The Social Legacy of Communism

by Edited by James R. Millar , Sharon L. Wolchik

• ISBN13: 9780521461825
• ISBN10: 0521461820
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1994-08-26
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Current work on the transition from communism in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union has emphasized the 'polity' and the 'economy'; this book analyzes the 'society', and thereby helps fill an important gap in the literature. It endeavors to summarize developments and impose some coherence on the subject by treating four basic areas: ethnic issues, deviance and health, social cleavages, and labor and elitism.

Table of Contents

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.