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Author : James R. Millar
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521348900
This book illustrates how the Soviet social system works and how the Soviet people cope with it.
Author : Alex Inkeles,Raymond Augustine Bauer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 572 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1959
Category : Soviet Union
ISBN : STANFORD:36105001653430
Author : Katherine Eaton
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2004-08-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780313061103
Details what ordinary life was like during the extraordinary years of the reign of Soviet Union. Thirty-six illustrations, thematic chapters, a glossary, timeline, annotated multimedia bibliography, and detailed index make it a sound starting point for looking at this powerful nation's immediate past. What was ordinary life like in the Soviet police state? The phrase daily life implies an orderly routine in a stable environment. However, many millions of Soviet citizens experienced repeated upheavals in their everyday lives. Soviet citizens were forced to endure revolution, civil war, two World Wars, forced collectivization, famine, massive deportations, mass terror campaigns perpetrated against them by their own leaders, and chronic material deprivations. Even the perpetrators often became victims. Many millions, of all ages, nationalities, and walks of life, did not survive these experiences. At the same time, millions managed to live tranquilly, work in factories, farm the fields, serve in the military, and even find joy in their existence. Structured topically, this volume begins with an historical introduction to the Soviet period (1917-1991) and a timeline. Chapters that follow are devoted to such core topics as: government and law, the economy, the military, rural life, education, health care, housing, ethnic groups, religion, the media, leisure, popular culture, and the arts. The volume also has two maps, including a map of ethnic groups and languages, and over thirty photographs of people going about their lives in good times and bad. A glossary, a list of student-friendly books and multimedia sources for classroom and/or individual use, and an index round out the work, making it a valuable resource for high school as well as undergraduate courses on modern Russian and Soviet history. Copious chapter endnotes provide numerous starting points for students and teachers who want to delve more deeply.
Author : Stephen F. Cohen
Publisher : New York : Oxford University Press
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : History
ISBN : 9780195040166
Written in 1985, this book cuts through the Cold War stereotypes of the Soviet Union to arrive at fresh interpretations of that country's traumatic history and later political realities. The author probes Soviet history, society, and politics to explain how the U.S.S.R. remained stable from revolution through the mid-1980s.
Author : Sheila Fitzpatrick
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1999-03-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9780195050004
Focusing on urban areas in the 1930s, this college professor illuminates the ways that Soviet city-dwellers coped with this world, examining such diverse activities as shopping, landing a job, and other acts.
Author : Diane P. Koenker,Library of Congress
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 836 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2011-03-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1780393806
Author : Maureen Perrie,D. C. B. Lieven,Ronald Grigor Suny
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 25 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521812276
An authoritative history of Russia from early Rus' to the reign of Peter the Great.
Author : Horst Herlemann,Shaun Murphy
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2019-07-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000308815
"Quality of life" is a difficult concept to define, and particularly so when referring to the Soviet Union because Westerners have many preconceptions about Soviet living conditions. This volume goes a long way toward illuminating the realities of daily Soviet life and stands as an important contribution to our understanding of the Soviet Union. Contributors focus primarily on the relation of quality of life to living conditions but also discuss the quality and availability of state-provided services such as education, health care, and housing. Of special interest is their coverage of problems in Soviet society, including working conditions in factories, living conditions in rural areas, alcohol abuse, and the status of the elderly. Together these essays show that although the Soviet government has made great strides in improving the living conditions of its citizens, Soviet living standards and services are relatively poor by Western standards and several important social problems continue to burden the Soviet people.
Author : Gregory James Kasza
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1995-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0300062427
The ability to organize millions of people for political purposes is a potent and relatively recent weapon in the struggle for power. Political scientists have studied two types of mass organization, the political party and the interest group. In this book Gregory Kasza examines a third type, which he calls the administered mass organization. AMOs are mass civilian bodies created by authoritarian regimes to implement public policy. Officials use them to organize youths, workers, women, or members of other social sectors into bodies resembling the mass conscript army. A network of AMOs produces a conscription society, a major force in twentieth-century politics in over 45 countries. Using comparative history and organization theory, Kasza analyzes the politics of the conscription society in both military and single-party regimes. He discusses the origins of AMOs in Japan, the Soviet Union, and Fascist Italy and their subsequent spread to China, Egypt, Nazi Germany, Peru, Poland, and Yugoslavia. He focuses on the use of AMOs to curb political opposition, to mobilize for war, and to shift control over the means of production. Kasza shows how, in the hands of despotic rulers, AMOs have contributed to the extremes of political barbarism characteristic of the twentieth century.
Author : Vladimir Tismaneanu
Publisher : M.E. Sharpe
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1563243652
First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an Informa company.
Author : Yang Zhong
Publisher : Springer
Page : 147 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2017-10-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789811062681
This book discusses one of the most noticeable and significant transformations in China over the past three decades is the rapid and massive urbanization of the country, which has brought shifts in political culture of Chinese urbanites. This book is a systematic and empirical study of political culture in urban China. The book covers various aspects of political culture such as political regime support, political interest, democratic values, political trust, and environmental attitudes and sub-political culture of Chinese urban Christians. This book will be of immense value to urban scholars, sinologists, and those wishing to get a closer look at the issues that affect the political future of a rising world power.
Author : Yang Zhong
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2013-06-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781136515712
Despite China’s rapid urbanisation and industrialisation, most Chinese still live in the vast countryside or have rural household registration. Although there was significant economic improvement in rural areas in the 1980s, the rural economy has been stagnating or deteriorating since then, and the book argues that the rural-urban income gap is giving rise to the potential for political instability throughout China. This book, based on extensive original research including interview fieldwork in rural areas, examines the nature of political culture and participation in rural China, discussing issues such as the support, or lack of it, for democratic values; levels of political interest; the ways in which Chinese peasants interact with village and local officials; subjective factors that motivate them to vote, (or not to vote) in village elections; and rural people’s views on market-oriented economic reforms, local and national government, and the Communist Party. The book argues that although hitherto peasants’ riots, sit-ins and demonstrations have been localised and uncoordinated, they are frequent, and have the potential to cause serious political crises for China’s rulers. It concludes by considering the future political development of China’s vast countryside.
Author : Jie Chen
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0804750572
On the basis of three carefully drawn surveys of Beijing residents between 1995 and 1999, the author finds that diffuse support for the current political system—based on attitudes toward institutions and values—remains strong, at least among city-dwellers, though it is gradually declining.
Author : John Löwenhardt
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : History
ISBN : 0822316234
In The Reincarnation of Russia, John Löwenhardt presents the first in-depth analysis of the initial and crucial stages of Russia's new statehood. He examines Russia's recent turbulent history--beginning with the explosive Declaration of State Sovereignty in June 1990, through the adoption of the Yeltsin constitution in the elections of December 1993 and concluding with the early months of 1994. His analysis of Russia's struggle with the vestige of Soviet Communism and the attempt to create a more democratic form of government offers crucial insight into one of the critical turning points in contemporary history. Building on analysis of the failure of the Soviet system, Löwenhardt compares the emergence of Russia as a newborn state with other countries that have undergone transitions from authoritarianism toward democracy. Although it is often claimed that Russia is a unique case, the author argues that the lessons of other nations are relevant to the Russian situation. In conjunction with this comparative analysis and with consideration of the significance of the communist and Russian past, Löwenhardt discusses political and economic developments--including both foreign and domestic policy concerns--in Russia over the last four years. He provides a better understanding of the Russian condition and a guarded optimism regarding the ongoing process taking place in Russia today. The Reincarnation of Russia will be welcomed by scholars with specialized interests in the democratization of Russia, political leaders, journalists, and general readers concerned with the global impact of Russia's changing status.
Author : Karen Dawisha,Bruce Parrott
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2016-09-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781315287072
First Published in 1998. This ambitious ten-volume series develops a com prehensive analysis of the evolving world role of the post-Soviet successor states. Each volume considers a different factor influencing the relationship between internal politics and international relations in Russia and in the western and southern tiers of newly independent states.
