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Kazakhstan has become a successful market reformer under the leadership of President Nursultan Nazarbayev. But what type of a market economy has emerged in the country since 1991? This book focuses on Kazakhstan's transition path, examines the role of the state in steering economic processes, and analyses the state - business interaction. The Varieties of Capitalism approach and a core - periphery analytical framework are applied to classify the evolving model of capitalist economy in the country in detail. The research design is based on a qualitative cross-sectional interview study, where 159 semi-structured interviews were conducted. This study makes an innovative contribution to the scholarly literature on the economic and institutional transition of Kazakhstan.

Roman Vakulchuk is a Senior Research Fellow at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI). He holds a PhD in Economics from Jacobs University Bremen (Germany). His main specialization is Central Asia and he has been principal investigator of various economic research projects devoted to the region.

Contents: Economic transition in Kazakhstan - Varieties of Capitalism approach in Kazakhstan - Qualitative cross-sectional interview study - Elite interviewing - Qualitative content analysis - State - business interaction - The core - periphery hybrid market economy in Kazakhstan - State capitalism - Emerging economies.

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