POLITICAL CULTURE OF KAZAKHSTANIS: BASIC PARAMETERS, FEATURES, TRENDS OF TRANSFORMATION (based on the results of sociological research)

Abstract

The article analyzes the political preferences of citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan, their political orientations, clarifies the level of public confidence in the political institutions of Kazakhstani society, determines the rating of political parties, identifies the motives and conditions for the participation of the population in protest actions. The analysis of the features, main parameters and trends in the transformation of the political culture of the population of the republic is carried out on the basis of data from field sociological studies (mass survey of the population, expert survey, focus group discussions). Sociological research was carried out in September 2021 by the Center for Business Information, Sociological and Marketing Research BISAM Central Asia, commissioned by the Institute for Philosophy, Political Science and Religious Studies of the CS MES RK. In addition, the results of sociological surveys conducted in 2003 and in 2011 by the Institute of Philosophy and Political Science of the CS MES RK within the framework of scientific projects devoted to the problems of socio-political stratification of Kazakhstani society were used. Based on the results of the political and sociological analysis, the authors conclude: the main way of solving problems and resolving conflicts in Kazakhstani society, which does not have traditions of legal and value-normative restrictions and self-restraints of political power rooted in political culture, should be the creation of a developed system of party representation of economic and social political interests of various strata of Kazakhstani society. At the end of the article, a number of conclusions are formulated and scientific and practical recommendations are given.