Russia After Communism (special Issue Of The Journal Of Communist Studies & Transition Politics)

Russia's transition from communism holds great significance not only for itself but also for the wider world. This collection of essays examines the spectrum of Russia's transition since 1991 - considering not only the pattern of events but also what the changes have meant for Russians themselves.

russia's Transition From Communism Holds Great Significance Not Only For That Country But Also For The Wider World. This Collection Of Essays Examines The Broad Spectrum Of Russia's Transition Since 1991 - Considering Not Only The Pattern Of Events But Also What The Changes Have Meant For Russians Themselves, And For Their Future. Particular Attention Is Given To Political Attitudes And Foreign Policy, To The Changing Status Of Women, To Religion And Censorship, And To The Continuing War In Chechnya.

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nine Essays By Scholars Of International Relations, Slavonic Studies, And Russian Discuss The Period Of Post-communist Transition. Particular Attention Is Given To Political Attitudes, Foreign Policy, The Status Of Women, Organized Crime, The Media, The Development Of The Russian Language, Religion, Censorship, And The Ongoing War In Chechnya. An Appendix Contains Abstracts For All Nine Essays. Distributed By Isbs. Annotation C. Book News, Inc., Portland, Or (booknews.com)

Correcting the incorrigible? Russia's relations with the West over Chechnya -- Rick Fawn Censorship in Russia, 1991 and 2001 -- Martin Dewhirst Ten years on, what do the Russians think? -- Stephen White -- A liberation from emancipation? : changing discourses on women's employment in Soviet and post-Soviet Russia -- Rebecca Kay Mujahedeen, mafia, madmen: Russian perceptions of Chechens during the wars in Chechnya, 1994-96 and 1999-2001 -- John Russell Church and state in contemporary Russia: conflicting discourses -- Edwin Bacon Development in the Russian language in the post-Soviet period -- Lara Ryazanova-Clarke -- The Russian media in the 1990s -- Laura Belin -- The evolution of Russian foreign policy in the 1990s -- Allen C. Lynch.