@book{2026:semyonov:nonconfli,
title = {Non-Conflict in Kazakhstan: Securitization and Hegemonic Formation in Nation-Building Discourse},
year = {2026},
note = {In conflict research, little is known about cases in which conflict is
expected yet fails to materialize. This study tackles that gap by
examining why a highly anticipated interethnic conflict in post-Soviet
Kazakhstan did not occur and provides insights into how the absence of
conflict is discursively conditioned. Introducing the concept of
non-conflict, it offers a discourse-analytical approach that maps the
political discourses shaping nation-building. The study finds that the
hegemonic discourse of interethnic harmony established political
boundaries that rendered conflict unintelligible. This highlights the
shift in focus from the causes of conflict to the discursive
conditions of conflict avoidance.},
edition = {1},
publisher = {Nomos},
address = {Baden-Baden},
series = {Politiken der Sicherheit | Politics of Security},
volume = {15},
author = {Semyonov, Filipp}
}