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Money Versus the Soul : Neoliberal Economics in the Education Modernisation Reform of Post-Soviet Russia

Minina, Elena - 2017

Russian culture and pedagogy. While post-Soviet Russia's educational sector has been extensively commercialised, the public …

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Political Connections of Russian Corporations : Blessing or Curse?

Trifonov, Dmitri - 2020

from the sample had the top officials of Russia as directors, and 43% of corporations were found to be politically …

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The Transformation of Working-Class Identity in Post-Soviet Russia : A Case-Study of an Ural Industrial Neighborhood

Elizaveta, Polukhina - 2017

This paper presents an analytical description of working-class identity in three key periods of the socioeconomic transformations which changed the structure of a plant's industry and working-class life: the Soviet era (1930s-1980s), the time of economical change (1990s), and the post-Soviet...

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Motivations for Public Service in Corrupt States : Evidence from Post-Soviet Russia

Gans-Morse, Jordan - 2017

with students at an elite university in Moscow, Russia, we compare the attitudinal, behavioral, and demographic traits of … interpretation of these findings is that corruption in Russia results from the transformation of bureaucrats' behavior and attitudes …

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Manufacturing (Co)agglomeration in a Transition Country : Evidence from Russia

Aleksandrova, Ekaterina - 2018

We document geographic concentration patterns of Russian manufacturing using microgeographic data. About 42–52% of 4-digit and 63–75% of 3-digit industries are localized, with a higher share in the European part than in the Asian part. About 70% of 3-digit industry pairs are coagglomerated,...

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Legal Tendencies in Russia

Tihomirov, Yuriy A. - 2018

The law is a difficult social phenomenon determining the social life and even the international interaction of subjects. There is no uniform direction of its functioning, but it is possible to determine various parallel aspects that describe legal development. National tendencies of legal...

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Nobility and Schooling in Russia, 1700s-1760s : Westernization of an Elite as a Social Process

Fedyukin, Igor - 2016

In this paper we use the records of the Heraldry and the Noble Land Cadet Corps to explore the career and educational choices made by Russian nobles in the 1730s and 1740s. We make use of the fact that after the 1736-7 reform of noble service, young members of the elite were allowed to express...

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Ukrainian Architecture in 18th Century Russia : How and Why?

Maciel, Lev - 2016

Many buildings with Ukrainian architectural features were built in 18th century Russia in the milieu of intense … cultural exchange between Russia and Ukraine. The research aims to discuss how exactly and why Ukrainian elements were used in …

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Intergenerational Social Mobility in Soviet and Post-Soviet Russia

Yasterbov, Gordey - 2016

in Soviet and post-Soviet Russia. The study makes a potentially valuable contribution to the literature by extending the … representative cross-national surveys conducted in Russia in 1994, 2002, 2006 and 2013. To study historical change in the patterns of …-socialist countries including earlier research on Russia, I anticipated (1) a trend towards lesser (rather than greater) openness in the …

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Firms and Social Policy in the Post-Communist Bloc : Evidence from Russia

Marques, Israel, II - 2015

When does business support the expansion of social policy in the developing world? Existing work on managers preferences has tended to concentrate on the developed world, where governments can credibly commit to policy, tax evasion is constrained, and mechanisms exist to hold the bureaucracy...

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