The celebrations marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall provoked a
debate on the outcomes of the transition process in the post-communist countries, including …

By interrogating Putin-era civil society projects, this article tracks the aftermath of
international development aid in post-Soviet Russian socialist space. State-run …

Julie Hemment provides a fresh perspective on the controversial nationalist youth projects
that have proliferated in Russia in the Putin era, examining them from the point of view of …

A state's ability to maintain mandatory conscription and wage war rests on the idea that a"
real man" is one who has served in the military. Yet masculinity has no inherent ties to …

This book has made me travel a great deal, and share the road with a number of memorable
people. The traveling companions to whom I owe the most in accomplishing this work are …

Environmental activism in contemporary Russia exemplifies both the promise and the
challenge facing grassroots politics in the post-Soviet period. In the late Soviet period …

This book focuses on the diverse interrelationships between aging and transnationality. It
argues that the lives of older people are increasingly entangled in transnational contexts on …

Self‐help has become a booming business over the past decades and an increasingly
visible part of popular media culture worldwide. The paper analyzes the arrival and effects of …

The essay investigates how Russian veterans' organisations represent the concerns of their
constituency vis-à-vis the Russian state. An interest group approach is applied to investigate …

There is considerable debate about the impact of the 2006 NGO Law and related Kremlin
policies on social organisations in Russia. This article uses interviews with members of …