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The Soviet Union E. Shiraev

The Soviet Union By E. Shiraev

The Soviet Union by E. Shiraev

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The bookanalyzesSoviet society as a 'hard reality',emphasizesthe varying perceptions ofitin the Soviet Union and the US, and insists that, whileglorifications ofthe Sovietrealityhave been useful, the most accurate descriptions of thisreality werecritical.

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The Soviet Union: Internal and External Perspectives on Soviet Society by E. Shiraev

The bookanalyzesSoviet society as a 'hard reality',emphasizesthe varying perceptions ofitin the Soviet Union and the US, and insists that, whileglorifications ofthe Sovietrealityhave been useful, the most accurate descriptions of thisreality werecritical.

About E. Shiraev


ERIC SHIRAEVis a a Political Psychologist at George Mason University, USA.

EERO CARROLLhas held post-doctoral appointments at SOFI, Stockholm University (1999-2006), the National Institute for Working Life (2006-07) and the Institute for Futures Studies (2007-08), all in Stockholm, Sweden.

VLADIMIR SHLAPENTOKH is Professor of Sociology at Michigan State University, USA.

Table of Contents

Introduction to Rashomon's Tale: Perspectives on a Society from Within and from Without Thinkers from Overseas: How Did Western Experts Understand and Describe the Soviet Union over its 74-year History? Homegrown Russian Intellectuals: On the Existence of Credible and Unreliable Internal Sources of Elite Information about Soviet Realities A Mirror from Afar:American Public Opinion about the Soviet Union from the 1930s to the 1980s Self-fulfilling Reflections: Soviet Public Opinion about the Homeland, in Attitudes and Images Conclusion and Discussion:Limits and Potentials to De-ideologizing Studies of Foreign Countries, and Reconstructing Images of a Society Held by its Denizens

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NPB9780230607774
9780230607774
0230607772
The Soviet Union: Internal and External Perspectives on Soviet Society by E. Shiraev
E. Shiraev
New
Hardback
Palgrave Macmillan
2008-12-12
182
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