Since 1991, newly independent Central Asian states have been confronting unprecedented challenges in virtually every public policy area. (HE). The following problems urged their governments to start elaborating new policies in the higher education (HE) sector: emergence of private HE sector, new...

Since its independence from the former Soviet Union in 1991, Kazakhstan has undergone a slow political and psychosocial change, which is reflected in the coexistence of the former authoritarian and emerging liberal-democratic perspectives and public discourses. Currently, there are mounting...

The purpose of this paper is to offer an outcome of the undertaken study of public/political leadership quality of Nursultan Nazarbaev, the first President of Kazakhstan. analysis of the leadership style of the first Kazakhstan President based on the wide-known theory by an American political...

Paper examines major educational reforms undertaken by Kazakhstan over 1991-2001 in its higher education, which could be in a nutshell defined as marketization. It seeks to provide a comprehensive overview and analysis of public policies from the US school of policy analysis perspective, which...

The paper examines the expected impact by the current policy approach taken by the Ministry of Education and Research in Kazakhstan (KZ) that seeks to decrease the number of Higher Education Institutions (HEI) in this country. This policy approach is carried out through a set of specific...

The issue of public leadership quality in the post-communist nations has so far not received an in-depth examination whereas a leader’s effectiveness in formulating and addressing the most salient societal issues has always been a key indicator in his/her assessment by any nation in question....

As brand is defined as perceptions or associations in the consumer’s mind, as such it can vary across people and countries alike. The purpose of this study is to explore perceptions of foreign tourists about Kazakhstan as a prospective tourist destination.The study seeks to capture major...