Kazakhization

In many ways the Kazakhization of the elite and their policies does not always reflect the attitudes of self-categorization processes going on among the elite. The lack of commitment to a policy of Kazakhization, and its ultimately inconsistent implementation, is borne out by this volume's interviews with the elite, who were either uncomfortable at the speed of Kazakhization or perceived no benefits from, for example, the language changes.

2005, Sally Cummings, Kazakhstan: Power and the Elite, I.B.Tauris, →ISBN, page 154

However, the increasing Kazakhization that started soon after the declaration of independence has lost its impetus. This immediate attempt at Kazakhization can be interpreted as a search for the public recognition of Kazakh identity, which had been subordinated to the Russian one for quite a long time.

2008, Ildikó Bellér-Hann, The past as resource in the Turkic speaking world, →ISBN