The Social History of Post-Communist Russia

Piotr Dutkiewicz, Sakwa Richard, Kulikov Vladimir (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

314 Seiten

2015
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-91920-4 (ISBN)

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This book tells the untold story of how ordinary Russian people experienced and coped with Russia’s transformations after the end of communism. Unlike most studies of the subject which focus on high politics, developments in the elite and events at the centre, this book, which includes findings from interviews, memoirs, public opinion surveys and press articles and documents from the regions, portrays a multi-ethnic, multi-confessional society with different groups affected by the deep and varied changes in diverse and different ways. The book covers economic developments, social changes, how official policies played out at the grass-roots level, the psychological impact of the changes and the impact on public opinion, and how different regions were affected differently. Overall, the book reveals the hidden dynamics of Russian society, including its formal and informal mechanisms and rules for relating to the state and other citizens, and shows how millions of Russians coped, despite all the odds, and maintained the integrity and stability of the country.

Piotr Dutkiewicz is Professor of Political Science and Director of the Centre for Governance and Public Policy at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. Richard Sakwa is Professor of Russian and European Politics at the University of Kent, UK. Vladimir Kulikov is Associate Professor and Deputy Head of the Department of State Politics, Faculty of Political Science, Lomonosov Moscow State University.

1.Introduction: actors, attitudes and practices in the evolution of Russian society since 1991 2. A people in the absence of the people, or a view of postcommunism from below 3. Economic and social development of post-communist Russia, 1991-2014 4. Transformation for the people or for the elite? 5. The puzzle of public opinion: popular support for the transition to capitalism 6. The reforms of the 1990s in the eyes of Russian society 7. Changes in Russian social structure in the postcommunist period 8. New Russia: the evolution of Russian public opinion in 1989-2014 9. The psychological transformation of society in post-Soviet Russia 10. The evolution of ethnic and religious relations in Russia since the 1980s 11. Society and elites in Russian regions: post-Soviet changesNatalia Zubarevich 12. Social investment: experience and lessons of the last twenty years 13. Russian elites: a strategy of ‘self –isolation’ 14. Conclusion: bringing the people back in 15. Afterword to the Russian edition

Erscheint lt. Verlag	14.12.2015
Reihe/Serie	Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series
Zusatzinfo	73 Tables, black and white; 46 Line drawings, black and white; 46 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	612 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Sozialgeschichte
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-10	1-138-91920-9 / 1138919209
ISBN-13	978-1-138-91920-4 / 9781138919204
Zustand	Neuware