edited by Piotr Dutkiewicz, Richard Sakwa and Vladimir Kulikov.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York, NY :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Routledge,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2016.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource
SERIES
Series Title
Routledge contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe series
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Introduction: actors, attitudes and practices in the evolution of Russian society since 1991 / Piotr Dutkiewicz -- A people in the absence of the people, or a view of postcommunism from below / Boris Kapustin -- Economic and social development of post-communist Russia, 1991-2014 / Vladimir Popov & Piotr Dutkiewicz -- Transformation for the people or for the elite? / Leonid Grigoryev -- The puzzle of public opinion : popular support for the transition to capitalism / Vladimir Popov -- The reforms of the 1990s in the eyes of Russian society / Mikhail K. Gorshkov -- Changes in Russian social structure in the postcommunist period / Natalia Tikhonova -- New russia : the evolution of Russian public opinion in 1989-2014 / Valery V. Fyodorov -- The psychological transformation of society in post-soviet Russia / Elena Shestopal -- The evolution of ethnic and religious relations in Russia since the 1980s / Galina Gribanova -- Society and elites in Russian regions : post-soviet changes / Natalia Zubarevich -- Social investment : experience and lessons of the last twenty years / Andrei Margolin -- Russian elites : a strategy of "self isolation" / Boris Mezhuev -- Conclusion: bringing the people back in / Richard Sakwa -- Afterword to the Russian edition / Vladimir Yakunin.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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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.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Social history of post-communist Russia.
International Standard Book Number
1138919209
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Economics-- Russia (Federation)-- Sociological aspects.
Elite (Social sciences)-- Russia (Federation)
Social change-- Russia (Federation)
Economics-- Sociological aspects.
Elite (Social sciences)
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Cultural Policy.
Politics and government.
Social change.
Social policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Anthropology-- Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Popular Culture.
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Russia (Federation), Politics and government, 1991-