The Russian Transformation
Political, Sociological and Psychological Aspects
Published on 25. November 1999
Book
Hardback
304 pages
978-0-333-77533-2 (ISBN)
Description
The transition from a Soviet to a Russian society has not been a smooth ride: crime rates have soared, corruption is at an all time high, ethnic tensions are fierce and alcoholism is on the rise. There is perhaps no more challenging phenomenon for today's political science student than the study of this transition. Politically relevant variables that can be ignored in more stable politics have been manipulated by history, revealing the importance of underlying political culture to political institutions and processes. The Soviet and Russian experience suggests that radical change is difficult to direct toward the desired end and transformation can lead to widespread anomie and institutional breakdown. This explanation of the difficulties in this process comes from a multi disciplinary perspective, combining sociological and political psychological analyses of the Russian political transition since 1985.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Basingstoke
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 141 mm
Weight
461 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-333-77533-2 (9780333775332)
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Persons
BETTY GLAD is the Olin D. Johnston Professor of Political Science at the University of South Carolina. ERIC SHIRAEV is Adjunct Professor at George Washington University.
Content
Introduction; B.Glad & E.Shiraev - PART I: THE NATURE OF THE TRANSITION - Nation-Building and the Russian Federation; C.Barner-Barry - The Psychological Dimensions of Transition: Roots of Public Alienation; G.Smith - PART II: CULTURAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL ROOTS OF TRANSITION - The Influence of the "Sixties" Generation; V.Zubok - Mikhail Gorbachev: The Evolution of a Transformational Leader; B.Glad & E.Shiraev - Eduard Shevardnadze: Leading the Soviet Union out of the Cold War; M.Goodman - PART III: THE ANATOMY OF THE TRANSITION - Transformation of Russian Political Attitudes from a Psychological Perspective; E.Shiraev - Political Mentality of Russians: An Empirical Approach; O.Mitina & V.Petrenko - The Roots of Russian Anti-Americanism; D.Terrio & E.Shiraev - PART IV: THE DIVERSITY OF TRANSITION - A Political Psychology of Russian Social and Age Groups; E.Shiraev - Gender Roles During the Transformation Period; E.Shiraev - Russian Popular Music as a Mirror of the Societal Transformation; S.Danilov & E.Shiraev