The legacy of the Soviet Union / edited by Wendy Slater and Andrew Wilson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Slater, Wendy, 1967-

Wilson, Andrew, 1961-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nationalism.

Republics.

Former Soviet republics.

Nationalism--Soviet Union--Republics.

Former Soviet republics--Ethnic relations.

Former Soviet republics--Politics and government.

Former Soviet republics--Economic conditions.

Soviet Union.

Physical Description:

xii, 275 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Basingstoke ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2004.

Summary:

The Legacy of the Soviet Union offers a distillation by a group of eminent scholars of their experience of the post-Soviet years. Analysis of the post-Soviet landscape is accompanied by meditations on the impact of the post-Soviet transition on both policy-makers and academics. The book examines the assumptions of 'transition' and reconsiders the experience of Soviet communism in the light of its demise. The contributors span a variety of disciplines and seek not just to summarize developments since 1991, but also to ask 'What have we learnt?'

Contents:

1 Introduction: Soviet Union in Retrospect

Ten Years After 1991 / Sheila Fitzpatrick 1

Part I National Identity 15

2 A Future Russia: A Nation-state or a Multi-national Federation? / Vera Tolz 17

3 Rival Versions of the East Slavic Idea in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus / Andrew Wilson 39

4 Separatist States and Post-Soviet Conflicts / Dov Lynch 61

5 Management of Ethnic Relations in Kazakhstan: Stability without Success / Bhavna Dave 83

Part II The Economy 101

6 Transactions in the US-Russia Relationship: Representational Gymnastics, Shifting Agency and Russia's Decline / Janine R. Wedel 103

7 Blat Lessons: Networks, Institutions, Unwritten Rules / Alena Ledeneva 122

8 Administrative Regions and the Economy / Philip Hanson 144

Part III Politics, Law and Foreign Policy 169

9 Law Reform and Civil Culture / W. E. Butler 171

10 Censorship and Restrictions on Freedom of Speech in Russia: 1986-1991-2001 / Martin Dewhirst 186

11 Politics Beyond the Garden Ring: Rethinking the Post-Soviet Experience / Vladimir Gel'man 208

12 Westernism, Eurasianism and Pragmatism: The Foreign Policies of the Post-Soviet States, 1991-2001 / Peter J. S. Duncan 228

13 Conclusions: Stalin's Death 50 Years On / Wendy Slater 254.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1403917868

OCLC:

55736516