Beyond perestroika : axiology and the new Russian entrepreneurs /

This book investigates rapid societal change in Russia during the early 1990s. The story of the anthropologist (author) and the people he studied reveals cultural similarities and differences between them. Russians and Latvians taught the author about the Soviet Union, its people, and its cultures....

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Main Author: Gallopin, Gary G.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Amsterdam : Rodopi, 2009.

Series: Value Inquiry Book Series 210.
Rodopi Religion, Theology and Philosophy Special E-Book Collection, 2007-2014, ISBN: 9789004357938.

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Call Number: HN523.5 .G48 2009

Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • INTRODUCTION
  • CONTEXT: HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY, AND THE EVOLUTION OF THE FIELDWORK
  • A GLIMPSE OF A DYING EMPIRE: U. S. S. R., JULY 1991
  • SOCIAL NETWORKS IN ACTION: RIGA, LATVIA
  • NEGOTIATING LIFE: LENINGRAD, RUSSIA
  • VALUES AND THEIR COST: RUSSIA'S HIDDEN SIDE
  • THEORY AND METHOD: VALUES, AXIOLOGY, AND SOCIAL NETWORKS
  • STRESS ANALYSIS: THE HVP IN THE FIELD
  • VALUE ANALYSIS: THE IMPACT OF PERESTROIKA
  • WORKS CITED
  • ABOUT THE AUTHOR
  • INDEX
  • VIBS.