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This book focuses on the extent to which Soviet scholars and cultural theoreticians were able to act autonomously during the Stalin era.

Building on an original interpretation of social theory and an interdisciplinary approach, this book creates a new paradigm in the Russian studies. Taking a fresh view of Russia's multiple experiences of modernization, it seeks to explain the Putin era in a completely new way.

Exploring Russian as a pluricentric language, this book provides a panoramic view of its use within and outside the nation and discusses the connections between language, politics, ideologies and cultural contacts.

This book examines the contemporary communicational practices of journalists and media outlets and the consumption and reception patterns of audiences in Russiäs provinces with an emphasis upon the intergenerational transmission of culture and memory.

This book focuses on Russiäs cultural statecraft in dealing with a number of institutional cultural domains such as education, museums and monuments, high arts and sport. It analyses to what extent Russiäs cultural activities abroad have been used for foreign policy purposes, and perceived as having a political dimension.

Chapters cover a wide spectrum of research fields from philosophy and political ideas to gender issues, language, the education system, and the position of music as a constituent of modern identity.

This book provides an overview of poverty and well-being in Russia. Increasing poverty rates during the 1990s were followed by greater attention to social policies in the 2000s.What impact did these developments have on the prevalence of poverty in contemporary Russian society?

Building on an original interpretation of social theory and an interdisciplinary approach, this book creates a new paradigm in the Russian studies. Taking a fresh view of Russiäs multiple experiences of modernization, it seeks to explain the Putin era in a completely new way.

"This book analyses social change in Russia, and in particular the development of a middle class, one of the most important social and political projects of Putin's administration"--

Analyzing the use of civilization in Russian-language political and media discourses, intellectual and academic production, and artistic practices, the book discusses the rise of civilizational rhetoric in Russia and global politics.

Post-Communist Russia is an instance of the phenomenon of authoritarian modernization project, which is perceived as a set of policies intended to achieve a high level of economic development, while political freedoms remain beyond the current modernization agenda or are postponed to a distant future. This volume encourages further discussions about the logic and mechanisms of the authoritarian modernization project in post-Communist Russia and its effects on Russiäs politics, economy, and society.

This book provides an overview of poverty and well-being in Russia. Increasing poverty rates during the 1990s were followed by greater attention to social policies in the 2000s.What impact did these developments have on the prevalence of poverty in contemporary Russian society?

Post-Communist Russia is an instance of the phenomenon of authoritarian modernization project, which is perceived as a set of policies intended to achieve a high level of economic development, while political freedoms remain beyond the current modernization agenda or are postponed to a distant future. Why did Russia (unlike many countries of post-Communist Europe) pursue authoritarian modernization after the Soviet collapse? What is the ideational agenda behind this project and why does it dominate RussiaΓÇÖs post-Communist political landscape? What are the mechanisms of political governance, which maintain this project and how have they adopted and absorbed various democratic institutions and practices? Why has this project brought such diverse results in various policy arenas, and why have the consequences of certain policies become so controversial? Why, despite so many controversies, shortcomings and flaws, has this project remained attractive in the eyes of a large proportion of the Russian elite and ordinary citizens? This volume intended to place some of these questions on the research agenda and propose several answers, encouraging further discussions about the logic and mechanisms of the authoritarian modernization project in post-Communist Russia and its effects on RussiaΓÇÖs politics, economy, and society.