Patriotic Education in Contemporary Russia: Sociological Studies in the Making of the Post-Soviet Citizen (Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society)
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| Rating | : | 4.46 (570 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 3838210336 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 188 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-10-26 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
It traces the development of governmental patriotic programs in recent decades, discusses how the Soviet past and political traditions influence today's system of patriotic education, and presents numerous case studies illustrating real-life processes in current patriotic education.. The book explores in depth all major agents of patriotic education in Russia, such as the government, schools, youth associations, churches, and the film/cartoon industry. While the topics of patriotism and patriotic education are highly political and politicized, this study approaches them from a more sociological perspective. It is based on a variety of sources and empirical data, including the indicators and budgets of federal and regional patriotic-education programs and on field research. This book outlines the complexities, contestation, and contradictions in the formal organization and contents of patriotic education in post-Soviet Russia
Anna Sanina is associate professor of public administration at the National Research University Higher School of Economics in St. Petersburg, Russia. . She has been the initiator and principal investigator of several projects on social aspects of the Russian political system, the formation of a Russian national idea, political behavior in social media, and city governance
Phillips, Indiana University)Aiming to provide a new formal perspective on Russian patriotic education, this book includes field research results on different agents of the Russian patriotism, such as regional and local authorities, schoolteachers, students and youth leaders. (Markku Kangaspuro, University of Helsinki) . Sanina offers a comprehensive approach of many different aspects and actors of this massive trend of 'patriotizing' the Russian society. A must-read book for all those following ideological evolutions of Russia. (Marlene Laruelle, George Washington University)The book effectively demonstrates the myriad ways in which