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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Political culture and post-communism / edited by Stephen Whitefield. p.cm.—(St.Antony’s series) Festschrift in honor of Archie E.Brown. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 1–4039–4520–9 1.Political culture – Russia (Federation) – Congresses.2.Post- communism – Russia (Federation) – Congresses.3.Russia (Federation) – Politics and government – 1991 – Congresses.I.Brown,Archie,1938–. II.Whitefield,Stephen.III.St.Antony’s series (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm)) JN6699.A15P6525 2005 306.2(cid:2)0947(cid:2)09049—dc22 2005049048 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 Printed and bound in Great Britain by Antony Rowe Ltd,Chippenham and Eastbourne To Pat and Archie Brown This page intentionally left blank Contents List of Tables ix Preface x Notes on Contributors xii 1 Political Culture and Post-Communism 1 Stephen Whitefield 2 Myths about Russian Political Culture and the Study of Russian History 15 Alexander Lukin and Pavel Lukin 3 Partial Adaptation and Political Culture 42 Richard Sakwa 4 Culture, Context, Violence: Eurasia in Comparative Perspective 64 Charles King 5 Bringing Culture Back into Political Analysis: The Reform of the Russian Judiciary 81 Mary McAuley 6 Political Culture, Post-Communism and Disciplinary Normalisation: Towards Theoretical Reconstruction 105 Stephen Welch 7 Culture, Experience, and State Identity: A Survey-Based Analysis of Russians, 1995–2003 125 Stephen Whitefield 8 Yaroslavl’ Revisited: Assessing Continuity and Change in Russian Political Culture Since 1990 148 Jeffrey W. Hahn vii viii Contents 9 Conclusions 180 Archie Brown References 203 Index 222 List of Tables 7.1 Identification with Russia or the Soviet Union 132 7.2 Regression of Soviet or Russian political identification on to social demographic and identity variables 135 7.3 Regression of Soviet or Russian political identification on to cultural and experiential factors 136 7.4 Regression of Soviet or Russian political identification on to cultural and experiential factors plus year dummies (standardised coefficients). Pooled analysis 141 8.1 Comparative political efficacy measures for local and national government in Yaroslavl’, 1990, 1993, 1996 and 2004 159 8.2 Comparative measures of political trust for local and national government in Yaroslavl’, 1990, 1993, 1996 and 2004 160 8.3 Comparative levels of popular support for democratic elections in Yaroslavl’ 1990, 1993, 1996 and 2004 166 8.4 Effect of assessments of economic performance on political attitudes; Yaroslavl’, Russia, 1996 (N(cid:3)962); 2004 (N(cid:3)1132). The correlation statistics for 1996 are reported above those for 2004 in each case 170 8.5 Attitudes related to political reform in Yaroslavl’; 1993 and 1996, 2004 172 8.6 Attitudes related to economic reform: Yaroslavl’ 1993 and 1996, 2004 173 8.7 Assessments of economic performance on support for political and economic reforms, Yaroslavl’, Russia, 1996 (N(cid:3)962); 2004 (N(cid:3)1132). The correlation statistics for 1996 are reported above those for 2004 in each case 174 ix
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