LEADER 03183nam 2200553 450 001 9910794824303321 005 20180119085520.0 010 $a1-4985-5038-X 035 $a(CKB)4340000000022383 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4760989 035 $a(EXLCZ)994340000000022383 100 $a20161123h20172017 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aRussian studies and comparative politics $eviews from metatheory and middle-range theory /$fFrederic J. Fleron Jr 210 1$aLanham, Maryland :$cLexington Books,$d[2017] 210 4$dİ2017 215 $a1 online resource (359 pages) $cillustrations 311 $a0-7391-2961-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aMachine generated contents note: Part I: Introduction -- Chapter 1: The View from Middle-Range -- Part II: Metatheory -- Chapter 2: The Logic of Inquiry in Sovietology: Soviet Area Studies and the Social Sciences -- Chapter 3: Silver Anniversary of the Publication of Communist Studies and the Social Sciences -- Chapter 4: The Logic of Inquiry in Post-Sovietology: Russian Studies and the Social Sciences -- Part III: Middle-Range Theories -- Chapter 5: Co-optation as a Mechanism of Adaptation to Change -- Chapter 6: Motivation, Methodology and Communist Ideology -- Chapter 7: The Western Connection: Technical Rationality and Soviet Politics -- Chapter 8: Political Culture in Post-Soviet Russia: Recent Empirical Investigations -- Chapter 9: Does the Public Matter for Democratization in Russia? -- Chapter 10: Congruence Theory Applied: Democratization in Russia -- Part IV: Conclusion -- Chapter 11: Conclusion: Thinking Theoretically about Russian & Soviet Politics: Carnivals, Cockfights, and Epistemic Communities. 330 $a"This study examines Russian politics in the Soviet and post-Soviet eras using sociologist Robert Merton's middle-range theory. It analyzes ideology, decision making, political culture, public opinion, and democratization and offers an innovative approach to the study of Russian politics in the twenty-first century"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aPolitical culture$zRussia (Federation) 606 $aPolitical culture$zSoviet Union 606 $aPolitical socialization$zRussia (Federation) 606 $aPolitical socialization$zSoviet Union 606 $aDemocratization$zRussia (Federation) 606 $aPost-communism$zRussia (Federation) 607 $aRussia (Federation)$xPolitics and government$y1991- 607 $aSoviet Union$xPolitics and government 615 0$aPolitical culture 615 0$aPolitical culture 615 0$aPolitical socialization 615 0$aPolitical socialization 615 0$aDemocratization 615 0$aPost-communism 676 $a320.947 686 $aHIS032000$aPHI019000$aPOL009000$2bisacsh 700 $aFleron$b Frederic J.$f1937-$01476380 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910794824303321 996 $aRussian studies and comparative politics$93690998 997 $aUNINA