Politics and oil in Kazakhstan
By: Wojciech Ostrowski.
Series: Central Asian studies series -- 20
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 206
ISBN-13: 9780415485807
Subjects: Petroleum industry and trade -- Political aspects -- Kazakhstan,; Kazakhstan -- Politics and government -- 1991-
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The oil industry and techniques of regime maintenance; title: The Kazakh oil industry in transition : de-formalizing formal relations; title: Strengthening the informal ties : the Kazakhization of the oil industry; title: Controlling the oil-rich regions : local populations; title: Controlling the oil-rich regions : local interest groups; title: The Kazakh oil industry after transition : quasi-formal relationships and consolidation; title: Summary and conclusions.