Changing Values and Identities in the Post-Communist World  [electronic resource] /
Lebedeva, Nadezhda.editor.
Dimitrova, Radosveta.editor.
Berry, John.editor.
This book offers a comparative analysis of value and identity changes in several post-Soviet countries. In light of the tremendous economic, social and political changes in former communist states, the authors compare the values, attitudes and identities of different generations and cultural groups. Based on extensive empirical data, using quantitative and qualitative methods to study complex social identities, this book examines how intergenerational value and identity changes are linked to socio-economic and political development. Topics include the rise of nationalist sentiments, identity formation of ethnic and religious groups and minorities, youth identity formation and intergenerational value conflicts. .
Introduction -- Democratic Values in the Post-Communist Region: The Incidence of Traditionalists, Skeptics, Democrats, and Radicals -- Emancipative Values in a Post-Communist Society - The Case of Serbia -- Changes in Value Structure among the Estonian Majority and the Russian-speaking Minority in Post-socialist Estonia -- Intergenerational Value Differences in Latvia and Azerbaijan -- The Values and Social Identity of Russian Muslims -- Intergenerational Transmission of Values in Urban and Rural Areas of Russia: the Role of Perceived Psychological Closeness -- Parenting Values and Practices across Post-Communist Societies in Youth Identity Formation: A literature Review -- Values of Ethnic Russian Minority Members in North Caucasus Republics of the Russian Federation: An Inter- and Intragenerational Comparison -- Values and Religious Identity of Russian Students from Different Religions -- Value Similarity with Mothers and Peers, and Family Climate as Predictors of Well-Being of Russian Youth in Latvia -- Generational Belonging and Historical Ruptures: Continuity and Discontinuity of Values and Attitudes in Post-Communist Romania -- Multiple Social Identities in Relation to Self-Esteem of Adolescents in Post-Communist Albania, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Kosovo and Romania -- Probing the relationship between group identities of Russians and Ossetians in the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania: Intergenerational analysis -- Ethnic Identity and Cultural Value Orientations of Moldavian Youth in Transitional Society -- The Influence of Identity Styles on Adolescents Psychological Problems in Post- Communist AlbaniaThe Influence of Identity Styles on Adolescents Psychological Problems in Post- Communist Albania -- The Kaleidoscope of Language, Ethnicity, and Identity in Uzbekistan -- The Role of Social Disidentification in Acculturation Preferences of Ethnic Majority and Minority Members in Kabardino-Balkar Republic -- The Great Escape: Linking Youth Identity Development to Growing Up in Post-communist Romania -- Negotiating Identity and Belonging after Regime Change: Hungarian Society and Roma in Post-Communist Hungary -- Cultural Identification among Immigrants from the Former USSR: Insights from Comparative Research with Five Groups in Germany and Israel -- Value changes in adolescents' anticipation of possible career selves in Slovenia and Serbia Identity and Work Ethic of Peasants in the Context of the Post-Soviet Socio-Economic Transformation -- Conclusion.
This book offers a comparative analysis of value and identity changes in several post-Soviet countries. In light of the tremendous economic, social and political changes in former communist states, the authors compare the values, attitudes and identities of different generations and cultural groups. Based on extensive empirical data, using quantitative and qualitative methods to study complex social identities, this book examines how intergenerational value and identity changes are linked to socio-economic and political development. Topics include the rise of nationalist sentiments, identity formation of ethnic and religious groups and minorities, youth identity formation and intergenerational value conflicts. .
Economic development.
Social change.
Cross-cultural psychology.
Cultural studies.
Ethnology-Europe.
Personality.
Social psychology.
Russia-History.
Europe, Eastern-History.
Development and Social Change.
Cross Cultural Psychology.
Cultural Studies.
European Culture.
Personality and Social Psychology.
Russian, Soviet, and East European History.