MULTICULTURALISM AND NATTION-BUILDING IN CONTEMPORARYKAZAKHSTAN

Abstract

The complexity of multiculturalism has always been central to the political concerns of European countries since 19th century. It enfolds various different concerns like language, migration, ethnicity, citizenship and religion. All these dimensions preponderate with conflicting political circumstances. It reproduced anxiety in different countries and its peoples. After the break-up of Soviet Union in 1991, and the revival of ethnic nationalism in the East, revealed the questions of transference of power from central national governments to regional based sub- national groups and the possibilities of power-sharing at the centre. On the other hand, in the era of globalization where East meets West and South meets North, creates another complex dimension