Reinventing Russia - 9780761845805

Reinventing RussiaThe Formation of a Post-Soviet Identity\nAuthor(s): Peter J. Piveronus\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University Press of America, United States\nImprint: University Press of America\nISBN-13: 9780761845805, 978-0761845805\nSynopsis\nAs Russia enters the first decade of the new millennium, self-confident and assertive in relations with the rest of the world, the country is also in search of a new identity to take the place of the ideology of the now defunct Soviet system. Russia's sudden resurgence as a world force poses a dilemma among the West's political leaders who see the country moving in the wrong direction. Russia's reformers have attempted to create a new economic paradigm of broadly shared capital ownership and social partnership between government and workers that implies greater economic egalitarianism and increased paternalism, but also higher productivity and quality. Reinventing Russia: The Formation of a Post-Soviet Identity is a study of the formati.