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Fears in post communist societies : a comparative perspective / edited by Vladimir Shlapentokh and Eric Shiraev.
LIBRA HN523.5 .F4 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social change--Former Soviet republics.
- Social change.
- Social psychology--Former Soviet republics.
- Social psychology.
- Social change--Europe, Eastern.
- Eastern Europe.
- Social psychology--Europe, Eastern.
- Post-communism.
- Physical Description:
- x, 163 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave, 2002.
- Summary:
- This is the first cross-national and comparative analysis of how fear shapes and dominates political, social, and economic life in post-Communist countries. Each chapter analyzes economic fears, fears of catastrophes, worries about internal and foreign enemies, health concerns, and environmental uncertainties and their connection to political, social, and economic life. The contributors explore rational and irrational elements of the individual's fears and examines the influence of political and social factors. The contributors consolidate results of public opinion polls with other sources of empirical information, such as small surveys, case studies, and focus-group methologies in Russia, the Czech Republic, Poland, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, and among Russian immigrants in the US and Israel.
- Contents:
- Chapter 2 Russia: Anxiously Surviving / Yuri Levada, Vladimir Shubkin, Grigoriy Kertman, Veronika Ivanova, Vladimir Yadov, Eric Shiraev 11
- Chapter 3 The Czech Republic: Transitional Worries / Martina Klicperova-Baker 29
- Chapter 4 Poland: Fears in Transition / Urszula Jakubowska 51
- Chapter 5 Ukraine: Fears and Uncertainty / Vladimir Paniotto, Eric Shiraev 67
- Chapter 6 Belarus: Fears, Hopes, and Paradoxes of the Transformation / Larissa G. Titarenko 81
- Chapter 7 Lithuania: Transitional Fears after Independence / Vladas Gaidys 97
- Chapter 8 Russian Immigrants in America: Fears and Hopes / Samuel Kliger 111
- Chapter 9 A Conclusion: Transitional Fears in the Post Communist World / Eric Shiraev, Vladimir Shlapentokh 121
- Case Essays
- American Fears: Change and Continuity / David W. Rohde 139
- Fears in Ex-Soviet Union Immigrants in Israel / V. Aptekman 145.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [151]-159) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0312293542
- OCLC:
- 47869951
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