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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"post-Soviet Russia"”.
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Dictators and democracy: reflective journalistic practice in covering post-Soviet Russia
… Reflective Journalistic Practice in Covering Post-Soviet Russia’ examines the evolving landscape of journalism in and about Russia, and my journalistic work within it. It focuses on two pivotal periods: the years immediately surrounding the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 - and slightly …
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Islamic factors in the socio-political life of post-Soviet Russia.
For Russia, religion is one factor that fostered its formation and assisted in the development of all facets of its culture. A current analysis of the relations between the Russian state and Islam is, therefore, the foundation of this study. The changes that took place in the religious and cultural …
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Dual-Use Science and Bioethics: Governance of Biotechnology in Post-Soviet Russia
… governance challenge. The legacy of the Soviet Union is particularly important in this regard, since its history of prolonged authoritarian rule and intense development of biological weapons in combination with the continuing scientific and technological prowess of Russia is a governance …
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Health promotion in the field of substance misuse in post-Soviet Russia
… is an investigation into health promotion in post-Soviet Russia in the field of substance misuse defined as the problematic and chaotic as well as recreational use of alcohol, solvents and both prescription and illicit drugs. The thesis outlines and analyses developments in the provision of …
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The Heritage of Repression: Memory, Commemoration, and Politics in Post-Soviet Russia
… of victims and perpetrators at sites related to Soviet repression in contemporary Moscow and Yekaterinburg, Russia. Its aim is to explore the different ways in which site stakeholders choose to interpret victims and perpetrators: specifically, how they handle the issue of intertwined grieving and …
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Minority rights and democracy: The transitions of post-Soviet Russia, Ukraine and Lithuania
… of multiethnic societies by focusing on three post-Soviet states--Russia, Ukraine and Lithuania. In particular, it explores how the three states are attempting to deal with the national question as they seek to institutionalize democracy. The building of democracy--even if considered only in …
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Jewish Multi -Ethnicities in Post -Soviet Russia: An Eventful Ethnography of the Moscow Choral Synagogue
… the synagogue can provide new insights into both post-Soviet ethnography and Jewish studies. Much of the research done on emerging market practices in the former Soviet Union emphasizes the concept of transition and fails to fully address the ways in which people creatively react to and shape …
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The relationship between the mass media and organised crime in post-Soviet Russia : a sociological perspective
… to fill the gap. This thesis is based on Russian media coverage and many interviews with leading Russian experts, entrepreneurs and journalists. It analyses the relationship between the mass media and organised crime in post-Communist Russia. It aims to identify the place of these social …
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Educational opportunities for physically handicapped students in post-Soviet Russia: the role of the judicial system
… for physically disabled students in post-Soviet Russia. First, the history of the approach to education for disabled citizens in the Soviet Union and the legacy this has left for the independent Russian Federation is discussed. Then, twenty separate court cases from varied regions of …
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Truth-telling and mythmaking in post-Soviet Russia : pernicious historical ideas, mass education, and interstate conflict
… grounded in the recent experiences of post-Soviet Russia. It examines popular Russian historical ideas widely purveyed through mass public education, assesses their perniciousness, and details the mechanisms by which they have precipitated or exacerbated recent conflicts in Russian …
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Libraries, Community and Change in Post -Soviet Russia: The Case of the Bryansk Regional Public Library System
… was through the way they infused the legacy of Soviet librarianship into the current incarnation of the libraries in Bryansk. Furthermore, through active outreach to both the community and the government the librarians are working to maintain their legitimacy and relevance to both.
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Composing the Sacred in Soviet and Post-Soviet Russia: History and Christianity in Alfred Schnittke's Concerto for Choir
… year that Mikhail Gorbachev, the architect of Soviet glasnost, came to power, and the year Schnittke suffered from the first of five strokes. The Concerto is scored for a cappella mixed chorus, and its text is the work of the tenth-century Armenian monk and poet, Gregor Narekatsi (951--1003). …
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International aid and the geopolitical imagination after the Cold War: A case study of development aims and aid policies for post-Soviet Russia
… of contemporary development programmes for post-Soviet Russia, the study examines two aid organizations working in Russia, and the varying degree to which issues of geopolitics underwrite their practice. The thesis demonstrates the inherent relationship between geopolitical imaginations and …
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Formation of New Ideologies of Administration in American and Russian Administrative Reform
… ideologies in the United States and post-Soviet Russia. To achieve this goal, the study explores the question of administrative ideology through the lens of the New Public Management (NPM) related reforms, which spread around much of the world in the late twentieth and early …
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Christian Liberal Arts Higher Education in Russia: A Case Study of the Russian-American Christian University
… faith-based school of higher education in post-Soviet Russia from its conception in 1990 until 2006. This bi-national school was founded as the Russian-American Christian University (RACU) in 1996. In 2003, RACU was accredited by the Russian Ministry of Education under the name …
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RUSSIA IN TRANSITION: A POLITICAL AND SOCIAL HISTORY OF THE DISOLUTION OF THE SOVIET UNION, EVOLUTION OF CAPITALIST REFORM AND THE CREATION OF PUTINISM, 1985-2015
… of social and political transitions in late Soviet and post-Soviet Russia, seeking to establish the development of Putinism in an historical context and assert a definition of Putinism as a governing philosophy which exploits the rhetoric of democracy and civil society to conceal …
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The Russian migration regime and migrants' experiences: the case of non-Russian nationals from former Soviet republics
This thesis explores how the Russian migration regime is reflected in migrants' experiences and identities. The conceptual framework developed in the thesis is informed by the theory of structuration. On the basis of this theory and the analysis of primary empirical data, the thesis seeks to refine …
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Desecularization of the state as a resistance to the globalization: a case study of the criminalization of blasphemy in Russia.
… of the U.S.S.R. has left behind a void in the Russian identity. After unsuccessful attempts to assume a Western liberal identity during the first half of the 90s, Russia has opted for tried and tested Orthodox Christianity to fill that void and to form a new post-Soviet Russian identity. In the …
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The Carmen-Suite: Maya Plisetskaya Challenging Soviet Culture and Policy
… The production was immediately banned by the Soviet Ministry of Culture for perceived violations of classical ballet canons. In a unique case of artistic resistance within the Soviet system of production, Plisetskaya negotiated the ballet?s return to the stage. Following the initial scandal, …
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