A Rural-Urban Comparison in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan
Short Description of the Project: Systemic change from a planned economy to market economy requires not only an implementation of market institutions but also a market -oriented action of citizens in everyday-life. The question that concerns us is how far actors have adapted to self-responsibility in facing such challenges as provision for the old age , unemployment, crises, etc. form themselves and their family members. The cross-country, rural-urban and cohort comparison will be based on quantitative and qualitative research.
The project aims at analyzing strategies of private lower- and medium-level-income households to make a living (sustainable livelihoods). Data are gathered by three research teams in Kazakhstan (regions Astana and Almaty) and Kyrgyzstan (region Bishkek). Furthermore, the project trains young research scholars in the participating institutions.
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| (c) Heiko Schrader 1 April, 2011, all photographs by the author | ||
Project Duration - April 2011- April 2013
Financing Institution : Volkswagen Foundation
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| (c) Heiko Schrader 1 April, 2011, all photographs by the author |
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The International Research Project Team Members are: |
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| Prof. Aigul Zabirova - L.N. Gumilev Eurasian National Univ. Astana | |
| Dr. Nazym Shedenova - Al-Farabi Univ. Almaty | |
| Dr. Galina Gorborukova - American Univ. of Central Asia, Bishkek | |
| Dr. Denis Gruber - State Univ. of St. Petersburg | |
| Dr. Markus Kaiser - American Univ. of Central Asia, Bishkek | |
| Batima Mambetalina - MA, Univ. of Magdeburg, Dpt. of Sociology | |
| Nigina Avganova - MA, Univ. of Magdeburg, Dpt. of Sociology | |
| Aikokul Maksutova - MA, Univ. of Magdeburg, Dpt. of Political Sciences | |
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Team leaders of the Project are: |
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| Prof. Dr. Heiko Schrader - Institute of Sociology, University of Magdeburg, Germany | |
| Prof. Dr. Eckhard Dittrich -Institute of Sociology, University of Magdeburg, Germany |
For further information on the project, please refer to: Dittrich/Schrader/Gruber 2011: How to study everyday life in post-socialist contexts? Conceptual remarks on a comparative research project on livelihoods in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan
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