Optimism and pessimism in the images of the future of Kazakhstan during the COVID-19 pandemic: comparative assessment of the results of sociological study of 2020 and 2021
The article presents a comparative assessment of the image of the future of Kazakhstan based on the results of a sociological survey in 2020 and 2021. The author explores the image of the future of the country in the view of Kazakhstanis during the COVID-19 pandemic. General tendencies of attitude towards the future of Kazakhstan were obtained with the help of focused in-depth interviews and projective drawing tests. The study revealed a lot of both optimistic and pessimistic expectations regarding the future of Kazakhstan as a whole