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A vibrant civil society - characterized by the independently
organized activity of people as citizens, undirected by state
authority - is an essential support for the development of freedom,
democracy, and prosperity. Thus it has been one important indicator
of the success of post-communist transitions. This volume
undertakes a systematic analysis of the development of civil
society in post-Soviet Russia. An introduction and two historical
chapters provide background, followed by chapters that analyze the
Russian context and consider the roles of the media, business,
organized crime, the church, the village, and the Putin
administration in shaping the terrain of public life. Eight case
studies then illustrate the range and depth of actual citizen
organizations in various national and local community settings, and
a concluding chapter weighs the findings and distills comparisons
and conclusions.
A vibrant civil society - characterized by the independently
organized activity of people as citizens, undirected by state
authority - is an essential support for the development of freedom,
democracy, and prosperity. Thus it has been one important indicator
of the success of post-communist transitions. This volume
undertakes a systematic analysis of the development of civil
society in post-Soviet Russia. An introduction and two historical
chapters provide background, followed by chapters that analyze the
Russian context and consider the roles of the media, business,
organized crime, the church, the village, and the Putin
administration in shaping the terrain of public life. Eight case
studies then illustrate the range and depth of actual citizen
organizations in various national and local community settings, and
a concluding chapter weighs the findings and distills comparisons
and conclusions.
According to the Constitution of the Russian Federation, adopted in
1993, local autonomy is one of the fundamental principles of the
constitutional system. The Politics of Local Government in Russia
aims to provide a dedicated and comprehensive discussion of the
pursuit of local self-government in contemporary Russia where
"local" refers to the third tier of government beyond federal and
regional governments. Some of the ablest scholars in the field
focus on the existing institutional and social climate for
municipal and district level government in Russia while placing
recent reforms in a comparative and historical perspective.
This study examines the development of Marxist-Leninist ideology in
the U.S.S.R. from its origins to the collapse of the Soviet regime.
Alfred Evans argues that Soviet Marxism-Leninism was subject to
significant adaptation under various leaders, contrary to the
widespread impression that official Soviet ideology remained static
after Stalin. While taking account of scholarly literature on each
of the periods covered, the work is significant for being based
principally on an analysis of primary (Soviet) sources. Evans'
integrated analysis of changes in ideology during the post-Stalin
decades is an important contribution to the literature in political
science, political economy, and Soviet studies.
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