Democracy, pornography, and state power: The case of legislating obscenity in post-communist Russia

This dissertation examines pornography's arrival in Russia (and the government's attempt to deal with it) as an issue of democratization. Russia, now faced with the challenge of becoming a democracy and shaking off an authoritarian past, must face questions of administrative response in many varied and different ways. These challenges are far from new and have been faced by all other democratic states. Pornography challenges notions of democracy because it presents a clear conflict of self-determination and state interest. It is colored by issues of morality and religion, and it is addressed by critics of democracy from the right and the left.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Political Science

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Goldschmidt, Paul William

Contributors dc:contributor

• Fields, A. Belden

• Women's Studies
• Political Science, General

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1995 Goldschmidt, Paul William

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

AAI9543593
(UMI)AAI9543593

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/22063