Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preliminary Material / Peter Ester , Loek Halman , and Vladimir Rukavishnikov -- Series Editors' Preface / Peter Ester and Loek Halman -- Dedication / Peter Ester , Loek Halman , and Vladimir Rukavishnikov -- Acknowledgments / Peter Ester , Loek Halman , and Vladimir Rukavishnikov -- Figures and Tables / Peter Ester , Loek Halman , and Vladimir Rukavishnikov -- Introduction / Peter Ester , Loek Halman , and Vladimir Rukavishnikov -- Chapter One The Transformation of Russia: Economic Reforms and Rising Inequality / Peter Ester , Loek Halman , and Vladimir Rukavishnikov -- Chapter Two The Political Cultures of Russian and European Societies / Peter Ester , Loek Halman , and Vladimir Rukavishnikov -- Chapter Three The Syndrome of Political Culture: Life Satisfaction, Political Trust, and Interpersonal Confidence / Peter Ester , Loek Halman , and Vladimir Rukavishnikov -- Chapter Four From Scarcity to Post-Modern Values? / Peter Ester , Loek Halman , and Vladimir Rukavishnikov -- Chapter Five Political Involvement and Voting Behavior / Peter Ester , Loek Halman , and Vladimir Rukavishnikov -- Chapter Six National Identity in Russia and the West / Peter Ester , Loek Halman , and Vladimir Rukavishnikov -- Chapter Seven Moral Beliefs: Civic Morality and Moral Permissiveness / Peter Ester , Loek Halman , and Vladimir Rukavishnikov -- Chapter Eight Russia between Past and Future / Peter Ester , Loek Halman , and Vladimir Rukavishnikov -- References / Peter Ester , Loek Halman , and Vladimir Rukavishnikov -- About the Authors / Peter Ester , Loek Halman , and Vladimir Rukavishnikov.

The cross-national analyses of Western and Russian political cultures presented in this book are partly based on the 1990 EVS data. Another data source comes from surveys that were conducted since the late 1980s by the Department of Social Dynamics of the Institute of Socio-Political Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ISPR RAS) This Volume pictures a wide variety of values in the social and political domain and reveals unique insights in Russian culture. It makes clear that, despite many differences, Russian and Westerners have also many things in common as far as basic values are concerned. This is the fourth volume in the series. The first book is The Individualizing Socitey (1993, 1994) edited by Peter Ester, Loek Halman and Ruud de Moor. The second book is Values in Western Societies (1995) edited by Ruud de Moor. A third book is titled Political Value Change in Western Democracies (1996) and is edited by Loek Halman and Neil Nevitte.

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