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UNINA9910783844403321 |
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Autore |
White Anne <1959, > |
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Titolo |
Small-town Russia : postcommunist livelihoods and identities : a portrait of the intelligentsia in Achit, Bednodemyanovsk and Zubtsov, 1999-2000 / / Anne White |
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London ; ; New York : , : RoutledgeCurzon, , 2004 |
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ISBN |
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1-134-30292-4 |
1-134-30293-2 |
1-280-04855-7 |
0-203-44860-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (294 p.) |
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Collana |
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BASEES/RoutledgeCurzon series on Russian and East European studies ; ; 12 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Social change - Russia (Federation) |
Cities and towns - Russia (Federation) |
Intellectuals - Russia (Federation) |
Post-communism - Russia (Federation) |
Achit (Russia) Social conditions |
Bednodemʹi͡anovsk (Russia) Social conditions |
Zubt͡sov (Russia) Social conditions |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-267) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction -- Socio-economic and demographic trends in Russia and its regions -- Characteristics of small towns across Russia : sub-regional variation in living standards and population trends -- The fieldwork towns and their regions -- State sector employees : the new poor -- Livelihood strategies -- The intelligentsia, the 'middle class' and social stratification -- Civil society and politics -- Multiple identities : local, regional, ethnic, national -- Conclusions. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book examines a number of key questions about social change in contemporary Russia - issues such as how people survive when they are not paid for months on end, 'the New Poor', the falling birth rate, why so many Russian men die in middle age, whether regional identities are becoming stronger, and how people's sense of |
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