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This chapter takes a cultural perspective to provide an interpretation of the impact of the globalization of neoliberal capitalism on Uzbekistan’s and Kazakhstan’s post-Soviet capitalist transformations. As a social phenomenon, culture may encompass a spectrum of social activities and interactions. Culture in this study is not treated as a self-contained and autonomous domain. Rather, it is considered a space intricately connected to other aspects of society, situated within the social relations and broader systems through which it is produced and reproduced. Analysis of culture is thus intimately bound up with the study of other aspects of society, which may include politics, economics, and ideologies, among others.
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Yilamu, W. (2018). Neoliberal Capitalist Transitions in Post-Soviet Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan: A Cultural Perspective. In: Neoliberalism and Post-Soviet Transition. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69221-0_5
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