Existing literature cannot explain why some rentier states, that is, states dependent on revenues from exports of natural resources or foreign aid, experience significantly more civil conflicts while others remain peaceful. ...

This research analyzes the perceptions of female politicians by the young generation in Kazakhstan. The study is based on several findings of the Western scholars and previous studies conducted during the recent years. ...

The scholarship on business disputes settlement in non-democracies while emphasizing the importance of lawyers cannot explain why and how they shape the businesses disputing behavior. I argue that lawyers’ case choices ...

The thesis research analyzes the mimicking in the Russian propaganda campaign on Facebook against the US in 2016. I identify a gap in the literature: the scholars have noted that Russia has mimicked American activists by ...

Summary Economic crises generally lead to reductions in foreign aid. However, the widely held view that budgetary constraints caused by economic crises reduce aid is inaccurate because donor government outlays actually ...

This Master's Thesis researches the moderating effect of political clientelism on negative economic conditions that affect the approval ratings of incumbent politicians, namely the president or the prime minister. The study ...

Today, Kazakhstan is only beginning to grasp the challenge of non-violent radicalization among Muslim women. By placing Islamization within the framework of securitization, the state is reviving and adjusting the discourse ...

In this thesis, I study South Korea’s immigrant admission and incorporation approach and how it affects the socio-cultural integration of ethnic Korean migrants from Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries of ...

In this research, I analyze what is behind the exclusion of quietist Salafi communities in Kazakhstan. In particular, I deal with the gap in the literature that does not focus on the communities, where Salafis are from ...