W. John Morgan is professor emeritus, University of Nottingham; honorary professor, School of Social Sciences, and Leverhulme emeritus fellow, Wales Institute of Social and Economic Research, Data, and Methods, Cardiff University, Wales, United Kingdom. He is also D.Sc. (hc), Institute of Sociology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia. Irina N. Trofimova is senior research fellow and Dr. Sci. (Politics), Centre for the Sociology of Education, Science and Culture, Federal Center of Theoretical and Applied Sociology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia. Grigori A. Kliucharev, is professor and Dr. Sc. (Philosophy), and head of the Centre for the Sociology of Education, Science and Culture, Federal Center of Theoretical and Applied Sociology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia. He is also editor in chief of the journal Sotsiologicheskie Issledovaniia (Sociological Studies).

• List of figuresList of tablesGlossary Acknowledgements Introduction Civil society, social change and a new popular education. Values in Russian education. Educational strategies of the affluent and of the poor. The social and personal benefits of literacy and learning. Professional education, training, and privatization. Youth at risk: Do sport and physical recreation help? Social capital and the survival of rural Russia. Religion, the state and civil society. Migration, ethnicity, and Russian nationhood.ConclusionBibliography Index

W. John Morgan is professor emeritus, University of Nottingham; honorary professor, School of Social Sciences, and Leverhulme emeritus fellow, Wales Institute of Social and Economic Research, Data, and Methods, Cardiff University, Wales, United Kingdom. He is also D.Sc. (hc), Institute of Sociology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia. Irina N. Trofimova is senior research fellow and Dr. Sci. (Politics), Centre for the Sociology of Education, Science and Culture, Federal Center of Theoretical and Applied Sociology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia. Grigori A. Kliucharev, is professor and Dr. Sc. (Philosophy), and head of the Centre for the Sociology of Education, Science and Culture, Federal Center of Theoretical and Applied Sociology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia. He is also editor in chief of the journal Sotsiologicheskie Issledovaniia (Sociological Studies).

• List of figuresList of tablesGlossary Acknowledgements Introduction Civil society, social change and a new popular education. Values in Russian education. Educational strategies of the affluent and of the poor. The social and personal benefits of literacy and learning. Professional education, training, and privatization. Youth at risk: Do sport and physical recreation help? Social capital and the survival of rural Russia. Religion, the state and civil society. Migration, ethnicity, and Russian nationhood.ConclusionBibliography Index

W. John Morgan is professor emeritus, University of Nottingham; honorary professor, School of Social Sciences, and Leverhulme emeritus fellow, Wales Institute of Social and Economic Research, Data, and Methods, Cardiff University, Wales, United Kingdom. He is also D.Sc. (hc), Institute of Sociology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia. Irina N. Trofimova is senior research fellow and Dr. Sci. (Politics), Centre for the Sociology of Education, Science and Culture, Federal Center of Theoretical and Applied Sociology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia. Grigori A. Kliucharev, is professor and Dr. Sc. (Philosophy), and head of the Centre for the Sociology of Education, Science and Culture, Federal Center of Theoretical and Applied Sociology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia. He is also editor in chief of the journal Sotsiologicheskie Issledovaniia (Sociological Studies).

• List of figuresList of tablesGlossary Acknowledgements Introduction Civil society, social change and a new popular education. Values in Russian education. Educational strategies of the affluent and of the poor. The social and personal benefits of literacy and learning. Professional education, training, and privatization. Youth at risk: Do sport and physical recreation help? Social capital and the survival of rural Russia. Religion, the state and civil society. Migration, ethnicity, and Russian nationhood.ConclusionBibliography Index