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Democracy In The Russian School

Author : Ben Eklof
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429719388
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (297 download)

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Download or read book Democracy In The Russian School written by Ben Eklof and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-08-22 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Framed by an introductory essay by Ben Ekiof, the translated documents in this volume are crucial to understanding Russian educational reform efforts. These primary sources, based on previously unpublished statistical data and public opinion surveys, depict current conditions in Russia's schools. Reflecting the approach of the leading historian of education Edward Dneprov-now the powerful minister of education serving under Boris Yeltsin-the documents describe the radical reform philosophy and program first published in Teachers' Gazette in 1988, which now serve as the operative legislation for all secondary schools. The VNIK (Temporary Scientific Research Collective on the Schools) reform movement is a fascinating microcosm of perestroika in terms of goals, mobilization, and the complicated, painful process of implementation. This unique glimpse into Russian education in a period of turmoil will interest all those who follow Russian politics and society.

Democracy Derailed in Russia

Author : M. Steven Fish
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139446851
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (394 download)

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Download or read book Democracy Derailed in Russia written by M. Steven Fish and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2005-08-29 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why has democracy failed to take root in Russia? After shedding the shackles of Soviet rule, some countries in the postcommunist region undertook lasting democratization. Yet Russia did not. Russia experienced dramatic political breakthroughs in the late 1980s and early 1990s, but it subsequently failed to maintain progress toward democracy. In this book, M. Steven Fish offers an explanation for the direction of regime change in post-Soviet Russia. Relying on cross-national comparative analysis as well as on in-depth field research in Russia, Fish shows that Russia's failure to democratize has three causes: too much economic reliance on oil, too little economic liberalization, and too weak a national legislature. Fish's explanation challenges others that have attributed Russia's political travails to history, political culture, or to 'shock therapy' in economic policy. The book offers a theoretically original and empirically rigorous explanation for one of the most pressing political problems of our time.

The Estate Origins of Democracy in Russia

Author : Tomila V. Lankina
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316512673
Total Pages : 497 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (165 download)

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Download or read book The Estate Origins of Democracy in Russia written by Tomila V. Lankina and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-12-16 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lankina traces the origins of Russia's inequalities over the past two centuries from the Tsarist institution of estates, through communism, to the present day.

Boris Yeltsin and Russia's Democratic Transformation

Author : Herbert J. Ellison
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780295995816
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (958 download)

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Book Synopsis Boris Yeltsin and Russia's Democratic Transformation by : Herbert J. Ellison

Download or read book Boris Yeltsin and Russia's Democratic Transformation written by Herbert J. Ellison and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Boris Yeltsin is one of modern history's most dynamic and underappreciated figures. In this vivid, analytical masterwork, Herbert J. Ellison establishes Yeltsin as the principal leader and defender of Russia's democratic revolution - the very embodiment of Russia's fragile new liberties, including the evolving respect for the rule of law and private property as well as core freedoms of speech, religion, press, and political association. In 1987 President Mikhail Gorbachev expelled Boris Yeltsin from his team of reform politicians, but Yeltsin rebounded from this potentially devastating setback to become the leader of the Russian democratic movement. He created a new office of Russian president, to which he was elected; designed a democratic constitution for the Soviet Union that precipitated a coup attempt by traditionalist communist leaders; granted independence to the nations of the Soviet Union; and replaced Communist Party rule with democracy and the socialist economy with a market economy. In a short period, he had succeeded in becoming the first popularly elected leader in a thousand years of Russian history. He had blocked violent attempts at counter-revolution and overcome powerful resistance to his reform program. His achievements rank among the most extraordinary feats of political leadership in the twentieth century.

THE BIRTH OF THE RUSSIAN DEMOCRACY

Author : A. J. SACK
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 632 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book THE BIRTH OF THE RUSSIAN DEMOCRACY written by A. J. SACK and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Democracy in a Russian Mirror

Author : Adam Przeworski
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107053390
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Democracy in a Russian Mirror written by Adam Przeworski and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-05-21 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the current state and the prospects for democracy in Russia in the light of the experience of existing democracies. Posing several challenges to our understanding of democracy, thirteen contributors argue some of the central questions vital to understanding the conditions of emergence and survival of successful democracies.

Educational Reform in Post-Soviet Russia

Author : Ben Eklof
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135765391
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (357 download)

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Download or read book Educational Reform in Post-Soviet Russia written by Ben Eklof and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-08-02 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume consists of a collection of essays devoted to study of the most recent educational reform in Russia. In his first decree Boris Yeltsin proclaimed education a top priority of state policy. Yet the economic decline which accompanied the collapse of the Soviet Union dealt a crippling blow to reformist aspirations, and to the existing school system itself. The public lost faith in school reform and by the mid-1990s a reaction had set in. Nevertheless, large-scale changes have been effected in finance, structure, governance and curricula. At the same time, there has been a renewed and widespread appreciation for the positive aspects of the Soviet legacy in schooling. The essays presented here compare current educational reform to reforms of the past, analyze it in a broader cultural, political and social context, and study the shifts that have occurred at the different levels of schooling 'from political decision-making and changes in school administration to the rewriting textbooks and teachers' everyday problems. The authors are both Russian educators, who have played a leading role in implementation of the reform, and Western scholars, who have been studying it from its very early stages. Together, they formulate an intricate but cohesive picture, which is in keeping with the complex nature of the reform itself. Contributors: Kara Brown, (Indiana University) * Ben Eklof (Indiana University) * Isak D. Froumin, (World Bank, Moscow) * Larry E. Holmes (University of South Alabama) * Igor Ionov, (Russian History Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences) * Viacheslav Karpov & Elena Lisovskaya, (Western Michigan University) * Vera Kaplan, (Tel Aviv University) * Stephen T. Kerr, (University of Washington) * James Muckle, (University of Nottingham) * Nadya Peterson, (Hunter College) * Scott Seregny, (Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis) * Alexander Shevyrev, (Moscow State University) * Janet G. Vaillant, (Harvard University)

Between Dictatorship and Democracy

Author : Michael McFaul
Publisher : Carnegie Endowment
ISBN 13 : 0870032909
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Between Dictatorship and Democracy written by Michael McFaul and published by Carnegie Endowment. This book was released on 2010-04 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For hundreds of years, dictators have ruled Russia. Do they still? In the late 1980s, Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev launched a series of political reforms that eventually allowed for competitive elections, the emergence of an independent press, the formation of political parties, and the sprouting of civil society. After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, these proto-democratic institutions endured in an independent Russia. But did the processes unleashed by Gorbachev and continued under Russian President Boris Yeltsin lead eventually to liberal democracy in Russia? If not, what kind of political regime did take hold in post-Soviet Russia? And how has Vladimir Putin's rise to power influenced the course of democratic consolidation or the lack thereof? Between Dictatorship and Democracy seeks to give a comprehensive answer to these fundamental questions about the nature of Russian politics.

Creating and Managing the Democratic School

Author : Judith D. Chapman
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 9780750703970
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (39 download)

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Download or read book Creating and Managing the Democratic School written by Judith D. Chapman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 1995 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Russian and Western educators address the conception, justification, and implementation of democratic ideas in education. They discuss reforms at the school and societal levels, Russian legislation and policies, and challenges facing state education systems, with comparisons of Russia's emerging system with the constitutional and legal framework for education in Australia. Appendices offer details on the Russian Federation system of education and its management. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Staging Democracy

Author : Jessica Pisano
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501764071
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Staging Democracy written by Jessica Pisano and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2022-07-15 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on the experiences of people in Russia and Ukraine, Staging Democracy shows how some national leaders' seeming popularity rests on local economic compacts. Jessica Pisano draws on long-term research in rural communities and company towns, analyzing how local political and business leaders, seeking favor from incumbent politicians, used salaries, benefits, and public infrastructure to pressure citizens to participate in command performances. Pisano looks at elections whose outcome was known in advance, protests for hire, and smaller mises en scène to explain why people participate, what differs from spectacle in totalitarian societies, how political theater exists in both authoritarian and democratic systems, and how such performances reshape understandings of the role of politics. Staging Democracy moves beyond Russia and Ukraine to offer a novel economic argument for why some people support Putin and similar politicians. Pisano suggests we can analyze politics in both democracies and authoritarian regimes using the same analytical lens of political theater.

Politics, Modernisation and Educational Reform in Russia

Author : David Johnson
Publisher : Symposium Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 187392741X
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (739 download)

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Download or read book Politics, Modernisation and Educational Reform in Russia written by David Johnson and published by Symposium Books Ltd. This book was released on 2010-05-17 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The chapters in this volume give an account of the process of modernisation and educational reform in Russia, variously considering the cultural and political dilemmas provoked by democratisation, the structural and policy challenges associated with the reform of higher and vocational education, and the deep divisions exposed as socio-cultural activity is brought into alignment with the new discourse of freedom and choice. The volume stimulates an important debate about the methods that inform cross-national and cross-regional work on educational change. This is particularly salient in a study of educational reform in Russia, and begs the question, ‘whose way of thinking, of constructing meaning, and of experiencing the world’ is used to judge the weight and the direction of change? Each chapter shows that a thorough understanding of the nature of change and the direction of reform is only achieved through the ability to decentre - or take on board - the ‘other’ worldview. It argues, therefore, that it is worldview, rather than culture or nation-state, that is the most valid unit of analysis. This book pays tribute to K.D. Ushinsky (1824-70), ‘the Russian pioneer of comparative education’, each chapter in it broadly in agreement with his conclusions that: Public education does not solve the problems of life by itself; it does not lead history; rather, it follows the historical development. It is not the pedagogies or the teachers who create the future, but the people themselves and their great men. Education only follows this road and, in combination with other public (social) factors, helps the individual and the rising generation on its way.

The Rhetorical Rise and Demise of “Democracy” in Russian Political Discourse, Vol I

Author : David Cratis Williams
Publisher : Academic Studies PRess
ISBN 13 : 1644697343
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (446 download)

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Download or read book The Rhetorical Rise and Demise of “Democracy” in Russian Political Discourse, Vol I written by David Cratis Williams and published by Academic Studies PRess. This book was released on 2021-12-14 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essays in this book examine the arguments and rhetoric used by the United States and the USSR following two catastrophes that impacted both countries, as blame is cast and consequences are debated. In this environment, it was perhaps inevitable that conspiracy theories would arise, especially about the downing of Korean Air Lines Flight 007 over the Sea of Japan. Those theories are examined, resulting in at least one method for addressing conspiracy arguments. In the case of Chernobyl, the disaster ruptured the “social compact” between the Soviet government and the people; efforts to overcome the resulting disillusionment quickly became the focus of state efforts.

Popular Choice and Managed Democracy

Author : Timothy J. Colton
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780815796190
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (961 download)

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Download or read book Popular Choice and Managed Democracy written by Timothy J. Colton and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2003-11-04 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twice in the winter of 1999-2000, citizens of the Russian Federation flocked to their neighborhood voting stations and scratched their ballots in an atmosphere of uncertainty, rancor, and fear. This book is a tale of these two elections—one for the 450-seat Duma, the other for President. Despite financial crisis, a national security emergency in Chechnya, and cabinet instability, Russian voters unexpectedly supported the status quo. The elected lawmakers prepared to cooperate with the executive branch, a gift that had eluded President Boris Yeltsin since he imposed a post-Soviet constitution by referendum in 1993. When Yeltsin retired six months in advance of schedule, the presidential mantle went to Vladimir Putin—a career KGB officer who fused new and old ways of doing politics. Putin was easily elected President in his own right. This book demonstrates key trends in an extinct superpower, a troubled country in whose stability, modernization, and openness to the international community the West still has a huge stake.

Causes and Consequences of Democratization

Author : Anastassia V. Obydenkova
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317595130
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (175 download)

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Download or read book Causes and Consequences of Democratization written by Anastassia V. Obydenkova and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-05-22 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent decades, the regions of Russia have taken different paths of regime transition. Despite the consolidation of an autocratic regime at national level and the centralization steered by Vladimir Putin’s government, the variation across sub-national regimes persists. Using an innovative theoretical framework, this book explores both causes and consequences of democratization in the regions of Russia. It is the first study in the field to systematically integrate structural and agency approaches in order to account for economic, social, historical and international causes of democratization and to trace its consequences. By focusing on the challenging and under-studied topic of sub-national regimes, the book provides a unique perspective on regime transition and the new theoretical framework contributes to a better understanding of democratization world-wide. The book will be of key interest to scholars and students of democratization, sub-national regimes, East European politics, comparative politics, post-communism, and international relations.

Creating and Managing the Democratic School

Author : Judith Chapman
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351041401
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book Creating and Managing the Democratic School written by Judith Chapman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-05-11 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1995. In securing the future of any democracy, it is vital that the education service should provide an effective introduction to citizenship by means of a high quality and empowering curriculum in educational institutions organized and administered according to democratic principles. In this volume, educators with a variety of backgrounds and experience gained in educational institutions in both Russia and western countries address the question of the conception, justification and implementation of the idea of 'education for democracy'. This is the first publication to emerge from a collaboration of Russian and Western educators in recent times and is an enthralling account of education in countries with wide social, political and historical differences yet having common ground to share over the creation and management of their school systems.

Promoting Democracy and Human Rights in Russia

Author : Sinikukka Saari
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135239274
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (352 download)

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Download or read book Promoting Democracy and Human Rights in Russia written by Sinikukka Saari and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2009-12-04 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: European regional organisations have spent significant amount of time, energy and money in supporting Russia's transition towards the western liberal-democratic model since the end of the cold war. This book explores the role the Council of Europe, European Union and Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe have played in Russia's post-Soviet transition in the field of human rights and democracy. The book argues that the organisations have played an important initial role in setting the reform agenda and in providing a general framework for interaction in the field of human rights and democracy. However, since the mid-1990s the impact of regional organisations has been slipping. Lately Russia has challenged the European human rights and democracy norms and now it threatens the whole framework for regional normative cooperation. Russia's attitude towards western liberal order has become more assertive and its defiance increasingly concerted even internationally. The main finding is that democracy and human rights promotion is not a one-way transference of norms like much of the theoretical literature and European practices presume. The Russian case demonstrates that the so-called target state can influence the norm promoters and the interpretation of the norms in a fundamental way. This is a finding that has significant implications both for theory and practice.

Democracy, Civic Culture and Small Business in Russia's Regions

Author : Molly O'Neal
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317435095
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (174 download)

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Download or read book Democracy, Civic Culture and Small Business in Russia's Regions written by Molly O'Neal and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-08-20 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book adopts a novel analytical approach to understanding how Russia's stalled democratisation is related to the incomplete liberalisation of the economy. Based on extensive original comparative study of Russia’s regions, the book explores the precise channels of interaction that create the mutuality of property rights, entrepreneurship, rule of law, norms of citizenship and liberal democracy. It demonstrates that the extent of democratisation varies across regions, and that this variation is connected to the extent of liberalisation of the economy. Moreover, it argues that the key factor in producing this linkage is the relative prominence of small business owners and their supporters in articulating their interests vis-à-vis regional and local administrations, especially through the institutionalisation of networks and business associations. The book develops its key theses by means of detailed analysis of the experiences of four case study regions. Overall, the book provides a major contribution to understanding the path of democratisation in Russia.