Political Parties in Kazakhstan.

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Introduction to Political Since

Paper on Political Parties

Abdullina Elnura

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Political Parties in Kazakhstan

Political parties are a fundamental part of political system in every developed country, serving as a link between the State and the society, and indicating the level of country's democratic development. During the period of 70 years the single Communist party dominated Kazakhstan, and it was not until the collapse of the Soviet Union that the multi-party system emerged in the country.  At the present time there are approximately 15 officially registered parties taking participation in the political life of Kazakhstan. They include "Otan", The Republican National Party of Kazakhstan, The People's Congress of Kazakhstan, the Republican Labor party, The Communist Party, The Socialist Party, Civil Party, the Renaissance Party of Kazakhstan, "Azamat", Agrarian Party and several others. Notwithstanding considerable progress observed in the political life of Kazakhstan during the last years and the emergence of such a great variety of different parties on the political arena of the country, the party system is still very weak due to such factors as lack of financial support, political immaturity of parties, corruption and imperfect legislation. In addition, the majority of political parties existing in Kazakhstan represent the interests of the social and economic elite, not the broad masses.

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The first major drawback of political parties comes from the fact that most of them are oriented towards the political and economic elite of the country, not for the good of the general public, as claimed by these parties. For instance the Republican National Party of Kazakhstan (RNPK), is known as the Party of Kazkhegeldin, The former Prime Minister. Though this party is the opposition to the present political regime, it was created not for the benefit of common people but rather as a vehicle to project the personality of the former Prime Minister. Another elitist party is the Civil ...

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