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_aUnderstanding contemporary Russia / _cedited by Michael L. Bressler. _hPR |
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_aBoulder : _bLynne Rienner Publishers, _c(c)2009. |
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_axiv, 423 pages : _billustrations, maps ; _c23 cm. |
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| 490 | 1 | _aUnderstanding | |
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_a1. Introduction _rMichael L. Bressler |
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_a2. Russia : a geographic preface _rDenis J.B. Shaw -- _tThe Imperial heritage: Russian territorial expansion -- _tPopulation and settlement distribution -- _tClimate, settlement, and the natural environment -- _tSome implications of Russia's natural environment -- _tEnvironment and development -- _tThe Imperial heritage: Russia's ethnic geography |
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_a3. The historical context _rSteven G. Marks -- _tKievan Rus, 750-1240 -- _tMongol rule, 1237-1400 -- _tMuscovy, 1400-1700 -- _tPeter the Great and the birth of Imperial Russia, 1682-1725 -- _tThe age of women rulers, 1725-1796 -- _tAbsolutism and its discontents, 1801-1855 -- _tReform and reaction, 1855-1904 -- _tThe revolutionary era, 1905-1923 -- _tStalinism, 1924-1953 -- _tHope, apathy, and decline: The Soviet Union, 1953-1991 |
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_a4. Politics _rMichael L. Bressler -- _tConcepts: democracy, the State, and institutions -- _tHigh hopes and harsh realities: post-Soviet Russia, 1991-1993 -- _tThe 1993 Constitution -- _tRussian politics under Yeltsin -- _tPutin's road to power -- _tPutin's understanding of the problem -- _tTaking control of the system -- _tMass attitudes toward democracy |
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_a5. The economy _rJames R. Millar -- _tThe institutions and workings of the planned economy -- _tThe planned economy after Stalin, 1953-1964 -- _tThe Brezhnev Era, 1964-1982: from stability to stagnation -- _tThe Gorbachev Era and the end of the Soviet System -- _tBoris Yeltsin and the transition to capitalism -- _tVladimir Putin and the quest for stability |
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_a6. International relations _rAllen C. Lynch -- _tHistorical patterns in Russian foreign policy -- _tThe early Soviet Period -- _tThe Cold War -- _tGorbachev's foreign policy revolution -- _tPatterns of Russian foreign policy in the Yeltsin period -- _tPatterns of Russian foreign policy under Putin |
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_a7. Ethnicity and identity _rKatherine E. Graney -- _tA survey of multicultural Russia -- _tMaking Russia multicultural: empire, statehood, and nationality in the Tsarist Era -- _tAn affirmative action empire: The Soviet Union -- _tThe reemergence of Russia: The Russian Federation and the quest for a new multicultural order -- _tCreating legal chaos: Yeltsin and the parade of treaties -- _tOrigins and consequences of the first Chechen War -- _tThe Putin Era: restoring order to chaos or threatening non-Russian rights? -- The second Chechen War and rising interethnic tensions in Putin's Russia -- _tConclusion: the future of multicultural Russia |
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_a8. Population, health, and migration _rTimothy Heleniak -- _tRussia's recent demographic history -- _tFactors influencing fertility -- _tHealth, morality, and life expectancy -- _tMortality and HawaiiV _rAIDS -- _tMigration -- _tRussia's population in the Twenty-first Century |
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_a9. Environmental problems _rPhilip R. Pryde -- _tPollution -- _tBiotic preservation -- _tRadioactive contamination -- _tThe environment, public health, and prospects for the future |
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_a10. Women in a changing context _rSarah L. Henderson -- _twomen in Imperial Russia -- _tThe Soviet woman -- _tWomen in post-Soviet Russia -- _tConclusion: prospects for Russian women |
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_a11. Religion _rOlga Kazmina -- _treligion in Russia from ancient times to the demise of the Soviet Union -- _tReligion in post-Soviet Russia -- _tThe contemporary religious makeup of Russia's population -- _tReligion and identity |
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_a12. Literature and film _rAdele Barker -- _tNineteenth-Century Russian literature -- _tThe Soviet period -- _tCultural lament and the advent of Pop Culture -- _tSoviet and Russian film -- _tConclusion: the new texture of cultural life |
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_a13. Trends and prospects _rMichael L. Bressler. |
| 520 | 0 | _aUnderstanding Contemporary Russia provides a thorough introduction to this complex country as it confronts the challenges of today?s interdependent world. Interdisciplinary in design, the book is intended for use as a core text in introductory survey and politics courses and also as a supplement in a variety of discipline-oriented courses. The authors draw on the best scholarship in their fields to provide sophisticated yet accessible treatments of subjects ranging from geography and history, to politics, economics, and international relations, to ethnicity, population movements, the environment, the role of women, religion, and literature and film. Numerous maps, photographs, and suggestions for further reading enhance the text. | |
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