Social Capital and Social Cohesion in Post-Soviet Russia

Social Capital and Social Cohesion in Post-Soviet Russia
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 352
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ISBN-10 : 9781315290232
ISBN-13 : 1315290235
Rating : 4/5 (32 Downloads)

Synopsis Social Capital and Social Cohesion in Post-Soviet Russia by : Judyth L. Twigg

This work shows that the collapse of socialist employment and social service systems - and of the USSR itself - has had profoundly damaging effects, manifested in dislocation and homelessness, ethnic strife, family breakdown, declining life expectancy, and soaring rates of violence and crime.

Social Epidemiology

Social Epidemiology
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 428
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ISBN-10 : 0195083318
ISBN-13 : 9780195083316
Rating : 4/5 (18 Downloads)

Synopsis Social Epidemiology by : Lisa F. Berkman

This book shows the important links between social conditions and health and begins to describe the processes through which these health inequalities may be generated. It reviews a range of methodologies that could be used by health researchers in this field and proposes innovative future research directions.

Lesbian Lives in Soviet and Post-Soviet Russia

Lesbian Lives in Soviet and Post-Soviet Russia
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 201
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ISBN-10 : 9781137321244
ISBN-13 : 1137321245
Rating : 4/5 (44 Downloads)

Synopsis Lesbian Lives in Soviet and Post-Soviet Russia by : F. Stella

This book explores the everyday lives of 'lesbian' women in urban Russia. It explores changes and continuities by examining generational differences, and attends to regional variation by considering what 'lesbian' life looks like in different locations, problematising essentialist accounts of Russian sexualities and western-centric theorizations.

International Encyclopedia of Civil Society

International Encyclopedia of Civil Society
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Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages : 1722
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ISBN-10 : 9780387939964
ISBN-13 : 0387939962
Rating : 4/5 (64 Downloads)

Synopsis International Encyclopedia of Civil Society by : Helmut K. Anheier

Recently the topic of civil society has generated a wave of interest, and a wealth of new information. Until now no publication has attempted to organize and consolidate this knowledge. The International Encyclopedia of Civil Society fills this gap, establishing a common set of understandings and terminology, and an analytical starting point for future research. Global in scope and authoritative in content, the Encyclopedia offers succinct summaries of core concepts and theories; definitions of terms; biographical entries on important figures and organizational profiles. In addition, it serves as a reliable and up-to-date guide to additional sources of information. In sum, the Encyclopedia provides an overview of the contours of civil society, social capital, philanthropy and nonprofits across cultures and historical periods. For researchers in nonprofit and civil society studies, political science, economics, management and social enterprise, this is the most systematic appraisal of a rapidly growing field.

Dying Unneeded

Dying Unneeded
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Publisher : Vanderbilt University Press
Total Pages : 278
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ISBN-10 : 9780826503541
ISBN-13 : 0826503543
Rating : 4/5 (41 Downloads)

Synopsis Dying Unneeded by : Michelle A. Parsons

In the early 1990s, Russia experienced one of the most extreme increases in mortality in modern history. Men's life expectancy dropped by six years; women's life expectancy dropped by three. Middle-aged men living in Moscow were particularly at risk of dying early deaths. While the early 1990s represent the apex of mortality, the crisis continues. Drawing on fieldwork in the capital city during 2006 and 2007, this account brings ethnography to bear on a topic that has until recently been the province of epidemiology and demography. Middle-aged Muscovites talk about being unneeded (ne nuzhny), or having little to give others. Considering this concept of "being unneeded" reveals how political economic transformation undermined the logic of social relations whereby individuals used their position within the Soviet state to give things to other people. Being unneeded is also gendered--while women are still needed by their families, men are often unneeded by state or family. Western literature on the mortality crisis focuses on a lack of social capital, often assuming that what individuals receive is most important, but being needed is more about what individuals give. Social connections--and their influence on health--are culturally specific. In Soviet times, needed people helped friends and acquaintances push against the limits of the state, crafting a sense of space and freedom. When the state collapsed, this sense of bounded freedom was compromised, and another freedom became deadly. This book is a recipient of the annual Norman L. and Roselea J. Goldberg Prize for the best project in the area of medicine.

Innovation and Social Capital in Organizational Ecosystems

Innovation and Social Capital in Organizational Ecosystems
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Publisher : IGI Global
Total Pages : 367
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ISBN-10 : 9781522577225
ISBN-13 : 152257722X
Rating : 4/5 (25 Downloads)

Synopsis Innovation and Social Capital in Organizational Ecosystems by : Thomas, Brychan Celfyn

Social capital as a concept, is a comparatively recent addition to the regional economic and innovation literature. Facets of social capital are generally acknowledged to include trust, collaboration, cooperation, bridging and bonding social network ties, and reciprocity. Nevertheless, forms of social capital such as bonding and bridging social capital, are less frequently explored in the literature. Innovation and Social Capital in Organizational Ecosystems breaks down the concept of innovation into its main components, which represent a spectrum of innovation activity from technology-based innovation to hidden and social innovation, in order to support executives concerned with innovation and social capital in different work communities and environments. Highlighting a range of topics including regional development, social innovation, network capital, and more, this book is ideally designed for researchers, professionals, students, policymakers, and practitioners.

Social Capital and Health

Social Capital and Health
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Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages : 295
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ISBN-10 : 9780387713106
ISBN-13 : 0387713107
Rating : 4/5 (06 Downloads)

Synopsis Social Capital and Health by : Ichiro Kawachi

As interest in social capital has grown over the past decade—particularly in public health —so has the lack of consensus on exactly what it is and what makes it worth studying. Ichiro Kawachi, a widely respected leader in the field, and 21 contributors (including physicians, economists, and public health experts) discuss the theoretical origins of social capital, the strengths and limitations of current methodologies of measuring it, and salient examples of social capital concepts informing public health practice. Among the highlights: Measurement methods: survey, sociometric, ethnographic, experimental The relationship between social capital and physical health and health behaviors: smoking, substance abuse, physical activity, sexual activity Social capital and mental health: early findings Social capital and the aging community Social capital and disaster preparedness Social Capital and Health is certain to inspire a new generation of research on this topic, and will be of interest to researchers and advanced students in public health, health behavior, and social epidemiology.

Historical Dictionary of the Russian Federation

Historical Dictionary of the Russian Federation
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Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages : 894
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ISBN-10 : 9781538120484
ISBN-13 : 1538120488
Rating : 4/5 (84 Downloads)

Synopsis Historical Dictionary of the Russian Federation by : Robert A. Saunders

Straddling Europe and Asia, the Russian Federation is the largest country in the world and home to a panoply of religious and ethnic groups from the Muslim Tatars to the Buddhist Buryats. Over the past 40 years, Russia has experienced the most dramatic transformation of any modern state. The second edition of Historical Dictionary of the Russian Federation provides insight into this rapidly developing country. This volume includes coverage of pivotal movements, events, and persons in the late Soviet Union (1985-1991) and contemporary Russia (1991-present), This second edition of Historical Dictionary of the Russian Federation contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 700 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Russia.

Sweet Burdens

Sweet Burdens
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Publisher : SUNY Press
Total Pages : 248
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ISBN-10 : 9781438455853
ISBN-13 : 1438455852
Rating : 4/5 (53 Downloads)

Synopsis Sweet Burdens by : Sveta Roberman

Examines the lives of recent Russian-Jewish immigrants in Germany. Sweet Burdens presents a detailed ethnographic study of the lives of Russian-Jewish immigrants in Germany over the past twenty years. Focusing on the first generation of adult immigrants, Sveta Roberman examines how they question and negotiate their moral economy and civic culture vis-à-vis the host German state and society, on the one hand, and the Holocaust past, on the other. She approaches the immigrant-host encounter as one of many cycles of social exchanges taking place in multiple and diverse arenas. The book sheds light on a number of issues, including the moral economy of Jewish-German relations, immigrants’ performances of civics and citizenship, modes of inclusion and exclusion, consumption and consumerism, work and the phenomena of unemployment and underemployment, the concept of community, and the dynamics and difficulties of reinventing Jewish identity and tradition.

Political Democracy, Trust, and Social Justice

Political Democracy, Trust, and Social Justice
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Publisher : UPNE
Total Pages : 252
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ISBN-10 : 1555536468
ISBN-13 : 9781555536466
Rating : 4/5 (68 Downloads)

Synopsis Political Democracy, Trust, and Social Justice by : Charles F. Andrain

A rigorous explanation of connections among confidence in government institutions, popular support for democracy, and social justice in societies around the world.