Emergence of the new city – new capital city – in Kazakhstan

Emergence of the new city – new capital city – in Kazakhstan Order Description In your essay, you should focus on the emergence of the new city – new capital city – in Kazakhstan, using this major development to address one or more of the following issues: ¥ Build?space, urban culture, and lived experiences. ¥ Astana as a poster?child for Kazakhstan’s second modernity: key manifestations and political arguments. ¥ Identity, nation?building, and the future of the state and society in Kazakhstan. ¥ Re?packaging Kazakh and Kazakhstan’s culture and history as a means of increasing legitimacy of the nation?state. ¥ Nation?building and the challenge of ethnic and urban/rural divides as well as generational differences between Soviet and post?Soviet cohorts of Kazakhstan’s citizens. Essay based on book by Mateusz Laszczkowski "City of the Future": Built Space, Modernity, and Urban Change in Astana in Astana. Discussion should be supported by other sources, including media reports, scholastic literature and/or political analysis. Sources not including the book should comprise at least 3 items in your bibliography Your essay should include a balanced combination of description and analysis/discussion. It should include introduction stating the purpose of your work in the form of an assertive statement or a question (or questions). Main body should include description and discussion of the presented material. It may or may not be divided into sections. In conclusion, you summarize your discussion with the reference to the purpose of your essay as stated in the introduction.