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Socio-cultural Resource for Kazakhstan Modernization
https://doi.org/10.32609/0042-8736-2012-6-74-82
Abstract
The opportunities of the competitive advantages use of the social and cultural capital for pro-modernization institutional reforms in Kazakhstan are considered in the article. Based on a number of sociological surveys national-specific features of the cultural capital are marked, which can encourage the country's social and economic development: bonding social capital, propensity for taking executive positions (not ordinary), mobility and adaptability (characteristic for nomad cultures), high value of education. The analysis shows the resources of the productive use of these socio-cultural features.
About the Authors
A. Stavinskaya
National Project Institute "Social Contract"
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
E. Nikishina
National Project Institute "Social Contract"
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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Stavinskaya A., Nikishina E. Socio-cultural Resource for Kazakhstan Modernization. Voprosy Ekonomiki. 2012;(6):74-82. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.32609/0042-8736-2012-6-74-82
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