Philip Leatherwood, Lecturer

Kazakhstan Institute of Management, Economics, and Strategic Planning

14 February, 2001

Review of readings (if needed)

• Closed Society and Democratic Inexperience
• Education vs. Massification

What is Imperialism?

• Marx and the Soviet association of Imperialism with Capitalism
• Lenin--"Superprofits"
• Hobson--the search for raw materials
• Schumpeter—blind tradition

Group discussion and exercise:

• In small groups (no more than four) decide on an explanation for the foreign involvement in Kazakhstan.
• Can it be legitimately categorized as "Imperialist?"
• Outline a strategy for dealing with the situation, either encouraging foreign participation or discouraging it.
• Points will be given for presentations at the end of class.