’ overseas. It is suggested that Kazakhstan is not a “small” or a “weak” state and from its position on the periphery has exercised remarkable leverage: it is a prism thought which we can see the truly multi-polar nature of world politics in the second decade of the twenty-first century.
Item Type: | Thesis (PhD) | ||||
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Subjects: | J Political Science > JC Political theory | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | States, Small | ||||
Official Date: | 2016 | ||||
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Institution: | University of Warwick | ||||
Theses Department: | Department of Politics and International Studies | ||||
Thesis Type: | PhD | ||||
Publication Status: | Unpublished | ||||
Extent: | ix, 289, xxxii leaves | ||||
Language: | eng |
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