The Impact of Societal Instability on Demographic Behavior (The Case of Soviet and Post-Soviet Russia)
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DOI: 10.1007/s11113-020-09595-7
Abstract: This paper investigates the impact of sociopolitical instability on fertility. We develop a model linking macro-level instability with its perceptions as uncertainty at micro-level and their impact on decision-making and fertility outcomes. This model is… read more here.
Keywords: fertility; model; post soviet; soviet post ... See more keywords
The neglected country(side): Earthquake risk perceptions and disaster risk reduction in post-Soviet rural Kazakhstan
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2020.08.048
Abstract: Abstract While increasing resilience to earthquakes in the global South has become a major research and policy goal, the focus has largely been on rapidly expanding urban areas. Rural areas are often neglected despite the… read more here.
Keywords: risk; risk reduction; post soviet; disaster risk ... See more keywords
Post-Soviet smallholders between entrepreneurial farming and diversification. Livelihood pathways in rural Moldova
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2021.01.006
Abstract: Abstract The breakdown of socialist agriculture in post-Soviet countries generated a large number of smallholders, of which only a minority turned to entrepreneurial agriculture. With the largest number of family farms per capita in Europe,… read more here.
Keywords: livelihood; farming diversification; post soviet; soviet smallholders ... See more keywords
Thirty Years of Nation-Building in the Post-Soviet States
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DOI: 10.1017/nps.2021.94
Abstract: Abstract This introduction to the special issue looks back at 30 years of nation-building in the post-Soviet states. Initial hopes that national self-determination would reinforce democratization proved misplaced. While that synergy worked well in the… read more here.
Keywords: nation building; post soviet; years nation; nation ... See more keywords
The Evolution of Regimes: What Can Twenty-Five Years of Post-Soviet Change Teach Us?
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DOI: 10.1017/s1537592717000044
Abstract: The twenty-fifth anniversary of the collapse of the USSR naturally provokes us to reflect on the course of Eurasian and world history in the post-communist era. Upon closer examination, however, it is not clear what… read more here.
Keywords: evolution; change; five years; post soviet ... See more keywords
Defining and Defending a Progressive Market Square: Bringing Institutionalist Development Discourse in Line with the Reality of Post-Soviet Transition Experiences
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DOI: 10.1080/00213624.2020.1743599
Abstract: Abstract: This article is a response to two crucial ideas about progressive institutional change: the first is J. Fagg Foster’s principle of “minimal social dislocation,” which asserts that socio-economic changes should be implemented gradually, to… read more here.
Keywords: transition; market; defending progressive; defining defending ... See more keywords
Why fascists took over the Reichstag but have not captured the Kremlin: a comparison of Weimar Germany and post-Soviet Russia
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DOI: 10.1080/00905992.2016.1258049
Abstract: Like Weimar Germany, contemporary Russia is home to fascist actors and widespread nationalism. But unlike interwar Germany, the party system in post-Soviet Russia is heavily manipulated and civil society remains underdeveloped. This means that fascists… read more here.
Keywords: russia; weimar germany; post soviet; fascists took ... See more keywords
Making post-Soviet counterpublics: the aesthetics of Limonka and the National-Bolshevik Party
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DOI: 10.1080/00905992.2016.1266607
Abstract: This article focuses on the shaping of the aesthetics and ideology of Eduard Limonov’s National-Bolshevik Party (NBP) through the pages of the radical newspaper Limonka. In order to study the making of the NBP as… read more here.
Keywords: making post; post soviet; bolshevik party; national bolshevik ... See more keywords
The embarrassing centenary: reinterpretation of the 1917 Revolution in the official historical narrative of post-Soviet Russia (1991–2017)
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DOI: 10.1080/00905992.2017.1386639
Abstract: This article traces the reinterpretation of the Revolution(s) of 1917 in the official historical narrative of post-Soviet Russia. Its construction is an essentially political process, as its discursive hegemony depends on how it fits into… read more here.
Keywords: official historical; revolution; reinterpretation; post soviet ... See more keywords
‘Russian merchant’ legacies in post-Soviet trade with China: Moral economy, economic success and business innovation in Yiwu
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DOI: 10.1080/02757206.2018.1496916
Abstract: ABSTRACT This article focuses on Russian traders operating in China, particularly in Yiwu, the major commercial hub for the ‘small commodity’ trade, and explores the idea of the ‘Russian merchant’ prevalent in Russia today. Rather… read more here.
Keywords: russian merchant; post soviet; trade; merchant ... See more keywords
Urban citizenship under post-Soviet conditions: Grassroots struggles of residents in contemporary Moscow
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DOI: 10.1080/07352166.2019.1617035
Abstract: ABSTRACT This paper studies local urban activism in contemporary Russia and relates neighborhood protests and urban citizenship to conflicts over housing-related public space. It situates Moscow as a cumulative space of post-Soviet neoliberal and authoritarian… read more here.
Keywords: urban citizenship; citizenship; post soviet; soviet conditions ... See more keywords