Governing by Hazard
Controlling Mudslides and Promoting Tourism in the Mountains above Alma-Ata (Kazakhstan), 1966–1977
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20072006 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marc Elie (0000-0002-2438-2731, Centre d’études des Mondes Russe, Caucasien et Centre-Européen, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Pages | 23-57 |
| Publication date | 2015-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Governing Disasters (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan US (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1057/9781137435460_2 |
| OpenAlex | W2466955793 |
| ISBN | 9781137435460 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 5 |
This chapter undertakes a political history of the government by disaster. The story takes place in a decisive moment of Soviet history, when the governments of the republics "self-sovereignized" and appropriated for their own purposes the resources of a rhetoric of transformation that had since the 1920s been central to the Soviet project. In Kazakhstan, the movement toward autonomy was reflected in scientific and technological development and the realization of ambitious urban and environmental planning projects, which several years earlier had been the exclusive prerogative of Moscow. The Kazakh government was able to exploit glacial hazards to create local assent for its protection projects and institutionalize a purely Kazakhstani official expertise that efficiently excluded all dissident scientific approaches, however well-reputed and recognized they might be on the Soviet scene.KeywordsPolitical LeadershipGlacial LakeWeather ServiceParty CommitteeWinter SportThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves
Autonomy · Geography · Hazard · Kazakh · Political science · Politics · Prerogative · Rhetoric · Social science · Sociology · Arctic and Russian Policy Studies · History · Law · Public Administration · Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,14 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2019 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |