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100 1 _aFleron, Frederic J.,
_d1937-
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aRussian studies and comparative politics :
_bviews from metatheory and middle-range theory /
_cFrederic J. Fleron Jr.
264 1 _aLanham, Maryland :
_bLexington Books,
_c[2017]
264 4 _c2017
300 _a1 online resource (359 pages) :
_billustrations
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 8 _aMachine generated contents note: Part I: Introduction -- Chapter 1: The View from Middle-Range -- Part II: Metatheory -- Chapter 2: The Logic of Inquiry in Sovietology: Soviet Area Studies and the Social Sciences -- Chapter 3: Silver Anniversary of the Publication of Communist Studies and the Social Sciences -- Chapter 4: The Logic of Inquiry in Post-Sovietology: Russian Studies and the Social Sciences -- Part III: Middle-Range Theories -- Chapter 5: Co-optation as a Mechanism of Adaptation to Change -- Chapter 6: Motivation, Methodology and Communist Ideology -- Chapter 7: The Western Connection: Technical Rationality and Soviet Politics -- Chapter 8: Political Culture in Post-Soviet Russia: Recent Empirical Investigations -- Chapter 9: Does the Public Matter for Democratization in Russia? -- Chapter 10: Congruence Theory Applied: Democratization in Russia -- Part IV: Conclusion -- Chapter 11: Conclusion: Thinking Theoretically about Russian & Soviet Politics: Carnivals, Cockfights, and Epistemic Communities.
520 _a"This study examines Russian politics in the Soviet and post-Soviet eras using sociologist Robert Merton's middle-range theory. It analyzes ideology, decision making, political culture, public opinion, and democratization and offers an innovative approach to the study of Russian politics in the twenty-first century"--
_cProvided by publisher.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
590 _aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
650 0 _aPolitical culture
_zRussia (Federation)
650 0 _aPolitical culture
_zSoviet Union.
650 0 _aPolitical socialization
_zRussia (Federation)
650 0 _aPolitical socialization
_zSoviet Union.
650 0 _aDemocratization
_zRussia (Federation)
650 0 _aPost-communism
_zRussia (Federation)
651 0 _aRussia (Federation)
_xPolitics and government
_y1991-
651 0 _aSoviet Union
_xPolitics and government.
655 4 _aElectronic books.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aFleron, Frederic J.
_tRussian studies and comparative politics : views from metatheory and middle-range theory.
_dLanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2017]
_z9780739129616
797 2 _aProQuest (Firm)
856 4 0 _uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bacm-ebooks/detail.action?docID=4760989
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