Democratization in Russia Under Gorbachev, 1985-91

The Birth of a Voluntary Sector
1999. Auflage 1999
ISBN: 978-0-312-21993-2
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 260 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 225 mm, Gewicht: 522 g

Self-help organizations and charities were the most numerous, but least-studied of pressure groups to emerge during perestroika. This book examines the social exclusion experienced before 1985 by non-working citizens, studies the pre-1985 disabled people's movement and its numerous unofficial, but non-dissident organizations, discusses why the Gorbachev leadership adopted the non-Soviet concept of 'charity', analyses the failure of local authorities after 1985 to stave off pluralism and defeat the voluntary organizations, and assesses how successfully the latter built the foundations of a civil society.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

White, Anne

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Demokratizatsiya and the Voluntary Sector 1985: the State in Crisis 1985: Society in Crisis Perestroika and the Immediate Causes of the Voluntary Sector's Emergence Charities Self-help Organizations The Communist Response Building Political and Civil Society Conclusions and Epilogue Appendix Bibliography Notes and References Index

Über Autor(innen)

ANNE WHITE is Lecturer in Russian, Department of European Studies and Modern Languages, University of Bath. She is the author of and number of articles on the Russian.