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The ‘heart’ of Eurasia? Kazakhstan's centrally located capital city

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In a world still dominated by a geopolitical system of territorial states, one tool in the state- and nation-building repertoire is the strategy of moving a capital from one city to another, and to an ostensibly more ‘central’ location of a geometrically conceived territory. From Ankara to Brasília, the technique has been used in a variety of places around the world, and Kazakhstan's new capital since 1997, Astana, is one more recent iteration. Taking a Foucauldian approach to analysing political technologies of government, the author examines the strategy of the centrally located city and considers how it has been instrumental to simultaneously producing a ‘state effect’ and a ‘territory effect’ in newly independent Kazakhstan. Part of a larger mixed-methods study, this article draws on a diverse range of methods, including data from interviews, participant observation, textual analysis, focus groups and a country-wide survey.

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  • Natalie Koch, 2013. "The ‘heart’ of Eurasia? Kazakhstan's centrally located capital city," Central Asian Survey, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 32(2), pages 134-147.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:ccasxx:v:32:y:2013:i:2:p:134-147
    DOI: 10.1080/02634937.2013.802487
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