[CivilSoc] Book--Education and Civic Culture in Post-Communist Societies

[Center for Civil Society International]

From: liikanen ilkka <ilkka.liikanen@joensuu.fi>
Subject: Education and Civic Culture
JUST PUBLISHED:
Stephen Webber and Ilkka Liikanen (eds.)
Education and Civic Culture in Post-Communist Societies
(Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2001, ISBN:  0333963849)
Further details: http://www.palgrave.com
Description:
This volume offers detailed case studies, written by specialists from
the region and from Western Europe and North America, examining
everyday patterns of civic culture; the linkage between education and
national identity, ethnicity, gender and religion; the experience and
attitudes of youth; and attempts to render education systems better
suited to the demands of post- communist society.
Contents:
PART I: REVIVING CIVIC CULTURE
Reflections on Social Networks and Collective Action in Russia; R.
Alapuro
Educational and Political Capital and the Breakthrough of Voluntary
Association in Russian Karelia; I. Liikanen
The Intelligentsia and the 'Breakdown of Culture' in Post-Soviet
Russia; P. Stranius
PART II: NATIONALITY REFRAMED
National Schools and National Identity In and After the Soviet Union;
J. Smith
Ethnic Minorities in the Czech Education System: Before and After
Transition (1945-1997); D. Canek
New Paradigms of National Education in Multi-Ethnic Russia; G.
Schmidt
PART III: IDENTITY MATTERS
Ethnographical Activism as a Form of Civic Education: A Case Study on
School Museums in North-West Russia; K. Heikkinen
Gender Representation in Educational Materials in the Period of
Transition in Hungary; E. Thun
Gender Study and Civic Culture in Contemporary Russia; A. Temkina
Hypocritical Sexuality of the Late Soviet Period: Sexual Knowledge
and Sexual Ignorance; E. Zdravomyslova
The Struggle for the Souls of Young People: Competing Approaches to
'Spiritual' and Religious Education in Russia Today; J. Muckle
PART IV: TOWARDS A BRIGHTER FUTURE?
The Abandoned Children of Russia: From 'Privileged Class' to
'Underclass'; S. Stephenson
Psychological Development Programmes for Civil Society Building in
Georgia; D. Javakhishvili & N. Sarjveladze
The Culture of the Russian School and the Teaching Profession:
Prospects for Change; S. Webber
Pedagogy in Transition: From Labour Training to Humanistic Technology
Education in Russia; J. Pitt & M. Pavlova
Political Aspects of Reforming the Higher Education System in
Ukraine; L. Pivneva
Civic Education for Russia: An Outsider's View; J. Vaillant