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Public Opinion in Kazakhstan 1996
This report analyzes the public opinion environment in Kazakhstan – the views of the public on political and economic developments, the performance of the government, and civic and political organizations. Findings are based on the IFES country-wide opinion survey fielded in Kazakhstan in November-December 1996. The Executive Summary provides an overview of the survey data and the Interpretation and Forecast section discusses the data in terms of the processes of political change underway and the likely implications for assistance in promoting democracy and development. The presentation of the survey results is organized thematically, reporting opinion on: • Conditions in the Country • Economy • Government • Civil Society • Information • Ethnic Relations The Appendix includes the complete question text and the marginal results in tabular form with comparisons, where applicable, to data from an IFES-sponsored nationally representative public opinion survey fielded in July, 1995.
March 31, 1997
Election Material
Civic Education Material
Abiks eesti vabariigi pohiseaduse ja kodakondsuse seaduse tundmise eksami sooritajale
Election Material
Civic Education Material
Da My Choice
This Liberian cartoon explains the importance of voter registration, encourages voter participation, and emphasizes free and fair elections in the upcoming July 19th, 1997 General Elections. Entitled “Da My Choice,” this Independent Elections Commission (IECOM) publication features fictional Liberian citizens eager to vote democratically.
Election Material
Civic Education Material
Eesti vabariigi pohiseaduse ja kodakonsuse seaduse tundmise eksam
Election Material
Ballot
Belarus Referendum Ballot 1996
Ballot used for the seven-question referendum held in Belarus on 24 November 1996. The first four questions in the referendum were proposed by President Alexander Lukashenko, and the final three were proposed by the Supreme Court. The voters voted on the following:
-Whether Independence Day should be moved to 3 July, to commemorate the liberation of Belarus
-Approval of the constitutional amendments proposed by President Lukashenko
-Approval of the free sale of land
-Abolition of the death penalty
-Approval of the constitutional amendment proposed by the Supreme Soviet
-Direct elections to local bodies
-Should all state expenses be part of the national budget.
-Whether Independence Day should be moved to 3 July, to commemorate the liberation of Belarus
-Approval of the constitutional amendments proposed by President Lukashenko
-Approval of the free sale of land
-Abolition of the death penalty
-Approval of the constitutional amendment proposed by the Supreme Soviet
-Direct elections to local bodies
-Should all state expenses be part of the national budget.
Election Material
Civic Education Material
Policy, Politology, Student School of Leadership
The article “Policy, Politology, Student School of Leadership” written by Ivan Prokopov and translated into English discusses the significance of the creation of the Academy of Management on the campus of the Institute of Economy in Kazakhstan. Printed on May 22nd, 1996 in the Kazakhstani newspaper Kazakstanskya Pravda, Prokopov’s article emphasizes the importance of analyzing political parties and their effect on the country’s economy as well as the economy of other nations in the Commonwealth of Independent States.