Nygmetzhan Kuzenbayev

Maqsut Narikbayev University · International School of Economics

This article explores the relationship between traditional beliefs, socioeconomic development, and religion in four emerging economies: Benin, Indonesia, Tanzania, and Togo. The study addresses gaps in existing literature, which has not conclusively determined whether and to what extent socioeconomic development reduces the prevalence of traditiona...

This article suggests that since people who believe in magic and those who believe in conspiracy theories produce meaning and make sense of the world by engaging in the same process of signification, they should be more likely to have one such belief if they hold the other. To test this proposition, we perform both macro‐ and micro‐level analyses u...

The question that previous research had neglected or failed to adequately address was, and still is, why the population in some countries demands good governance but not in others? The purpose of this PAUSE is to provide an answer to this question.

Previous research has shown that political will is a key driver of good governance reforms. It has also shown that when voters demand good governance, policy makers implement good governance reforms properly. The question that this research had neglected still is, why the population in some countries demands good governance but not in others? The p...

The new modernization theory has suggested that the pervasiveness of traditional values has a clear impact on the quality of democratic governance. In this contribution to this special issue on the political consequences of traditional beliefs, we explore whether and to what extent the pervasiveness of traditional values and beliefs has a detectabl...

The party system literature has generally paid little attention to whether traditional beliefs have any impact on voters' electoral behavior and the stability of party systems. The purpose of the present study shows that the stability of party systems and the pervasiveness of traditional beliefs go hand-in-hand. This article is expected to advance...

By equating the traditional mindset with traditional beliefs (in magic, ritual, superstitions, etc.), several studies have consistently shown that such beliefs significantly influence people's political behavior and preferences. While these studies have highlighted the political consequences of a traditional mindset in several countries from the Gl...

By exploring the relationship between socioeconomic development, secularism, and the pervasiveness of traditional beliefs, this article shows that while some traditional practices and beliefs, such as making use of traditional healers, are negatively and significantly related to several development indicators, there is little to no detectable (stat...

While several studies on the issue have shown that traditional beliefs affect people's political behavior and preferences, very little attention has been paid to how traditional beliefs influence electoral behavior. The only study that has attempted to link traditional beliefs and electoral behavior has done so by analyzing the case of Togo where t...

According to the literature, modernization is associated with cultural change along the two value dimensions: from survival to self-expression/emancipative values and from traditional to secular-rational values. This value change has generally been viewed as the product of both material and non-material forces; however, previous studies have used m...

In this literature review, I discuss the Narrative Policy Framework (NPF), first introduced by Michael D. Jones and Mark K. McBeth (2010), which is one of the evolving theories in the study of public policy (Petridou, 2014). First, I discuss NPF’s background, its foundations and ontological and epistemological assumptions. Then I discuss several sc...

The influence of individual's belief in God and other factors, such as religiousity, education, perception of happiness, et cetera, on altruistic behavior was empirically examined during this study. It was discovered that "it is important to do something for the good of society" to people that believe in God. However, belief in God decreases the pr...

Safe and reliable transmission is vital for the operation of the electrical power system. Transmission line fault may occur at any location along the line. Therefore, voltage monitoring of power lines is necessary. Novel dual capacitive non-contact high voltage measurement method is described in this research paper. The measurement system was desig...