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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783844403321

Autore

White Anne <1959, >

Titolo

Small-town Russia : postcommunist livelihoods and identities : a portrait of the intelligentsia in Achit, Bednodemyanovsk and Zubtsov, 1999-2000 / / Anne White

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : RoutledgeCurzon, , 2004

ISBN

1-134-30292-4

1-134-30293-2

1-280-04855-7

0-203-44860-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (294 p.)

Collana

BASEES/RoutledgeCurzon series on Russian and East European studies ; ; 12

Disciplina

303.4/0947

Soggetti

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

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-267) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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



'Russianness' has developed since the creation of the Russian Federation in 1992.