Cultural Identity And Civil Society In Russia And Eastern Europe

Author : David M. Borgmeyer
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1443864803
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cultural Identity and Civil Society in Russia and Eastern Europe written by David M. Borgmeyer and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2014-07-24 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is dedicated to the memory of Charles E. Timberlake. The contributors include his former colleagues and students. The first section deals with “Liberalism and Civil Society in Russia and Eastern Europe.” Alla Barabtarlo discusses unfinished research conducted by Charles Timberlake on the liberal activist Ivan Petrunkevich. Evgeny Badredinov analyzes research on the Russian village conducted by an important liberal lawyer and sociologist, Maksim Kovalevskii. Andrew Wise examines commentary by Polish liberals and their exiled Russian colleagues published in the Warsaw press from 1920–1923. The second section deals with “Orthodoxy and Cultural Identity in Late Imperial Russia.” Robert Nichols explains the role in Russia’s monastic revival played by Gethsemane skete, a monastic cloister that was founded in 1844. Sally Stocksdale details the motivations of a self-cloistering Russian noblewoman (Praskovia Yazikova) of the nineteenth century. Jesse Murray explores the cultural and religious identities of residents in the Baikal region. David Borgmeyer focuses on the response to the works of Pablo Picasso by one art critic, Sergei Bulgakov. The third section deals with “Civil Society in the Post-Soviet Era.” Byron Scott demonstrates that press freedom has been a contentious issue in these societies. James McCartney analyzes the reforming of the educational system in independent Georgia.

Author : S. White
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230583075
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Media, Culture and Society in Putin's Russia written by S. White and published by Springer. This book was released on 2008-04-09 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An international collection of papers focused on media, culture and society in postcommunist Russia. Contributors deploy a wealth of primary data in examining the kinds of issues that are central to our understanding of the kind of system that has been established in the world's largest country after a period of far-reaching change.

Author : S. Webber
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230287026
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Education and Civic Culture in Post-Communist Countries written by S. Webber and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-01-20 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The vivid discussion on civil society in Eastern Europe that flourished during the late 1980s and early 1990s has faded somewhat, and been partly replaced by new attempts to conceptualise the nature of social change taking place in these countries. This book strives to continue and go beyond the civil society discourse by analysing the interrelationship between education and civic culture in post-communist countries. The volume offers detailed case studies, written by specialists from the region and from Western Europe and North America, examining everyday patterns of civic culture; the linkage between education and national identity, ethnicity, gender and religion; the experience and attitudes of youth; and attempts to render education systems better suited to the demands of post-communist society.

Author : Michael Kraus
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780367286453
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Russia and Eastern Europe After Communism written by Michael Kraus and published by . This book was released on 2019-09-13 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The conference on "Russia and East Europe in Transition," held at Middlebury College in May 1994 under the auspices of the Center for Russian and East European Studies, provided the impetus for this volume. The two-day gathering was made possible by a Title VI grant from the U.S. Department of Education and the Jessica Swift Endowed Lecture Fund of Middlebury College, for which we are most grateful. Apart from the contributors to this volume, the conference participants included: George Bellerose, Raymond E. Benson, Valery Chalidze, Michael Claudon, David Colander, Guntram H. Herb, Lars Lib, Tamar Mayer, Noah M.J. Pickus, Sunder Ramaswamy, David A. Rosenberg, and Mitchell Smith. Acting as discussants, panel chairs, or interested participants, their efforts, individually and collectively, have made this a better book and their contribution to this project is gratefully acknowledged.

Author : Rachel A. May
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 9780739120651
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book (Un)civil Societies written by Rachel A. May and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2007 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rachel A. May and Andrew K. Milton have assembled an array of scholars from different disciplines to examine transitional governments in Eastern Europe and Latin America. Drawing on specific political conditions and organized around topics such as the media, political parties, and political violence, (Un)Civil Societies broadens the discussion about democratization both thematically and geographically.

Author : Zbigniew Rau
Publisher : Westview Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Reemergence Of Civil Society In Eastern Europe And The Soviet Union written by Zbigniew Rau and published by Westview Press. This book was released on 1991-12-10 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Civil society is a key concept in the debate arising from the recent turmoil in Eastern Europe and the USSR. Here the views of Eastern scholars and activists are contrasted with those of Western academics on the definition, origins and function of civil society within a nation's public life.

Author : Michael Kraus
Publisher : Westview Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Russia And Eastern Europe After Communism written by Michael Kraus and published by Westview Press. This book was released on 1996-05-23 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examining the key challenges confronting Russia and Eastern Europe, this multidisciplinary volume considers the constitutional, political, economic, security, and national identity issues facing these post-communist societies. Drawing upon both theory and case studies informed by newly available primary sources, leading U.S. and Russian specialists provide a comprehensive balance sheet of the achievements and costs of the ongoing economic and political transformation. They also examine the prospects for a thriving civil society and for the region's integration into European and global economic and security institutions.

Author : Sven Eliaeson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134207735
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Building Democracy and Civil Society East of the Elbe written by Sven Eliaeson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-04-18 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the idea of civil society and how it is being implemented in Eastern Europe. The implosion of the Russian empire fifteen years ago and the new wave of democratization opened a new field of inquiry. The wide-ranging debate on the transition became focused on a conceptual battle, the question of how to define "civil society". Because totalitarian systems shun self-organization, real existing civil society barely existed East of the Elbe, and the emergence of civil society took unusually complex and puzzling forms, which varied with national culture, and reflected the deep historical past of these societies. This insightful text relates the concept of civil society and developments in Eastern Europe to wider sociological theories, and makes international comparisons where appropriate. It discusses particular aspects of civil society, and examines the difficulties of establishing civil society. It concludes by assessing the problems and prospects for civil society in Eastern Europe going forward.

Author : Moya Flynn
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Trans-national Issues, Local Concerns and Meanings of Post-socialism written by Moya Flynn and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume examines societal change in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and Russia in a purposeful movement away from the generalized debated associated with 'transition' theory and a simultaneous engagement with the complexities of everyday life throughout the region at the local level. In addition to addressing the problematic nature of a discursive east-west divide, Trans-National Issues, Local Concerns and Meanings of Post-Socialism brings together a range of academics and practitioners working on specific locally-situated concerns including drug use, HIV/AIDS, health, identity, and welfare as well as issues related to minority ethnic groups. While drawing attention to the salience of a common socialist past, these empirically-rich chapters highlight the importance of moving beyond simplistic east-west analytical framework in order to acknowledge the multifaceted societal realties evident with the former socialist countries of CEE and Russia.

Author : Alberto Gasparini
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Social Actors and Designing the Civil Society of Eastern Europe written by Alberto Gasparini and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 1995 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes bibliographic references.