Download or read book Risks and Opportunities in the Former Soviet Union written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 17 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Scenarios for Russia and the Former Soviet Union to 2010 written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Youth and Social Change in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union written by Charles Walker and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-13 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two decades have now passed since the revolutions of 1989 swept through Eastern Europe and precipitated the collapse of state socialism across the region, engendering a period of massive social, economic and political transformation. This book explores the ways in which young people growing up in post-socialist Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union negotiate a range of identities and transitions in their personal lives against a backdrop of thoroughgoing transformation in their societies. Drawing upon original empirical research in a range of countries, the book's contributors explore the various freedoms and insecurities that have accompanied neo-liberal transformation in post-socialist countries - in spheres as diverse as consumption, migration, political participation, volunteering, employment and family formation - and examine the ways in which they have begun to re-shape different aspects of young people's lives. In addition, while 'social change' is a central theme of the issue, all of the chapters in the collection indicate that the new opportunities and risks faced by young people continue both to underpin and to be shaped by familiar social and spatial divisions, not only within and between the countries addressed, but also between 'East' and 'West'. This book was originally published as a special issue of Journal of Youth Studies.
Download or read book Arms on the Market written by Gary K. Bertsch and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What if Cold War weapons fall into the wrong hands? ARMS ON THE MARKET is about the challenges facing the now independent states of the former Soviet Union in controlling and monitoring military-related exports. The book compares export control throughout the former Soviet Union and explores the diverse theoretical approaches involved.
Download or read book Assessing the Risks of Nuclear and Chemical Contamination in the Former Soviet Union written by E. J. Kirk and published by . This book was released on 2014-01-15 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Assessing the Risks of Nuclear and Chemical Contamination in the former Soviet Union written by E.J. Kirk and published by Springer. This book was released on 2011-10-01 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Risk assessment has come to assume acute importance in the former Soviet Union since money is so scarce, yet the needs for cleanup are so huge. Other factors contribute to this situation, too: New leaders are still emerging, and governmental structures are still evolving. This creates a particular difficulty for environmentalists who attempt to become involved in the risk assessment process. New information continues to surface on the fallout from Chernobyl and its consequences for human health. Scientists are still debating the effects of low doses of radiation delivered over a long period of time. This type of contamination is especially prevalent in the Russian North, for example, as a result of the dumping of nuclear submarine reactors into the Kara and Barents Seas. This book examines the complexities of risk assessment in the FSU at this unique time in history.
Download or read book Religion Conflict and Stability in the Former Soviet Union written by Katya Migacheva and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Religion has become increasingly important in the sociopolitical life of countries in the former Soviet Union. This volume of essays examines how religion affects conflict and stability in the region and provides recommendations to policymakers.
Download or read book Problems of Project Appraisal and Restructuring written by Richard L. Kitchen and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Former Soviet Union in Transition written by United States. Congress. Joint Economic Committee and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Risks and Opportunities of the Energy Sector in East Siberia and the Russian Far East written by Sangtu Ko and published by LIT Verlag Münster. This book was released on 2012 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection provides disciplinary, multi-, and interdisciplinary approaches for risk management and sustainable energy development in East Siberia and the Russian Far East, based on modern, post-, and pre-modern viewpoints. (Series: Politics and Modern History / Politik und Moderne Geschichte - Vol. 16)
Download or read book Environmental Risks on the Territory of the Former Soviet Union written by R. Nikishov and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This document was prepared at the request of the American International Underwriters. The purpose of the document is to provide with an overview of environmental risks, which can be encountered anywhere on the territory of the former Soviet Union (FSU). The atlas can serve as a reference source on a global scale. However, for the more detailed analysis further studies may be required. By environmental risks we mean here a set of potentially dangerous phenomena of nature, which can damage buildings and phenomena are described in this document: earthquakes, floods, extreme wind, accumulated icing, extreme air temperatures, accumulated snowcover, other hazards: avalanches, landslides, karst. The data were drawn primarily from official sources namely GOSTs and SNiPS, otherwise recognised monographs were used. The acronyms GOST and SNiP stand for "State Standard" and "Codes and Rules for the Building Industry", respectively. All designs made in the FSU must comply with the GOSTs and SNiPs, since they are mandatory guidance ? therefore we believe that the above documents are the best sources available"--Page 2.
Download or read book Premature Death in the New Independent States written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1997-05-27 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years there have been alarming reports of rapid decreases in life expectancy in the New Independent States (former members of the Soviet Union). To help assess priorities for health policy, the Committee on Population organized two workshopsâ€"the first on adult mortality and disability, the second on adult health priorities and policies. Participants included demographers, epidemiologists, public health specialists, economists, and policymakers from the NIS countries, the United States, and Western Europe. This volume consists of selected papers presented at the workshops. They assess the reliability of data on mortality, morbidity, and disability; analyze regional patterns and trends in mortality rates and causes of death; review evidence about major determinants of adult mortality; and discuss implications for health policy.
Download or read book Troubled Lands written by D. J. Peterson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-05-31 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The dramatic revelations of environmental catastrophe in the Soviet Union made during the late 1980s and early 1990s were a driving force behind reform in, and later the demise of the communist party-state. But while the Union no longer exists, the independent republics confront the same dilemmas that plagued the Soviet state: Will the goal of econ
Download or read book Sovereignty After Empire written by Galina Vasilevna Starovotova and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Russia Ukraine and the Breakup of the Soviet Union written by Roman Szporluk and published by Hoover Press. This book was released on 2020-02-24 with total page 553 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book chronicles the final two decades in the history of the Soviet Union and presents a story that is often lost in the standard interpretations of the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe and the USSR. Although there were numerous reasons for the collapse of communism, it did not happen—as it may have seemed to some—overnight. Indeed, says Roman Szporluk, the root causes go back even earlier than 1917. To understand why the USSR broke up the way it did, it is necessary to understand the relationship between the two most important nations of the USSR—Russia and Ukraine—during the Soviet period and before, as well as the parallel but interrelated processes of nation formation in both states. Szporluk details a number of often-overlooked factors leading to the USSR's fall: how the processes of Russian identity formation were not completed by the time of the communist takeover in 1917, the unification of Ukraine in 1939–1945, and the Soviet period failing to find a resolution of the question of Russian-Ukrainian relations. The present-day conflict in the Caucasus, he asserts, is a sign that the problems of Russian identity remain.
Download or read book A Full Value Ruble written by Kristy Ironside and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2021-06-01 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new history shows that, despite MarxismÕs rejection of money, the ruble was critical to the Soviet UnionÕs promise of shared prosperity for its citizens. In spite of Karl MarxÕs proclamation that money would become obsolete under Communism, the ruble remained a key feature of Soviet life. In fact, although Western economists typically concluded that money ultimately played a limited role in the Soviet Union, Kristy Ironside argues that money was both more important and more powerful than most histories have recognized. After the Second World War, money was resurrected as an essential tool of Soviet governance. Certainly, its importance was not lost on Soviet leaders, despite official Communist Party dogma. Money, Ironside demonstrates, mediated the relationship between the Soviet state and its citizens and was at the center of both the governmentÕs and the peopleÕs visions for the maturing Communist project. A strong rubleÑone that held real value in workersÕ hands and served as an effective labor incentiveÑwas seen as essential to the economic growth that would rebuild society and realize CommunismÕs promised future of abundance. Ironside shows how Soviet citizens turned to the state to remedy the damage that the ravages of the Second World War had inflicted upon their household economies. From the late 1940s through the early 1960s, progress toward Communism was increasingly measured by the health of its citizensÕ personal finances, such as greater purchasing power, higher wages, better pensions, and growing savings. However, the increasing importance of money in Soviet life did not necessarily correlate to improved living standards for Soviet citizens. The Soviet governmentÕs achievements in Òraising the peopleÕs material welfareÓ continued to lag behind the WestÕs advances during a period of unprecedented affluence. These factors combined to undermine popular support for Soviet power and confidence in the Communist project.
Download or read book Assessing the Risks of Nuclear and Chemical Contamination in the former Soviet Union written by E.J. Kirk and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Risk assessment has come to assume acute importance in the former Soviet Union since money is so scarce, yet the needs for cleanup are so huge. Other factors contribute to this situation, too: New leaders are still emerging, and governmental structures are still evolving. This creates a particular difficulty for environmentalists who attempt to become involved in the risk assessment process. New information continues to surface on the fallout from Chernobyl and its consequences for human health. Scientists are still debating the effects of low doses of radiation delivered over a long period of time. This type of contamination is especially prevalent in the Russian North, for example, as a result of the dumping of nuclear submarine reactors into the Kara and Barents Seas. This book examines the complexities of risk assessment in the FSU at this unique time in history.
