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What happened to the Second World? Earthquakes and postsocialism in Kazakhstan

Bankoff, Greg; Oven, Katie

Authors

Greg Bankoff

Katie Oven



Abstract

© 2019 The Authors Disasters © 2019 Overseas Development Institute There is an assumption that with the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the Second World ceased to exist. Yet the demise of the Communist bloc as a geopolitical reality did not mean that it stopped exerting a defining influence over how people think and behave. This article examines how the postsocialist state in Kazakhstan deals with potential crises such as earthquakes and the extent to which the Soviet legacy still shapes intellectual debates, state structures, and civil society organisations in in that country. Drawing on fieldwork and interviews, this paper re-examines the Second World in its historical context and re-establishes it as a conceptual framework for considering disaster risk reduction in the former Soviet bloc. It argues that it is essential to pay attention to this legacy in Kazakhstan both in policy and practice if earthquake risk reduction is to be made more effective.

Citation

Bankoff, G., & Oven, K. (2020). What happened to the Second World? Earthquakes and postsocialism in Kazakhstan. Disasters, 44(1), 3-24. https://doi.org/10.1111/disa.12362

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Oct 21, 2018
Online Publication Date Jun 24, 2019
Publication Date 2020-01
Deposit Date Jun 10, 2019
Publicly Available Date Jun 25, 2021
Journal Disasters
Print ISSN 0361-3666
Electronic ISSN 1467-7717
Publisher Wiley
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 44
Issue 1
Pages 3-24
DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/disa.12362
Keywords Second World; Postsocialism; DRR; Earthquakes; Kazakhstan
Public URL https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/1965890
Publisher URL https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/disa.12362

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