Investigating Change and Continuity in the Former Soviet Union
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Page : 66 pages
File Size : 35,50 MB
Release : 2014
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Page : 66 pages
File Size : 35,50 MB
Release : 2014
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Author : Carol Barner-Barry
Publisher : Forge Books
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 36,30 MB
Release : 1995-01-01
Category : Former Soviet republics
ISBN : 9780312090791
The Soviet Union is dead and the part of Eurasia which was once the USSR now comprises a host of states each with its own characteristics and problems. This book is an attempt to reassess the character of the Soviet state with the benefit of hindsight and to understand the significance of its collapse and what the world can expect from its successor states.
Author : United States. Congress. Joint Economic Committee
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Page : 476 pages
File Size : 25,71 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Business & Economics
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Author : Donald Ostrowski
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Page : 602 pages
File Size : 28,85 MB
Release : 2022
Category : History
ISBN : 9781793634207
This study examines the continuity of Russian policies during the early modern period in the midst of constant change. The author analyzes how Russian rulers from Ivan III to Catherine II--along with their hub advisors--managed to sustain a balance between the two in seeking solutions to problems the country faced.
Author : Michael Bradshaw
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 33,18 MB
Release : 2016-04-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 1317905024
A comprehensive introduction to the important economic, social and political processes and development issues in this increasingly popular area of study. Employing a groundbreaking thematic approach the book centres its discussion on the interrelation between contemporary development theories and continuing transition issues in this huge and complex region.
Author : Jarrett Zigon
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 32,91 MB
Release : 2011-09-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 085745210X
In the post-Soviet period morality became a debatable concept, open to a multitude of expressions and performances. From Russian Orthodoxy to Islam, from shamanism to Protestantism, religions of various kinds provided some of the first possible alternative moral discourses and practices after the end of the Soviet system. This influence remains strong today. Within the Russian context, religion and morality intersect in such social domains as the relief of social suffering, the interpretation of history, the construction and reconstruction of traditions, individual and social health, and business practices. The influence of religion is also apparent in the way in which the Russian Orthodox Church increasingly acts as the moral voice of the government. The wide-ranging topics in this ethnographically based volume show the broad religious influence on both discursive and everyday moralities. The contributors reveal that although religion is a significant aspect of the various assemblages of morality, much like in other parts of the world, religion in postsocialist Russia cannot be separated from the political or economic or transnational institutional aspects of morality.
Author : Kristine Atmante
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Page : 302 pages
File Size : 20,31 MB
Release : 2019-07-24
Category : Russia (Federation)
ISBN : 9781498571692
This book revisits the concept of strategic culture by examining the relationships between Russia and its neighbors in the east and west. The book explains how the competing Russian and western influences create innovative strategies, that display common regional characteristics of the different countries' cultures.
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Page : 92 pages
File Size : 30,98 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Military art and science
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Author : Nikolas K. Gvosdev
Publisher : CQ Press
Page : 457 pages
File Size : 46,20 MB
Release : 2013-08-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1483322084
In a truly contemporary analysis of Moscow′s relations with its neighbors and other strategic international actors, Gvosdev and Marsh use a comprehensive vectors approach, dividing the world into eight geographic zones. Each vector chapter looks at the dynamics of key bilateral relationships while highlighting major topical issues—oil and energy, defense policy, economic policy, the role of international institutions, and the impact of major interest groups or influencers—demonstrating that Russia formulates multiple, sometimes contrasting, foreign policies. Providing rich historical context as well as exposure to the scholarly literature, the authors offer an incisive look at how and why Russia partners with some states while it counter-balances others.
Author : Judith Beyer
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Press
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 11,2 MB
Release : 2016-12-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0822981548
Judith Beyer presents a finely textured ethnographic study that sheds new light on the legal and moral ordering of everyday life in northwestern Kyrgyzstan. Through her extensive fieldwork, Beyer captures the thoughts and voices of local people in two villages, Aral and Engels, and combines these with firsthand observations to create an original ethnography. Beyer shows how local Kyrgyz negotiate proper behavior and regulate disputes by invoking custom, known to the locals as salt. While salt is presented as age-old tradition, its invocation needs to be understood as a highly developed and flexible rhetorical strategy that people adapt to suit the political, legal, economic, and religious environments. Officially, codified state law should take precedence when it comes to dispute resolution, yet the unwritten laws of salt and the increasing importance of Islamic law provide the standards for ordering everyday life. As Beyer further reveals, interpretations of both Islamic and state law are also intrinsically linked to salt. By interweaving case studies on kinship, legal negotiations, festive events, mourning rituals, and political and business dealings, Beyer shows how salt is the binding element in rural Kyrgyz social life, used to explain and negotiate moral behavior and to postulate communal identity. In this way, salt provides a time-tested, sustainable source of authentication that defies changes in government and the tides of religious movements. Beyer's ground-level analysis provides a broad base of knowledge that will be valuable for students and researchers of contemporary Central Asia.