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100	1		_aKNOX, Colin _95650
245	1	0	_aKazakhstan : _bmodernizing government in the context of political inertia
260			_aLondon, UK : _bSage Publications, _cSeptember 2008
520	3		_aKazakhstan declared its independence from the Soviet Union in 1991 and joined the Commonwealth of Independent States. Since then it has witnessed a remarkable economic transformation under the leadership of President Nursultan Nazarbayev. Pursuing a policy of `economy first and then politics', Kazakhstan is under growing pressure to engage in political reforms which include a modernization agenda to improve public service provision. Recent constitutional reforms have received a lukewarm reaction from the international community that Kazakhstan is keen to become part of. At the same time a progressive agenda of public services reform is well under way rooted in new public management and a desire to become much more customer focussed in their orientation. This article examines the parallel themes of political reforms and public services modernization in Kazakhstan
773	0	8	_tInternational review of administrative sciences _g74, 3, p. 477-496 _dLondon, UK : Sage Publications, September 2008 _xISSN 00208523 _w
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999			_aConvertido do Formato PHL _bPHL2MARC21 1.1 _c28023 _d28023
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