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Record Nr.

UNINA9910967957303321

Autore

Chebankova Elena A.

Titolo

Civil society in Putin's Russia / / Elena Chebankova

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-136-67995-2

0-203-38781-3

1-299-28015-3

1-136-67988-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (238 p.)

Collana

BASEES/Routledge series on Russian and East European Studies ; ; 87

Disciplina

300.947

Soggetti

Civil society - Russia (Federation)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Civil Society in Putin's Russia; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; Note on spelling; Abbreviations and glossary; Preface; 1 Methodology, theoretical considerations and the structure of the study; 2 Public and private cycles of socio-political life in Russia; 3 The public sphere and the state in Russia; 4 A kind of society: the nature of political radicalism in modern Russia; 5 State-sponsored civic associations in Russia: systemic integration or a 'war of position'?; 6 Foreign-sponsored associations in Russia: themes and problems

7 Grassroots movements in modern Russia: a cause for optimism?8 Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Unlike other books on civil society in Russia which argue that Russia's civil society is relatively weak, and that democratisation in Russia went into reverse following Vladimir Putin's coming to power, this book contends that civil society in Russia is developing in a distinctive way. It shows that government and elite-led drives to encourage civil society have indeed been limited, and that the impact of external promotion of civil society has also not been very successful. It demonstrates, however, that independent domestic grassroots movements are beginning to flourish, despite difficult