Books by "Alfred J. Rieber"
3 books found
Russian Civil Society: A Critical Assessment
by Alfred B. Evans, Laura A. Henry, Lisa Sundstrom
2016 · Routledge
A vibrant civil society - characterized by the independently organized activity of people as citizens, undirected by state authority - is an essential support for the development of freedom, democracy, and prosperity. Thus it has been one important indicator of the success of post-communist transitions. This volume undertakes a systematic analysis of the development of civil society in post-Soviet Russia. An introduction and two historical chapters provide background, followed by chapters that analyze the Russian context and consider the roles of the media, business, organized crime, the church, the village, and the Putin administration in shaping the terrain of public life. Eight case studies then illustrate the range and depth of actual citizen organizations in various national and local community settings, and a concluding chapter weighs the findings and distills comparisons and conclusions.
Stalin and the Struggle for Supremacy in Eurasia
by Alfred J. Rieber
2015 · Cambridge University Press
This is a major re-evaluation of Soviet foreign policy in the Eurasian borderlands from the Revolution to the Cold War.
The Imperial Russian Project is a collection of Rieber's lifetime of work, focusing on three interconnected themes of this time period: the role of reform in the process of state building, the interaction of state and social movements, and alternative visions of economic development.