The legacy of the Soviet Union /

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Imprint:Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2004.
Description:xii, 275 p. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5204134
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Other authors / contributors:Slater, Wendy, 1967-
Wilson, Andrew.
ISBN:1403917868 (cloth : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • List of Contributors
  • Preface and Acknowledgements
  • 1. Introduction: Soviet Union in Retrospect--Ten Years After 1991
  • Part I. National Identity
  • 2. A Future Russia: A Nation-state or a Multi-national Federation?
  • 3. Rival Versions of the East Slavic Idea in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus
  • 4. Separatist States and Post-Soviet Conflicts
  • 5. Management of Ethnic Relations in Kazakhstan: Stability without Success
  • Part II. The Economy
  • 6. Transactions in the US-Russia Relationship: Representational Gymnastics, Shifting Agency and Russia's Decline
  • 7. Blat Lessons: Networks, Institutions, Unwritten Rules
  • 8. Administrative Regions and the Economy
  • Part III. Politics, Law and Foreign Policy
  • 9. Law Reform and Civil Culture
  • 10. Censorship and Restrictions on Freedom of Speech in Russia: 1986-1991-2001
  • 11. Politics Beyond the Garden Ring: Rethinking the Post-Soviet Experience
  • 12. Westernism, Eurasianism and Pragmatism: The Foreign Policies of the Post-Soviet States, 1991-2001
  • 13. Conclusions: Stalin's Death 50 Years On
  • Index