The Russian quest for peace and democracy /:
In The Russian Quest for Peace and Democracy, Metta Spencer recounts the political and military changes that have occurred in Russia up to mid-2010. Using hundreds of interviews she conducted with officials, dissidents, and liberal intellectuals, she describes the various groups, forces, and individ...
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| Zusammenfassung: | In The Russian Quest for Peace and Democracy, Metta Spencer recounts the political and military changes that have occurred in Russia up to mid-2010. Using hundreds of interviews she conducted with officials, dissidents, and liberal intellectuals, she describes the various groups, forces, and individuals that worked to liberalize the totalitarian Soviet Union and its fellow nations behind the Iron Curtain, and which ultimately brought about the dissolution of those repressive governments. Spencer identifies four political orientations to describe Soviet society: 'Sheep, ' ordinary citizens who accepted the undemocratic regime they lived in without challenging it; 'Dinosaurs, ' hard-line Communist officials; 'Termites, ' including Mikhail Gorbachev and his advisers and government; and 'Barking Dogs, ' a few hundred dissidents who made 'a lot of noise' protesting, hoping to awaken a grass-roots demand for democracy. The strange rivalry between the Termites and Barking Dogs would ultimately doom perestroika. Spencer's research dispels the widely-held perception that US President Ronald Reagan 'won' the Cold War by standing firm until the Soviet Union 'blinked first.' There are vitally important lessons to be learned from the Soviet period, about how to assist citizens of totalitarian and authoritarian regimes around the world. The irony is that transnational civil society organizations, major sources of the progress in Soviet Russia, are still needed today in authoritarian Russia, under Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev, for totalitarianism remains a potential social trap. In The Russian Quest for Peace and Democracy, Metta Spencer suggests new ways of building urgently-needed social capital in today's Russia, where democracy has yet to flourish. |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (vi, 340 pages) |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780739144749 073914474X |
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| spelling | Spencer, Metta, 1931- https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJdmfRJQ37RKty3HQGrXh3 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81062395 The Russian quest for peace and democracy / Metta Spencer. Lanham : Lexington Books, ©2010. 1 online resource (vi, 340 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Termites and barking dogs -- Social capital and ideology -- Two scientists, two paths -- Foreign communists -- Three freelance diplomats -- A civil society : elite bears and doves -- Scientists and weaponeers -- In the hands of experts -- Do peace and democracy work? -- The Soviet peace movement at the time of the coup -- The end and the beginning -- From below and sideways -- Social traps : toward an explanation of totalitarianism -- Quest? What quest? Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed. In The Russian Quest for Peace and Democracy, Metta Spencer recounts the political and military changes that have occurred in Russia up to mid-2010. Using hundreds of interviews she conducted with officials, dissidents, and liberal intellectuals, she describes the various groups, forces, and individuals that worked to liberalize the totalitarian Soviet Union and its fellow nations behind the Iron Curtain, and which ultimately brought about the dissolution of those repressive governments. Spencer identifies four political orientations to describe Soviet society: 'Sheep, ' ordinary citizens who accepted the undemocratic regime they lived in without challenging it; 'Dinosaurs, ' hard-line Communist officials; 'Termites, ' including Mikhail Gorbachev and his advisers and government; and 'Barking Dogs, ' a few hundred dissidents who made 'a lot of noise' protesting, hoping to awaken a grass-roots demand for democracy. The strange rivalry between the Termites and Barking Dogs would ultimately doom perestroika. Spencer's research dispels the widely-held perception that US President Ronald Reagan 'won' the Cold War by standing firm until the Soviet Union 'blinked first.' There are vitally important lessons to be learned from the Soviet period, about how to assist citizens of totalitarian and authoritarian regimes around the world. The irony is that transnational civil society organizations, major sources of the progress in Soviet Russia, are still needed today in authoritarian Russia, under Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev, for totalitarianism remains a potential social trap. In The Russian Quest for Peace and Democracy, Metta Spencer suggests new ways of building urgently-needed social capital in today's Russia, where democracy has yet to flourish. Soviet Union Politics and government 1985-1991. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh86004555 Democracy Soviet Union History. Peace movements Soviet Union History. Civil society Soviet Union History. Transnationalism Social aspects Soviet Union History. Russia (Federation) Politics and government 1991- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh92006576 Democracy Russia (Federation) Peace movements Russia (Federation) Civil society Russia (Federation) Transnationalism Social aspects Russia (Federation) URSS Politique et gouvernement 1985-1991. Mouvements pacifistes URSS Histoire. Société civile URSS Histoire. Transnationalisme Aspect social URSS Histoire. Mouvements pacifistes Russie. Société civile Russie. Transnationalisme Aspect social Russie. POLITICAL SCIENCE Political Process General. bisacsh Civil society fast Democracy fast Peace movements fast Politics and government fast Russia (Federation) fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJhhmCp3jtcMQbx3WgpXVC Soviet Union fast Since 1985 fast History fast has work: The Russian quest for peace and democracy (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCGRT8XfHyVHGcg6K6xJT6q https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Print version: Russian quest for peace and democracy. Lanham : Lexington Books, ©2010 9780739144725 (DLC) 2010021541 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=483048 Volltext |
| spellingShingle | Spencer, Metta, 1931- The Russian quest for peace and democracy / Termites and barking dogs -- Social capital and ideology -- Two scientists, two paths -- Foreign communists -- Three freelance diplomats -- A civil society : elite bears and doves -- Scientists and weaponeers -- In the hands of experts -- Do peace and democracy work? -- The Soviet peace movement at the time of the coup -- The end and the beginning -- From below and sideways -- Social traps : toward an explanation of totalitarianism -- Quest? What quest? Democracy Soviet Union History. Peace movements Soviet Union History. Civil society Soviet Union History. Transnationalism Social aspects Soviet Union History. Democracy Russia (Federation) Peace movements Russia (Federation) Civil society Russia (Federation) Transnationalism Social aspects Russia (Federation) Mouvements pacifistes URSS Histoire. Société civile URSS Histoire. Transnationalisme Aspect social URSS Histoire. Mouvements pacifistes Russie. Société civile Russie. Transnationalisme Aspect social Russie. POLITICAL SCIENCE Political Process General. bisacsh Civil society fast Democracy fast Peace movements fast Politics and government fast |
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| topic | Democracy Soviet Union History. Peace movements Soviet Union History. Civil society Soviet Union History. Transnationalism Social aspects Soviet Union History. Democracy Russia (Federation) Peace movements Russia (Federation) Civil society Russia (Federation) Transnationalism Social aspects Russia (Federation) Mouvements pacifistes URSS Histoire. Société civile URSS Histoire. Transnationalisme Aspect social URSS Histoire. Mouvements pacifistes Russie. Société civile Russie. Transnationalisme Aspect social Russie. POLITICAL SCIENCE Political Process General. bisacsh Civil society fast Democracy fast Peace movements fast Politics and government fast |
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