{"product_id":"the-estate-origins-of-democracy-in-russia-from-imperial-bourgeoisie-to-post-communist-middle-class-paperback-softback-9781009068987","title":"The Estate Origins of Democracy in Russia; From Imperial Bourgeoisie to Post-Communist Middle Class (Paperback \/ softback) 9781009068987","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Estate Origins of Democracy in Russia\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eFrom Imperial Bourgeoisie to Post-Communist Middle Class\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLankina traces the origins of Russia's inequalities over the past two centuries from the Tsarist institution of estates, through communism, to the present day.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eTomila V. Lankina (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781009068987, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 27 June 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e496 pages, 37 b\/w illus.  1 map  26 tables\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.8 cm, 0.797 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'As a truly great work, this book speaks beyond its own empirical context to cognate places and new topics and will no doubt be read widely across several fields for generations to come.' John Heathershaw, Europe-Asia Studies\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eA devastating challenge to the idea of communism as a 'great leveller', this extraordinarily original, rigorous, and ambitious book debunks Marxism-inspired accounts of its equalitarian consequences. It is the first study systematically to link the genesis of the 'bourgeoisie-cum-middle class' – Imperial, Soviet, and post-communist – to Tzarist estate institutions which distinguished between nobility, clergy, the urban merchants and meshchane, and peasants. It demonstrates how the pre-communist bourgeoisie, particularly the merchant and urban commercial strata but also the high human capital aristocracy and clergy, survived and adapted in Soviet Russia. Under both Tzarism and communism, the estate system engendered an educated, autonomous bourgeoisie and professional class, along with an oppositional public sphere, and persistent social cleavages that continue to plague democratic consensus. This book also shows how the middle class, conventionally bracketed under one generic umbrella, is often two-pronged in nature – one originating among the educated estates of feudal orders, and the other fabricated as part of state-induced modernization.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Theorizing post-revolutionary social resilience\u003cbr\u003e 2. From imperial estates to estatist society\u003cbr\u003e 3. Mapping society and the public sphere in imperial Russia\u003cbr\u003e 4. The professions in the making of estatist society\u003cbr\u003e 5. Education, socialization, and social structure\u003cbr\u003e 6. Market values and the economy of survival\u003cbr\u003e 7. Family matters: looking back – and forward – in time\u003cbr\u003e 8. Society in space\u003cbr\u003e 9. The two-pronged middle class: implications for democracy across time and in space\u003cbr\u003e 10. The bourgeoisie in communist states: Comparative insights charting a comparative foreword\u003cbr\u003e Afterword\u003cbr\u003e Supplementary appendices: A. Archival sources\u003cbr\u003e B. The 1897 census\u003cbr\u003e C. District matching\u003cbr\u003e D. Interview questionnaire\u003cbr\u003e E. Illustrative Genealogies.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Marxism \u0026amp; Communism [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Marxism \u0026amp; Communism\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Marxism%20\u0026amp;%20Communism%20%5BJPFC%5D%22\"\u003eJPFC\u003c\/a\u003e], Comparative politics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Comparative politics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Comparative%20politics%20%5BJPB%5D%22\"\u003eJPB\u003c\/a\u003e], Political science \u0026amp; theory [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Political science \u0026amp; theory\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Political%20science%20\u0026amp;%20theory%20%5BJPA%5D%22\"\u003eJPA\u003c\/a\u003e], Sociology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Sociology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Sociology%20%5BJHB%5D%22\"\u003eJHB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52501446885656,"sku":"9781009068987","price":21.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781009068987i.jpg?v=1786239404","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-estate-origins-of-democracy-in-russia-from-imperial-bourgeoisie-to-post-communist-middle-class-paperback-softback-9781009068987","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}