Explaining the Role of Culture and Traditions in Functioning of Civil Society Organizations in Kazakhstan

Nezhina, Tamara G.; Ibrayeva, Aigerim R.

doi:10.1007/s11266-011-9256-7

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“…In this regard, key studies underline how CSOs' effectiveness is shaped by the degree of (dis)connect with local traditions (cf. Nezhina & Ibrayeva, 2013). Specific examples include Ferree's (2003) work on civil society and feminist activism on abortion policy in the USA and Germany and Jahanshahrad's study of Iran where she concludes (2012, p. 238): my own analysis suggests that the political structure in a nation interrelates with the culture of that society.…”

Section: Economymentioning

confidence: 99%

Gendered political space: civil society, contingency theory, and the substantive representation of women

Chaney

2016

Journal of Civil Society

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Whilst existing civil society studies generally fail to systematically examine the way that contextual factors shape women's representation in the civil sphere, political science has predominantly focused on legislative settings. This article responds to the resultant knowledge-gap by examining the hitherto underexplored role of civil society as a political space integral to the substantive representation of women (SRW)-or, the process by which women's concerns are advanced in policy and politics. The article uses grounded theory in order propose a systematic analytical model showing how the SRW is a contingent process whereby the motives of civil society organizations are translated into action repertoires shaped by three (non-discrete) spheres: political, socioeconomic, and organizational. Its wider contribution to civil society scholarship is in highlighting how civil society is a complex, heterogeneous political space wherein SRW claims-making requires cognizance of the co-presence of contingent factors that offer immanent explanatory power.

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Section: Economymentioning

confidence: 99%

Gendered political space: civil society, contingency theory, and the substantive representation of women

Chaney

2016

Journal of Civil Society

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“…This view is not only commonly held by outsiders, but also represents a decidedly urban preoccupation. Rural areas are decried for their lack of civil engagement and for the absence of group associations (ADB, 2005, p. 2; Nezhina and Ibrayeva, 2013, p. 343). Civil society is assumed to be primarily a phenomenon of the city—the site of NGOs and the Third Sector; to hold liberal democratic ideals; and to be fashioned according to the dictates of Western social scientists.…”

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What happened to the Second World? Earthquakes and postsocialism in Kazakhstan

Bankoff

Oven

2019

Disasters

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There is an assumption that with the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the Second World ceased to exist. Yet the demise of the Communist bloc as a geopolitical reality did not mean that it stopped exerting a defining influence over how people think and behave. This article examines how the postsocialist state in Kazakhstan deals with potential crises such as earthquakes and the extent to which the Soviet legacy still shapes intellectual debates, state structures, and civil society organisations in in that country. Drawing on fieldwork and interviews, this paper re-examines the Second World in its historical context and re-establishes it as a conceptual framework for considering disaster risk reduction in the former Soviet bloc. It argues that it is essential to pay attention to this legacy in Kazakhstan both in policy and practice if earthquake risk reduction is to be made more effective.

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“…There is however uncertainty about the numbers involved. Nezhina and Ibrayeva (2013), for example, claim that many of the registered NGOs are dormant or non-functioning and estimate that the number of active NGOs in the whole country amounts to little more than 800. These numbers are at odds with research by Makhmutova and Akhmetova (2011) who claim there are currently 8,000 NGOs in Kazakhstan of which 2,000 are active.…”

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State-Society Relations: NGOs in Kazakhstan

Knox

Yessimova

2015

Journal of Civil Society

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Kazakhstan has provided the economic exemplar for other Commonwealth of Independent State (CIS) countries since its independence in 1991 following the collapse of the Soviet Union. It has been classified by the World Bank as an 'upper middle income' country and witnessed sustained growth in spite of the global recession. Political reforms however have been slower to realise and the Presidential Republic still remains a highly centralised and autocratic regime. Some 23 years beyond independence this paper assesses whether the role played by the NGO sector has changed and, as a consequence, the asymmetric statesociety fulcrum has shifted in favour of a stronger societal voice in Kazakhstan. It finds mixed evidence of partnership between NGOs and Government and ongoing problems in exercising public voice and moderating the power of the state.

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Explaining the Role of Culture and Traditions in Functioning of Civil Society Organizations in Kazakhstan

Cited by 30 publications

References 13 publications

Gendered political space: civil society, contingency theory, and the substantive representation of women

Gendered political space: civil society, contingency theory, and the substantive representation of women

What happened to the Second World? Earthquakes and postsocialism in Kazakhstan

State-Society Relations: NGOs in Kazakhstan

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