Democratization in Russia under Gorbachev, 1985–91

The Birth of a Voluntary Sector

AvAnne White

Inbunden, Engelska, 1999

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Beskrivning

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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1999-07-09
Mått:140 x 216 x 24 mm
Vikt:522 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:260
Upplaga:1999
Förlag:Palgrave USA
ISBN:9780312219932

Utforska kategorier

Socialt arbete och välfärd inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

ANNE WHITE is Lecturer in Russian, Department of European Studies and Modern Languages, University of Bath. She is the author of De-Stalinization and the House of Culture: Declining State Control over Leisure in the USSR, Poland and Hungary, 1953-1989, and number of articles on the Russian.

Recensioner i media

This monograph provides a detailed and fascinating survey of the emergence of the 'voluntary sector' in the USSR during the early 1980s and throughout the reign of M.S. Gorbachev as General Secretary. Russian Review

Innehållsförteckning

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