Azamat Junisbai

Biographic Data

ID1617593
NAMEAzamat Junisbai
GIVEN NAMESAzamat
FAMILY NAMEJunisbai
SIGNATUREJUNISBAI A
AFFILIATIONSPitzer College
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS11
TOTAL CITATIONS71
AUTHOR COUNT11
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2003
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX4

  • The role of language and age in ethnic Qazaq attitudes toward Ukraine, Russia and the Russo-Ukrainian War

    Azamat Junisbai, Azamat K JunisbaiARTICLECentral Asian Survey2026References: 14

    This article investigates how language and age shape attitudes toward Russia, Ukraine and Russia’s war against Ukraine among ethnic Qazaqs. Based on forty in-depth interviews in Almaty, the findings show sharp generational and linguistic divides. Among older respondents, Russian-speakers tend to view Russia more favourably and are more critical of Ukraine, while Qazaq-speakers overwhelmingly condemn Russia’s invasion and support Ukraine. Among yo…

  • Polarization During Institutional Decline: Variation in Educational Attainment in Post-Soviet Central Asia in 1991–2006

    Christopher M Whitsel, Christopher Whitsel et al.ARTICLEEuropean Education2019Cited by: 1References: 24

    This article investigates the contours of inequality in the context of institutional decline and polarization in educational attainment. Using household survey data collected in 2005–2006 by UNICEF, we conduct synthetic cohort analyses estimating the likelihood of transitioning to secondary and higher education for men and women; urban and rural residents; poor and wealthy; and ethnic majority and minority citizens. Overall, gender and ethnic dif…

  • Regime type versus patronal politics: A comparison of “ardent democrats” in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan

    Barbara Junisbai, Azamat JunisbaiARTICLEPost-Soviet Affairs2019Cited by: 12References: 109

    Kazakhstan is home to the longest serving ruler in post-Soviet Eurasia while Kyrgyzstan is among the region’s most competitive polities. Do these regime differences correspond to divergence in political attitudes, as an extensive body of literature posits? Are Kyrgyzstanis more likely to strongly support democratic ideals? Are Kazakhstanis less likely? Contrary to expectations, data reveal the two populations to be attitudinally indistinguishable…

  • Are Youth Different: The Nazarbayev Generation and Public Opinion in Kazakhstan

    Barbara Junisbai, Azamat JunisbaiARTICLEProblems of Post-Communism2018Cited by: 7References: 25

    Analyses of the political and economic attitudes of the “Nazarbayev generation” (aged 18-29) reveal the ways that young Kazakhstanis are distinct from older generations. Young people are more accepting of material inequality and less likely to make demands on the welfare state in favor of the poor and unemployed. They are also less likely to be troubled by nepotism and family rule. When compared to those who were socialized prior to the consolida…

  • Two Countries, Five Years: Islam in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan through the Lens of Public Opinion Surveys

    Barbara Junisbai, Azamat Junisbai et al.ARTICLECentral Asian Affairs2017Cited by: 2References: 4

    Drawing on two waves of public opinion surveys conducted in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, we investigate the rise in religiosity and orthodoxy among Central Asian Muslims. We confirm that a religious revival is underway, with nearly 100 percent of Kazakhstani and Kyrgyzstani Muslims self-identifying as such in 2012—up from 80 percent in Kazakhstan in 2007. If we dig a bit deeper, however, we observe cross-national variations. Religious practice, as …

  • Young Men, Time, and Boredom in the Republic of Georgia

    Open AccessAzamat JunisbaiARTICLEContemporary Sociology A Journal…2015Cited by: 2

  • The Determinants of Economic System Legitimacy in Kazakhstan

    Azamat Junisbai, Azamat K JunisbaiARTICLEEurope Asia Studies2014Cited by: 4References: 12

    Despite robust, and much touted, growth, Kazakhstan's economic system enjoys only tepid support among large swathes of the population and is viewed by many as neither fair nor legitimate. Extreme juxtapositions of new wealth and new poverty against a historic background of economic and social egalitarianism combine to make this a potent and combustible issue. Women, ethnic Slavs, the poor, people in urban areas most afflicted by post-Soviet de-in…

  • Understanding Economic Justice Attitudes in Two Countries: Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan

    A K Junisbai, Azamat JunisbaiARTICLESocial Forces2010

    Analyzing data from the 2007 Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan Inequality Survey, I identify and compare the determinants of economic justice attitudes in two formerly similar majority-Muslim nations that are now distinguished almost exclusively by their dissimilar economic circumstances following the collapse of the Soviet Union. In Kazakhstan, where the economy is growing rapidly, the important factors predicting economic egalitarianism are connected t…

  • False Consciousness

    Open AccessBrian Starks, Azamat JunisbaiOTHERThe Blackwell Encyclopedia of…2007References: 1

    False consciousness is a Marxist theoretical concept referring to the circumstance, or state‐of‐being, in which workers hold views that are contrary to workers' objective class interests. This subjective consciousness does not arise organically from among workers, but is imposed (or foisted) upon them by the dominant ideology of the capitalist class. False consciousness and class consciousness are intimately linked. Whereas class consciousness de…

  • Social status and cultural consumption in the United States

    Open AccessArthur S Alderson, Azamat Junisbai et al.ARTICLEPoetics2007Cited by: 41References: 19

  • Finding Class Consciousness in the New Economy

    Open AccessMichael Wallace, Azamat JunisbaiARTICLEResearch in Social Stratification…2003Cited by: 2References: 10