Civil Society and the Search for Justice in Russia

by Marsh, Christopher; Gvosdev, Nikolas K.; Bovt, Georgy; Kljutcharev, Grigori A.; Marsh, Melissa A.; Miller, Justin; Owens, Brad; Petro, Nicolai N.; Trepanier, Lee; Warhola, James W.; Weir, Kimberly A.

• ISBN13: 9780739103593
• ISBN10: 0739103598
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-04-05
• Publisher: Lexington Books

Summary

Expertly blending the historical with the theoretical, the recent with the empirical, Marsh and Gvosdev offer new insight and analysis into the ability of a nascent Russian civil society to engage effectively with the twenty-first century Russian state to ensure social, religious, and political justice.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Introduction Civil Society and Russia's Elusive Search for Justice: Concepts, Traditions, and Contemporary Issues	1	(16)
Christopher Marsh
Nikolas K. Gvosdev
Part One: Lessons from History and Culture	17	(38)
Revisiting the Russian ``Constrained Autocracy'': ``Absolutism'' and Natural Rights Theories in Russia and the West	19	(22)
James W. Warhola
A Russian Model of Development: What Novgorod Can Teach the West	41	(14)
Nicolai N. Petro
Part Two: Freedom of Religion and Civil Society	55	(34)
Nationalism and Religion in Russian Civil Society: An Inquiry into the 1997 Law ``On Freedom of Conscience''	57	(18)
Lee Trepanier
``Managed Pluralism'' and Civil Religion in Post-Soviet Russia	75	(14)
Nikolas K. Gvosdev
Part Three: The Role of Media and Education	89	(48)
The Russian Press and Civil Society: Freedom of Speech versus Freedom of Market	91	(14)
Georgy Bovt
The Independent Press in Russia: Integrity and the Economics of Survival	105	(20)
Brad Owens
Higher Education and Russia's Dual Transition: Inequality, Inefficiency, and Social Justice	125	(12)
Grigori A. Kljutcharev
Melissa A. Marsh
Part Four: Marginalized Voices in Civil Society	137	(44)
Ethnic and Religious Minorities and Their Search for Justice: The Case of Chechnya	139	(18)
Justin Miller
Women's Experiences of Justice and Injustice in Russia	157	(24)
Kimberly A. Weir
Index	181	(6)
About the Contributors	187