Russia : experiment with a people
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Russia : experiment with a people
Harvard University Press, 2003, c2002
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Includes index
Bibliography: p. [374]-395
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ISBN 9780674012059
Description
Since the fall of communism, Russia has witnessed a dramatic struggle between old and new, continuity and change. Corruption and violence have plagued society. Most people have benefited little from the new capitalist order. But positive changes are evident. Russians can speak and act more freely in a state that no longer intrudes on their privacy. They are able to travel abroad, enjoy unprecedented access to information from around the world, and organize and campaign for improvement in their living conditions. In this account Robert Service traces the formation of the new Russia from the end of the Soviet Union in 1991 to the present. He paints a fascinating picture of a people in metamorphosis. In wide-ranging discussions on topics from Kremlin politics to rock music and macroeconomics to contemporary poetry, Service takes us inside to witness the changes from both the top down and the bottom up. He examines the reforms of the Yeltsin and Putin administrations in the context of the complex communist legacy, deftly interweaving political history, intellectual thought, and popular consciousness to illuminate the real difficulties Russia has faced on its rocky path to reform.
For the second time in less than a century, the Russians have been engaged in a fundamental reshaping of their society, and the results will prove of vital importance to the global community. This is a guide to their recent remarkable joirney.
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: pbk. ISBN 9780674021082
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations Preface Introduction One: The Project of Reform 1. For a New Russia 2. What Is Russia? 3. Who Are the Russians? 4. Public Images, 1800-1991 5. Soviet Legacies Two: Power and the Kremlin 6. The New Russian State 7. Popular Opinion 8. Masters of Red Square 9. Economising on Reform 10. Bloodbath in Chechnya 11. Russia in the World Three: Persuading Russia 12. Official Transmission 13. Symbols for Russia 14. Understating the Case 15. The Politics of Ideas 16. Culture for the Nation Four: In the Russian Depths 17. Federation and the Regions 18. Russian Town, Russian Village 19. Class and the 'New Russians' 20. A Society Disclosed 21. Russiain Private 22. Future Uncertain Notes Bibliography Index
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