03223oam 2200709I 450 991078384440332120200520144314.01-134-30292-41-134-30293-21-280-04855-70-203-44860-X10.4324/9780203448601 (CKB)1000000000253763(EBL)182135(OCoLC)56588398(SSID)ssj0000309644(PQKBManifestationID)11239746(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000309644(PQKBWorkID)10267172(PQKB)10882143(MiAaPQ)EBC182135(Au-PeEL)EBL182135(CaPaEBR)ebr10093917(CaONFJC)MIL4855(PPN)198452985(EXLCZ)99100000000025376320180331d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSmall-town Russia postcommunist livelihoods and identities : a portrait of the intelligentsia in Achit, Bednodemyanovsk and Zubtsov, 1999-2000 /Anne WhiteLondon ;New York :RoutledgeCurzon,2004.1 online resource (294 p.)BASEES/RoutledgeCurzon series on Russian and East European studies ;12Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada.0-415-65173-5 0-415-33874-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-267) and index.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.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.BASEES/RoutledgeCurzon series on Russian and East European studies ;12.Social changeRussia (Federation)Cities and townsRussia (Federation)IntellectualsRussia (Federation)Post-communismRussia (Federation)Achit (Russia)Social conditionsBednodemʹi͡anovsk (Russia)Social conditionsZubt͡sov (Russia)Social conditionsSocial changeCities and townsIntellectualsPost-communism303.4/0947White Anne1959,1543890FlBoTFGFlBoTFGBOOK9910783844403321Small-town Russia3797636UNINA