Our purpose in this article is to determine the degree to which the cultural requisites to
democracy are present in the contemporary political culture of the USSR. We focus on …

Consumption, a key issue in the study of post-Soviet culture, was already a central concern
during the Cold War. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, the Khrushchev regime staked its …

An essential exploration of how authoritarian regimes operate at the local level How do local
leaders govern in a large dictatorship? What resources do they draw on? Yoram Gorlizki …

Why did the Soviet system disintegrate? In the first year since its collapse, several conflicting
and controversial" theories" have been proposed in explanation. A sharp line may be drawn …

Drawing upon anthropological, sociological and historical perspectives, this volume
provides a unique insight into women's domestic consumption. The contributors argue that …

New urban regions of prefabricated housing, rising rapidly in and around Soviet cities in the
late 1950s as the result of an intensive mass housing drive launched in 1957, vividly …

Calhoun innovatively examines how the ideology of liberal democracy influences one of the
most contentious and potentially traumatic and divisive issues facing countries transitioning …

This paper evaluates whether postmaterialist theory helps explain the democratization
movement in the Soviet Union. The findings are based on two public opinion samples …

Following the introduction of democratic institutions in the countries of central and eastern
Europe, the question of the consolidation of these newly implemented democracies arises …

Despite the many books and articles written about the end of the Cold War, scholars have
not produced a truly international history f this seminal event. This article shows how some of …