Introduction: The Nazarbayev Generation: A Sociological Portrait, by Marlene Laruelle
Part I: Kazakhstani Youth and National Identity
Chapter 1: Are Youth Different? The Nazarbayev Generation and Public Opinion, by Barbara Junisbai and Azamat Junisbai
Chapter 2: Youth and National Identity: Then and Now, by Aziz Burkhanov
Chapter 3: Youth and Civic National Identity, by Dina Sharipova
Chapter 4: Mankurts, Kazakh 'Russians' and 'Shala' Kazakhs: Language, National Identity, and Ethnicity Revisited, by Diana T. Kudaibergenova
Part II: Youth Voices on Moral Changes
Chapter 5: 'We Love Our Country in Our Own Way': Youth, Gender, and Nationalism, by Ulan Bigozhin
Chapter 6: 'Cognitive Unconscious,' 'Modern Conservatism,' and 'Core Liberal Values' in the Context of Chapter 7: Youth's National Identity, by Galym Zhussipbek and Zhanar Nagayeva
Chapter 8: Contours of Ethnonational Landscapes in Three Cities: Youths' Perspectives on Ethnic and Social Integration, by Reuel R. Hanks
Part III: Globalization and Cultural Blending
Chapter 9: Cultural Globalization and Youth Identity Construction, by Nazgul Mingisheva
Chapter 10: Visions of Nationhood: Youth, Identity, and Kazakh Popular Music, by Sabina Insebayeva
Chapter 11: Return Migration from the United States: Exploring the Dynamics of Cultural Change, by Doug Blum
Chapter 12: The Kazakhstan Now! Hybridity and Hipsters in Almaty: Negotiating Global and Local Lives, by Rico Isaacs
Part IV: Youth Activism
Chapter 13: #Hashtag Activism: Youth, Social Media, and Politics, by Daniyar Kosnazarov
Chapter 14: Contemporary Art as a Public Forum, by Alexandra Tsay
Chapter 15: Overcoming a Taboo: Normalizing Sexuality Education, by Karlygash Kabatova