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Governing DisastersGoverning by Hazard: Controlling Mudslides and Promoting Tourism in the Mountains above Alma-Ata (Kazakhstan), 1966–1977

Governing Disasters: Governing by Hazard: Controlling Mudslides and Promoting Tourism in the... [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.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Governing DisastersGoverning by Hazard: Controlling Mudslides and Promoting Tourism in the Mountains above Alma-Ata (Kazakhstan), 1966–1977

Part of the The Sciences Po Series in International Relations and Political Economy Book Series
Editors: Revet, Sandrine; Langumier, Julien
Elie, Marc
Governing Disasters — Oct 14, 2015
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Palgrave Macmillan US
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© Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 2015
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978-1-349-49320-3
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23 –57
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10.1057/9781137435460_2
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[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.]

Published: Oct 14, 2015

Keywords: Political Leadership; Glacial Lake; Weather Service; Party Committee; Winter Sport

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