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Book SynopsisFluid Russia offers a new framework for understanding Russian national identity by focusing on the impact of globalization on its formation, something which has been largely overlooked. This approach sheds new light on the Russian case, revealing a dynamic Russian identity that is developing along the lines of other countries exposed to globalization. Vera Michlin-Shapir shows how along with the freedoms afforded when Russia joined the globalizing world in the 1990s came globalization''s disruptions.
Michlin-Shapir describes Putin''s rise to power and his project to reaffirm a stronger identity not as a uniquely Russian diversion from liberal democracy, but as part of a broader phenomenon of challenges to globalization. She underlines the limits of Putin''s regime to shape Russian politics and society, which is still very much impacted by global trends. As well, Michlin-Shapir questions a prevalent approach in Russia studies that views Russia''s experience
Trade Review
This is an excellent examination of Russia's struggle to define its national identity since 1990 and especially since President Vladimir Putin's rise in political office.
* Choice *
[A] timely and relevant contribution to the literature.
* Russian Review *
Michlin-Shapir emphasizes that there was another, more common factor [than the destruction of the Soviet state] at play: postcommunist Russia was exposed to the forces of globalization[...]insightful analysis.
* Foreign Affairs *
Table of ContentsIntroduction: Russia Thrusts into the Global World
Part One: Fluid Citizenship: Citizenship Policy in Post-Soviet Russia
1. The Unmaking of the Soviet Project
2. Seeking Stability in a Fluid Russia
Part Two: Fluid Words: Discourse on National Identification
3. Media Discourse in the 1990s
4. Media Discourse under Putin
Part Three: Fluid Times: Practices of the Russian National Calendar
5. From the Soviet Calendar to Russian Calendars
6. Putin's National Calendar
Epilogue: Fluid Russia: Lessons, Implications, and Prospectsfor the Future
