Media, Culture and Society in Putin's Russia
Basingstoke et al.: Palgrave Macmillan (2008), xiii, 248 pp.
Contains index
Series: Studies in Central and Eastern Europe
ISBN 978-0-230-52485-9 (hbk)
"An international collection of papers focused on media, culture and society in postcommunist Russia. Contributors deploy a wealth of primary data in examining the kinds of issues that are central to our understanding of the kind of system that has been established in the world's largest country after a period of far-reaching change." (Publisher description)
Introduction / Stephen White, 1
I. CIVIL SOCIETY IN RUSSIA
1 Civil society and the reconstitution of Russian political space: the case of the Republic of Karelia / Ilkka Liikanen, 7
2 What kind of civil society in Russia? / Diana Schmidt, 37
3 Russian and Estonian civil society discourses compared / Risto Alapuro, 72
II. MEDIA AND SOCIETY
4 Journalistic source practices in Russian business dailies / Katja Koikkalainen, 95
5 Journalists in the Russian regions: how different generations view their professional role / Svetlana Pasti and Jukka Pietilainen, 109
6 Debate in Russia over ratifying the Kyoto Protocol: the influence of Soviet networks and new perplexities / Marie-Helene Mandrillon, 133
7 Political capitalism and the Russian media / Markus Soldner, 154
III. ECONOMY, CULTURE AND SOCIETY
8 Russia's asymmetric capitalism in comparative perspective / David Lane, 181
9 Killers and gangsters: the heroes of Russian blockbusters of the Putin era / Birgit Beumers, 204
10 Drug abuse and HIV/AIDS in Russia / John M. Kramer, 226
I. CIVIL SOCIETY IN RUSSIA
1 Civil society and the reconstitution of Russian political space: the case of the Republic of Karelia / Ilkka Liikanen, 7
2 What kind of civil society in Russia? / Diana Schmidt, 37
3 Russian and Estonian civil society discourses compared / Risto Alapuro, 72
II. MEDIA AND SOCIETY
4 Journalistic source practices in Russian business dailies / Katja Koikkalainen, 95
5 Journalists in the Russian regions: how different generations view their professional role / Svetlana Pasti and Jukka Pietilainen, 109
6 Debate in Russia over ratifying the Kyoto Protocol: the influence of Soviet networks and new perplexities / Marie-Helene Mandrillon, 133
7 Political capitalism and the Russian media / Markus Soldner, 154
III. ECONOMY, CULTURE AND SOCIETY
8 Russia's asymmetric capitalism in comparative perspective / David Lane, 181
9 Killers and gangsters: the heroes of Russian blockbusters of the Putin era / Birgit Beumers, 204
10 Drug abuse and HIV/AIDS in Russia / John M. Kramer, 226
