title: Making sense of change: An urban ethnography of middle-class narratives of uncertainty in Almaty, Kazakhstan
abstract: This urban ethnography focuses on the new generation of young urban middle-class people in Almaty, Kazakhstan, who have grown up after the Soviet Union. It examines how they respond to the dramatic social, economic, political, and environmental changes their country has undergone since 1991. A close analysis of their distinct way of life, in comparison to both their parents’ generation and the wider public, provides an insight into the social strategies they employ to make sense of change in the
journal: Durham e-Theses (Durham University)