UID:
almahu_9949386310302882
Format:
1 online resource (xxiv, 368 pages) :
,
illustrations, maps
ISBN:
9781003099161
,
1003099165
,
9781000226805
,
1000226808
,
9781000226843
,
1000226840
,
9781000226829
,
1000226824
Series Statement:
Studies in contemporary Russia
Content:
"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. This book explores the paradoxical and contradictory aspects of Russia, analyzing the energy-dependent economy and hybrid political regime, but also religion, welfare, and culture, and their often complex interrelations. Written by a community of both Western and Russian scholars, this book re-affirms the value of social science when confronting a society that has undergone enormous and costly systematic changes. The Russian elites see modernization narrowly as economic and technological competitiveness. The contributors to this volume see contemporary Russia facing a series of antinomies, which are macro-level dilemmas that cannot be abolished, either by philosophical mediation or by immediate political decisions. As such, they are the tension fields that constitute choices for various competing agencies"--
Additional Edition:
Print version: Russian modernisation. New York : Routledge, 2020 ISBN 9780367567255
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
;
Electronic books.
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003099161
