TY - GEN N2 - The final page in the political history of the Soviet Union was turned on March 19, 2019, when Nursultan Nazarbayev, the last former Chairman of a Soviet Republic who had managed to stay in power following the collapse of USSR, unexpectedly decided to resign. This edited book looks to analyse the political aspects of this event more specifically by trying to understand its political significance for the country's policies, the prospects of democratisation, the uniqueness of the transition compared with others that have previously occurred in the region and how it may play an influential part in future political transitions in this part of the world. This book will interest scholars of authoritarian politics, scholars of Central Asia, and those researching the Belt and Road Initiative. Jean-François Caron is an Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan. DO - 10.1007/978-981-33-4308-5 DO - doi AB - The final page in the political history of the Soviet Union was turned on March 19, 2019, when Nursultan Nazarbayev, the last former Chairman of a Soviet Republic who had managed to stay in power following the collapse of USSR, unexpectedly decided to resign. This edited book looks to analyse the political aspects of this event more specifically by trying to understand its political significance for the country's policies, the prospects of democratisation, the uniqueness of the transition compared with others that have previously occurred in the region and how it may play an influential part in future political transitions in this part of the world. This book will interest scholars of authoritarian politics, scholars of Central Asia, and those researching the Belt and Road Initiative. Jean-François Caron is an Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan. T1 - Understanding Kazakhstan's 2019 political transition / AU - Caron, Jean-François, CN - DK908.8675 N1 - Includes index. ID - 1434499 KW - Democratization KW - Démocratisation SN - 9789813343085 SN - 9813343087 TI - Understanding Kazakhstan's 2019 political transition / LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-981-33-4308-5 UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-981-33-4308-5 ER -