Reality of the Kazakhstan society: a sociological project

Reality of the Kazakhstan society:
a sociological project


Shaukenova Z.К.

Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Sciences of Kazakhstan, Director of the Kazakhstan Institute of Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Editor-In-Chief of Journal “Aleumettanu-SOCIOLOGY”, Almaty, Kazakhstan. shaukenova_zk@kisi.kz

Nysanbayev A.N.

Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Dr. Sci. (Philos.), Advisor to the Director, Institute for Philosophy, Political Science and Religious Studies of the Committee of Science of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Almaty, Kazakhstan iphp@inbox.ru

Аbdiraiymova G.S.

Dr. Sci. (Soc.),Prof., Head of the Department of Sociology and Social Work, al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, Kazakhstan. gulmira.abdiraiymova@kaznu.kz

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Shaukenova Z.К., Nysanbayev A.N., Аbdiraiymova G.S. Reality of the Kazakhstan society: a sociological project. Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya [Sociological Studies]. 2014. No 8. P. 30-37




Abstract

Sociology in Kazakhstan is passing through institutional change: developmentsof scientific research institutions and learning centers, growing applied studies, emergencein labor market of a new generation of graduate PhD specialists. Basic achievements of lastdecade are presented. What is institutional base of Kazakhstan sociology like? Is the chosenpath correct?


Keywords
institutionalization; social structure; professional communication; association; sociological community; measurements; university education
Content No 8, 2014