ISBN:
0765615215
,
9780765615213
Language:
English
Pages:
VII, 340 S.
,
graph. Darst
,
24 cm
DDC:
947.086
Keywords:
Civil society
;
Russia (Federation) Social conditions 1991-
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Russland
;
Russische SFSR
;
Bürgerliche Gesellschaft
;
Soziale Situation
;
Geschichte
Abstract:
Introduction / Laura A. Henry and Lisa Mcintosh Sundstrom -- The history of civil society in Russia -- Civil society in late Imperial Russia / Mary Schaeffer Conroy -- Civil society in the Soviet Union? / Alfred B. Evans -- The context of civil society development -- Media, civil society, and the failure of the fourth estate in Russia / Sarah Oates -- Business and civil society in Russia / Peter Rutland -- Organized crime groups : "uncivil society" / Louise Shelley -- The church and civil society in Russia / Edwin Bacon -- Civil society in rural Russia / Stephen K. Wegren -- Vladimir Putin's design for civil society / Alfred Evans -- Society in contemporary Russia : case studies -- Women's organizations : institutionalized interest groups or vulnerable dissidents? / Valerie Sperling -- Soldiers' rights groups in Eussia : civil society through Russian and western eyes / Lisa Mcintosh Sundstrom -- Russian trade unions : where are they in the former workers' state? / Sue Davis -- Russian environmentalists and civil society / Laura A. Henry -- Disability organizations in the regions / Kate Thomson -- Formal and informal strategies of migrant populations / Moya Flynn -- Public/ private permutations: domestic violence crisis centers in Barnaul / Janet Elise Johnson -- Is civil society stronger in small towns? / Anne White -- Concluding thoughts -- Russian civil society : tensions and trajectories / Lisa Mcintosh Sundstrom and Laura A. Henry
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction / Laura A. Henry and Lisa Mcintosh Sundstrom -- The history of civil society in Russia -- Civil society in late Imperial Russia / Mary Schaeffer Conroy -- Civil society in the Soviet Union? / Alfred B. Evans -- The context of civil society development -- Media, civil society, and the failure of the fourth estate in Russia / Sarah Oates -- Business and civil society in Russia / Peter Rutland -- Organized crime groups : "uncivil society" / Louise Shelley -- The church and civil society in Russia / Edwin Bacon -- Civil society in rural Russia / Stephen K. Wegren -- Vladimir Putin's design for civil society / Alfred Evans -- Society in contemporary Russia : case studies -- Women's organizations : institutionalized interest groups or vulnerable dissidents? / Valerie Sperling -- Soldiers' rights groups in Eussia : civil society through Russian and western eyes / Lisa Mcintosh Sundstrom -- Russian trade unions : where are they in the former workers' state? / Sue Davis -- Russian environmentalists and civil society / Laura A. Henry -- Disability organizations in the regions / Kate Thomson -- Formal and informal strategies of migrant populations / Moya Flynn -- Public/ private permutations: domestic violence crisis centers in Barnaul / Janet Elise Johnson -- Is civil society stronger in small towns? / Anne White -- Concluding thoughts -- Russian civil society : tensions and trajectories / Lisa Mcintosh Sundstrom and Laura A. Henry
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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