Changing Values in the Context of Generational Approach in the Kazakhstan

Abstract

The article examines the changing values—individualism, and collectivism in Kazakhstan in the context of generational difference. In the years since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Kazakhstan has experienced wide-reaching and ongoing social changes. Within this space, identity formation and reformation has been a preeminent process for individuals. Results indicate that both of the modernist and individualistic values predominate in current Kazakhstani society, more pervasive especially among young generation. In Kazakhstani society, which is still based on traditional values and codes of behavior, formation of a new value system in the transition to a market economy is complicated and controversial, particularly for the older generation.