Synopses & Reviews
This volume makes a valuable contribution to debates on the nature of civil society in post-communist countries by providing detailed case-studies of the relationship between education and civic culture. A team of specialists provide a comprehensive examination of everyday patterns of civic culture; the linkage between education and national identity, ethnicity; gender and religion; the experience and attitudes of youth; and attempts to render education systems better suited to the demands of post-communist society.
Review
"...the quality is often excellent, and the editors manage to draw together threads, making a convincing argument..."--Anne White, Russian Review
About the Author
Stephen Webber is Lecturer, the Centre for Russian and East European Studies, University of Birmingham, and author of School, Reform and Society in the New Russia.
Ilkka Liikanen is Researcher in Comparative Historical Sociology, The Karelian Institute, University of Joensuu.
Table of Contents
List of Tables List of Figures Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors Introduction;
S.Webber & I.Liikanen PART I: REVIVING CIVIC CULTURE Reflections on Social Networks and Collective Action in Russia;
R.Alapuro Educational and Political Capital and the Breakthrough of Voluntary Association in Russian Karelia;
I.Liikanen The Intelligentsia and the 'Breakdown of Culture' in Post-Soviet Russia;
P.Stranius PART II: NATIONALITY REFRAMED National Schools and National Identity In and After the Soviet Union;
J.Smith Ethnic Minorities in the Czech Education System: Before and After Transition (1945-1997);
D.Canek New Paradigms of National Education in Multi-Ethnic Russia;
G.Schmidt PART III: IDENTITY MATTERS Ethnographical Activism as a Form of Civic Education: A Case Study on School Museums in North-West Russia;
K.Heikkinen Gender Representation in Educational Materials in the Period of Transition in Hungary;
E.Thun Gender Study and Civic Culture in Contemporary Russia;
A.Temkina Hypocritical Sexuality of the Late Soviet Period: Sexual Knowledge and Sexual Ignorance;
E.Zdravomyslova The Struggle for the Souls of Young People: Competing Approaches to 'Spiritual' and Religious Education in Russia Today;
J.Muckle PART IV: TOWARDS A BRIGHTER FUTURE? The Abandoned Children of Russia: From 'Privileged Class' to 'Underclass';
S.Stephenson Psychological Development Programmes for Civil Society Building;
D.Javakhishvili & N.Sarjveladze The Culture of the Russian School and the Teaching Profession: Prospects for Change;
S.Webber Pedagogy in Transition: From Labour Training to Humanistic Technology Education in Russia;
J.Pitt & M.Pavlova Political Aspects of Reforming the Higher Education System in Ukraine;
L.Pivneva Civic Education for Russia: An Outsider's View;
J.Vaillant Index
Reviving Civic Culture Reflections on Social Networks and Collective Action in Russia--Risto Alapuro * Educational and Political Capital and the Breakthrough of Voluntary Association in Russian Karelia--Ikka Liikanen * The Intelligentsia and the "Breakdown of Culture" in Post-Soviet Russia--Pentti Stranius * Nationality Reframed National Schools and National Identity In and After the Soviet Union--Jeremy Smith * Ethnic Minorities in the Czech Education System: Before and After Transition (1945-1997)--David Canek * New Paradigms of National Education in Multi-Ethnic Russia--Gerlind Schmidt * Identity Matters * Ethnographical Activism as a Form of Civic Education: A Case Study on School Museums in North-West Russia--Kaija Heikkinen * Gender Representation in Educational Materials in the Period of Transition in Hungary--Eva Thun * Gender Study and Civic Culture in Contemporary Russia--Anna Temkina * Hypocritical Sexuality of the Late Soviet Period: Sexual Knowledge and Sexual Ignorance--Elena Zdravomyslova * The Struggle for the Souls of Young People: Competing Approaches to "Spiritual" and Religious Education in Russian Today--James Muckle * Towards a Brighter Future? The Abandoned Children of Russia: From "Privileged Class" to "Underclass"--Svetlana Stephenson * Psychological Development Programmes for Civil Society Building--Darejan Javakhishvili & Natalie Sarjveladze * The Culture of the Russian School and the Teaching Profession: Prospects for ChFange--Stephen Webber * Pedagogy in Transition: From Labour Training to Humanistic Technology Education in Russia--James Pitt & Margarita Pavlova * Political Aspects of Reforming the Higher-Education System in Ukraine--Liubov Pivneva * Civic Education for Russia: An Outsider's View--Janet Vaillant