Small-town Russia : postcommunist livelihoods and identities : a portrait of the intelligentsia in Achit, Bednodemyanovsk and Zubtsov, 1999-2000
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Small-town Russia : postcommunist livelihoods and identities : a portrait of the intelligentsia in Achit, Bednodemyanovsk and Zubtsov, 1999-2000
（BASEES/RoutledgeCurzon series on Russian and East European studies / series editor, Richard Sakwa, 12）
RoutledgeCurzon, 2004
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Bibliography: p. [251]-267
Includes index
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This book examines a number of key questions about social change in contemporary Russia - issues such as how people survive when they are not paid for months on end, 'the New Poor', the falling birth rate, why so many Russian men die in middle age, whether regional identities are becoming stronger, and how people's sense of 'Russianness' has developed since the creation of the Russian Federation in 1992. It examines these issues by looking at actual experiences in three small Russian towns. It includes a great deal of original ethnographic research, and, by looking at real places overall, provides a good sense of how different aspects of social change are interlinked, and how they actually affect real people's lives.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Socio-Economic and Demographic Trends in Russia and its Regions 2. Characteristics of Small Towns across Russia: Sub-Regional Variation in Living Standards and Population Trends 3. The Fieldwork Towns and their Regions 4. State Sector Employees: the New Poor 5. Livelihood Strategies 6. The Intelligentsia, the 'Middle Class' and Social Stratification 7. Civil Society and Politics 8. Multiple Identities: Local, Regional, Ethnic, National Conclusions Appendix 1: Interview Schedule Appendix 2: Household Composition, Livelihoods and Identities: Five Case Studies Bibliography Index
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