Self-help organizations and charities were the most numerous, but least studied of pressure groups to emerge during "perestroika". This work examines the social exclusion experienced before 1985 by non-working citizens; studies the pre-1985 disabled people's movement and its numerous unofficial, but non-dissident organizations; discusses why the Gorbachev leadership adopted the non-Soviet concept of "charity"; analyzes the failure of local authorities after 1985 to stave off pluralism and defeat the voluntary organizations; and assesses how successfully the latter built the foundations of a civil society.
Sprache
Verlagsort
Basingstoke
Großbritannien
Zielgruppe
Für höhere Schule und Studium
Für Beruf und Forschung
Illustrationen
bibliography, notes, references, index
Maße
Höhe: 222 mm
Breite: 141 mm
Gewicht
ISBN-13
978-0-333-74775-9 (9780333747759)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Acknowledgements - List of Abbreviations - Demokratizatsiya and the Voluntary Sector - 1985: the State in Crisis - 1985: Society in Crisis - Perestroika and the Immediate Causes of the Voluntary Sector's Emergence - Charities - Self-help Organizations - The Communist Response - Building Political and Civil Society - Conclusions and Epilogue - Appendix - Bibliography - Notes and References - Index
