Civil society and the search for justice in Russia
By: edited by Christopher Marsh and Nikolas K. Gvosdev.
Contributors: Marsh, Christopher, 1969-; Gvosdev, Nikolas K., 1969-
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Lanham, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 189
Subjects: Civil society -- Russia (Federation) -- Congresses.; Civil rights -- Russia (Federation) -- Congresses.; Russia (Federation) -- Social conditions -- 1991- -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.
Notes: Includes bibliographic references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction. Civil society and Russia's elusive search for justice: concepts, traditions, and contemporary issues / Christopher Marsh and Nikolas K. Gvosdev; title: Part 1. Lessons from history and culture; title: Revisiting the Russian "constrained autocracy" : "absolutism" and natural rights theories in Russia and the West / James W. Warhola; title: A Russian model of development : what Novgorod can teach the West / Nicolai N. Petro; title: Part 2. Freedom of religion and civil society; title: Nationalism and religion in Russian civil society an inquiry into the 1997 law "On Freedom of Conscience" / Lee Trepanier; title: "Managed pluralism" and civil religion in Post-Soviet Russia / Nikolas K. Gvosdev; title: Part 3. The role of media and education; title: The Russian press and civil society : freedom of speech versus freedom of market / Georgy Bovt; title: The independent press in Russia : integrity and the economics of survival / Brad Owens; title: Higher education and Russia's dual transition : inequality, inefficiency, and social justice / Grigori A. Kljutcharev and Melissa A. Marsh; title: Part 4. Marginalized voices in civil society; title: Ethnic and religious minorities and their search for justice : the case of Chechnya / Justin Miller; title: Women's experiences of justice and injustice in Russia / Kimberly A. Weir.