Russian Modernization: A New Paradigm

ISBN-13: 9780367567286 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 394 str.

Markku Kivinen; Brendan Humphreys

Opis

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.

Recenzje

"The culmination of an ambitious and extraordinarily productive eight-year multi-author study of the various dimensions of Russian modernisation, the outlines of a new paradigm are presented here, combining wide-ranging interdisciplinary investigations, social theory and the best of area studies. Containing a wealth of theoretical insight and empirical analysis by an impressive range of specialists, this pioneering volume applies the concept of modernisation while modernising the concept itself." - Richard Sakwa, University of Kent, UK.

"A beacon of cool, perceptive empirical analyses and open-ended theorization in a field infested with fixed ideas and ideologies. Illuminating." - Göran Therborn, emeritus, University of Cambridge, UK.

Spis treści

Chapter 1 – Russian Modernization: A New Paradigm  Chapter 2 – Modernization of the Russian Economy: Fossil Fuels, Diversification and the Shackles of International Political Economy  Chapter 3 – Authoritarian Modernization in Post-Soviet Russia: Structures, Agencies, and Choices  Chapter 4 – Modernization of the Russian Social Policy: Social Crisis, Interventions, and Withdrawals  Chapter 5 – Post-Soviet Russian Culture: Anomy, Desecularization and the Conservative Turn  Chapter 6 – Modernization of Russia’s Foreign and Security Policy  Chapter 7 – Interdisciplinary Synthesis: Antinomies of Russian Modernization