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The social legacy of communism

This book analyzes the social impact of the transition from communism in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.
Print Book, English, 1994
Woodrow Wilson Center Press : Cambridge University Press, [Washington, D.C.] ; Cambridge [England] ; New York, 1994
Conference papers and proceedings
xiii, 404 p : ill., map ; 24 cm
9780521461825, 9780521467483, 0521461820, 0521467489
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1. Introduction - social legacies and the aftermath of communism James R. Millar; Part I. Ethnic Issues; 2. Making up for lost choice: the shaping of ethnic identity in post-sovietia Peter Juviler; 3. From ethnicity to nationalism: turmoil in the Russian mini-empire Marjorie Mandelstam Balzer; 4. Ethnicity, nationalism and the communist legacy in eastern Europe Maria N. Todorova; Part II. Deviance and Health; 5. The social construction of deviance and the transition from communist rule Andrea Stevenson Sanjian; 6. Crime and the collapse of the soviet state Louise Shelley; 7. Drug abuse in eastern Europe John M. Kramer; 8. Post-communist medicine: morbidity, mortality and the deteriorating health situation Mark G. Field; 9. Health and mortality in eastern Europe: retrospect and prospect Nicholas Eberstadt; Part III. Social Cleavages; 10. Communism's legacy and Russian youth Richard B. Dobson; 11. The social legacy of communism: women, children, and the feminization of poverty Gail Kligman; Part IV. Labor and Elitism; 12. Elitism in post-communist Russia Mervyn Matthews; 13. Labour politics in post-communist Russia: a preliminary assessment Walter D. Connor; 14. Unemployment in the former Soviet Union William Moskoff; Part V. Conclusion; 15. Reflections on the social legacy of communism Joseph S. Berliner.
Papers presented at a symposium sponsored by the Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies and the Russian and East European Studies Program of the Elliott School of International Affairs of George Washington University, and the Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies and the East European Studies Program of the Woodrow Wilson Center, held at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars on Feb. 20-22, 1992