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The Constitution of the United Kingdom : a contextual analysis

Obrazy
Autor
Peter Leyland
Place of publication
Oxford

Publisher

Publication date
2007
Table of Contents

Constitutional Systems of the World: Series Editors' Preface . . v
Preface . . vii
Table of Cases . . xv
Table of Legislation . . xix

1 UK CONSTITUTION: Context and History . . 1

PART I: CONSTITUTIONAL CONTEXT . . 1
Introduction . .  1
What is Liberal Democracy? . . 2
Freedom of Expression, and the Broadcasting and Print Media . . 3
The UK Constitution, Constitutionalism, and Good Governance . . 6

PART II: HISTORY
The Importance of History . . 8
Qualifying Absolute Monarchy . . 9
The Emergence of Parliament and the Path to Democracy . . 12
Defining the Nation: What is the United Kingdom? . . 13
Empire, Commonwealth, and Europe . . 15
Conclusion . . 16
Further Reading . . 17

2 THE SOURCES OF THE CONSTITUTION . . 19
Introduction . . 19

PART I: SOURCES OF THE CONSTITUTION . . 20
Statute Law . . 20
The Common Law . . 21
European Union Law . . 22
European Convention on Human Rights . . 22
Legal Treatises . . 23
The Law and Customs of Parliament . . 24
The Royal Prerogative . . 24

PART II: CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTIONS . . 24
Defining Conventions . . 25
The Practical Importance of Constitutional Conventions . . 28
Condusion . . 32
Further Reading . . 33

3 CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLES . . 35
Introduction . . 35
Parliamentary Sovereignty . . 37
The Rule of Law . . 48
Separation of Powers . . 53
Conclusion: Redefinitions of Power . . 61
Further Reading . . 63

4 THE CROWN AND THE CONSTITUTION . . 65
Introduction . . 65
What is the Royal Prerogative? . . 67
The Constitutional Role of the Monarch . . 70
Does the Monarch Retain Real Power? . . 73
What is the 'Crown? . . 74
Public Interest Immunity . . 75
Liability of the Crown in Tort and Contract . . 76
Evaluation: Reform or Abolition? . . 77
Conclusion . . 78
Further Reading . . 79

5 PARLIAMENT . . 81
Introduction . . 81

PART I: ELECTIONS AND THE HOUSE OF COMMONS . . 82
The Electoral System . . 83
'First Past the Post' or Proportional Representation? . . 85
Electronic Voting . . 85
The House of Commons and the Formation of a Government . . 86

PART II: THE HOUSE OF COMMONS . . 87
The House of Commons and the Role of MPs . . 87
The Speaker . . 89
Parliamentary Standards and Conduct of MPs . . 92

PART III: THE HOUSE OF LORDS . . 93
Introduction and History . . 93
Composition of the House of Lords . . 95
House of Lords: What Next? . . 97

PART IV: PARLIAMENT AS LEGISLATOR . . 99
Public Bills . . 100
Private Members' Bills and Private Bills . . 104
Parliamentary Scrutiny of Delegated Legislation . . 104

PART V: PARLIAMENT AS WATCHDOG . . 105
Parliamentary Questions . . 105
Departmental Select Committees . . 106
Public Accounts Committee and National Audit Office . . 110
The Parliamentary Ombudsman . . 113
Conclusion . . 113
Further Reading . . 115

6 GOVERNMENT AND EXECUTIVE . . 117
Introduction . . 117
The Prime Minister . . 118
The Prime Minister and the Cabinet . . 119
The Prime Minister: Policy Formation and Implementation . . 122
Prime Minister's Press Office and Government 'Spin' . . 125
Shaping Government Departments . . 126
Political Accountability and Individual Ministerial Responsibility . . 128
Ministerial Responsibility: Answerability or Resignation . . 129
The Scott Report . . 130
Ministerial Responsibility and the Press . . 131
The Civil Service . . 132
New Public Management and Executive Accountability . . 134
A Civil Service Act for the United Kingdom . . 137
Government Openness and the Freedom of Information Act 2000 . . 138
E-government Revolution . . 140
Conclusion . . 142
Further Reading . . 143
Websites . . 144

7 THE CONSTITUTIONAL ROLE OF THE COURTS . . 145

PART I: SURVEYING THE CONSTITUTIONAL ROLE OF THE COURTS . . 145
Introduction . . 145
Common Law and Statutory Interpretation . . 146
Reforming the Office of Lord Chancellor . . 149
Appointing and Dismissingjudges . . 151
A Supreme Court for the United Kingdom . . 154

PART II: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW AND JUDICIAL REVIEW . . 155
Introduction to Administrative Law . . 155
Red Light and Green Light Theory . . 157
The Impact of Judicial Review . . 161
Distinguishing Public Law from Private Law . . 162
The Requirements of Standing . . 164
Grounds of Judicial Review . . 165
The Question of Merits . . 167
Judicial Review Cases . . 168

PART III: THE COURTS AND THE HUMAN RIGHTS ACT 1998 . . 170
Vertical or Horizontal Effect . . 172
Proportionality Review . . 174
The Proflife Alliance Case . . 176
The Belmarsh Detainees Case . . 177
The Denbigh High School Case . . 180
Assessing the Impact of the Human Rights Act 1998 . . 181
Conclusion . . 182
Further Reading . . 182

8 DEVOLUTION, REGIONAL GOVERNMENT, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT . . 185
Introduction . . 185

PART I: DEVOLUTION . . 187
Background to Devolution . . 187
Scottish Devolution . . 189
Welsh Devolution . . 192
Power-sharing in Northern Ireland . . 195
Funding Devolution . . 197
Intergovernmental Relations . . 198
The Politics of Devolved Government . . 199
Relations with Europe . . 201
Devolution and the Courts . . 202

PART II: DEVOLUTION AND ENGLAND . . 205
The West Lothian Question . . 206
English Regional Government . . 207
An English Parliament? . . 209

PART III: LOCAL GOVERNMENT . . 210
Introduction to Local Government in the United Kingdom . . 210
Mayor and Assembly for London . . 211
The Framework of Local Government . . 212
The Financing of Local Government . . 214
From Compulsory Competitive Tendering to Best Value . . 215
The Local Government Act 2000 . . 216
Accountability Mechanisms . . 217
Conclusion . . 218
Further Reading . . 220
Websites . . 221

9 CONCLUSION: THE UK CONSTITUTION FACING THE FUTURE . . 223
(1) A Written Constitution or a Legal Constitution? . . 223
(2) The EU, the European Constitution, and the UK Constitution . . 226

Index . . 229

Series
(Constitutional Systems of the World ; Vol. 1)

Linked by history - united by choice : Cyprus and its European Union partners

Obrazy
Autor
ed. Giorgos Georgis, Giorgos Kazamias
Place of publication
Nicosia
Publication date
2012
Table of Contents

FOREWORD BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS . . 15
FOREWORD BY THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS . . 17
INTRODUCTION . . 20

CYPRUS
THE HISTORICAL FRAMEWORK . . 25

AUSTRIA
THE LONG-STANDING RELATIONS BETWEEN CYPRUS AND AUSTRIA . . 47
THE AUSTRIAN CONTINGENT: TRIBUTE TO PEACE . . 70
DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS AND BILATERAL VISITS . . 74
VIENNA . . 85

BELGIUM
BELGIUM-CYPRUS: DEEP-ROOTED RELATIONS OF COOPERATION . . 89

BULGARIA
THE RELATIONS BETWEEN CYPRUS AND BULGARIA THROUGH THE CENTURIES . . 105
LITERARY TRAILS: BULGARIA IN CYPRUS AND CYPRUS IN BULGARIA . . 126
DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS AND OFFICIAL VISITS . . 134
BULGARIA . . 146

CZECH REPUBLIC
CZECHOSLOVAKIA: A FRIENDSHIP THROUGHT DIFFICULT TIMES . . 151
CZECHOSLOVAKIA - CYPRUS OFFICIAL VISITS . . 163
THE PRAGUE SPRING IN CYPRIOT POETRY . . 168
CZECH REPUBLIC: CZECH TRAVELLERS IN RENAISSANCE CYPRUS . . 171
CYPRUS-CZECH REPUBLIC: DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS AND OFFICIAL VISITS . . 174
PRAGUE. JULY 2 1968 . . 181

DENMARK
DENMARK-CYPRUS: WHEN THE VIKINGS MET APHRODITE . . 185

ESTONIA
CYPRUS - ESTONIA: ANCIENT, SMALL NATIONS IN A PARALLEL TRAJECTORY . . 207

FINLAND
CYPRUS - FINLAND: THE PEOPLE AT THE EDGE OF EASTERN EUROPE . . 225
SAKARI TUOMIOJA. SUOMALAINEN SOVITTELIJA . . 244
FINLAND 1962 249

FRANCE
FRANCE AND CYPRUS: FROM GREEK AND PHOENICIAN SETTLERS IN FRANCE, TO FRENCH TRAVELLERS IN CYPRUS . . 253
MEDIEVAL CYPRUS AND EUROPE, ELEVENTH-SIXTEENTH CENTURIES . . 261
CONSULAR AND DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS OF CYPRUS - FRANCE . . 279
ROGER MILLIEX AND CYPRUS . . 295
THE "PLEIADE" IN CYPRUS: FRENCH AUTHORS AND THE ISLAND OF APHRODITE . . 297
THE FOUNDING OF CYPROLOGICAL STUDIES BY FRENCH SCHOLARS DURING THE 19TH CENTURY . . 308
PARIS MUSEE DU LOUVRE . . 312
LA VILLE LUMIERE . . 315

GERMANY
GERMANY - CYPRUS: TWO COUNTRIES THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED DIVISION . . 319
CYPRUS, GERMANY AND ARCHAEOLOGY . . 347
MEMORY OF THE HALLOWED MARTYRED POETS FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE AND HOELDERLIN . . 357

GREECE
DISTINGUISHED CYPRIOTS IN GREECE . . 361
DETAILS ON CYPRUS . . 381

HUNGARY
HUNGARY - CYPRUS: FROM THE CRUSSADES TO THE EUROPEAN UNION . . 385
AUTUMN IN BUDAPEST . . 399

IRELAND
CYPRUS - IRELAND: SISTER ISLANDS, REVOLUTIONARY ISLANDS . . 403

ITALY
ITALY - CYPRUS . . 441
CYPRUS AND ITALY: THE MIDDLE AGES . . 475
ROME . . 489

LATVIA
LATVIA - CYPRUS: A NEWBORN FRIENDSHIP . . 493

LITHUANIA
LITHUANIA - CYPRUS: TWO SMALL STATES IN A GREAT EUROPEAN FAMILY . . 503

LUXEMBOURG
THE GRAND DUCHY OF LUXEMBOURG AND CYPRUS . . 519

MALTA
MALTA - CYPRUS, THE HISTORICAL JOURNEY: FROM THE SWINGING
  SWORD OF THE KNIGHTS TO THE ROCKY SHORES OF APHRODITE . . 531
MALTA . . 549

NETHERLANDS
NETHERLANDS - CYPRUS: FROM THE TRAVELLERS OF THE MIDDLE AGES TO THE EUROPEAN UNION . . 553
DEN HAAG, JULY 7 . . 567

POLAND
POLAND - CYPRUS: FROM THE LAND OF CHOPIN TO THE ISLAND OF APHRODITE . . 571
THE GOLDEN AUTUMN OF WARSAW . . 587

PORTUGAL
PORTUGAL - CYPRUS: AT THE GATEWAYS OF THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA . . 591
WHEN THE "LUSIADS" MET CYPRUS . . 599
THE SEAGULLS OF OPORTO . . 603

ROMANIA
FROM BUCHAREST TO THE MEDITERRANEAN: TWO-WAY ROUTES OVERTIME . . 607
THE CYPRIOT PRESENCE IN THE ROMANIAN AREA . . 625
ROMANIA . . 631

SLOVAKIA
SLOVAK CONTINGENT: AN 11-YEAR PRESENCE IN CYPRUS, IN THE SERVICE OF PEACE . . 635
CYPRUS - SLOVAK REPUBLIC: DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS AND OFFICIAL VISITS . . 640

SLOVENIA
CYPRUS - SLOVENIA RELATIONS - A NEW STATE AND A NEW BLOSSOMING FRIENDSHIP . . 653

SPAIN
RELATIONS BETWEEN CYPRUS AND SPAIN . . 669
MIGUEL DE CERVANTES-FEDERICO GARCIA LORCA: TWO SPANISH HIDALGOS IN CYPRUS . . 696
DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS AND OFFICIAL VISITS . . 703
PARENTHESIS IN TOLEDO . . 715

SWEDEN
CYPRUS - SWEDEN . . 719
THE SWEDISH CONTINGENT IN UNFICYP: 29 YEARS IN THE SERVICE OF PEACE . . 754
STOCKHOLM APRIL 1998 . . 760

UNITED KINGDOM
BRITAIN AND CYPRUS: A HISTORICAL OVERVIEW . . 765
BRITISH TRAVELLERS AND ARTISTS IN CYPRUS . . 790
HIGH COMMISSIONERS AND GOVERNORS OF CYPRUS (1878-1960) . . 797
BRITISH POLITICIANS ON CYPRUS . . 808
BRITISH CONTRIBUTION TO THE STUDY OF CYPRUS HISTORY . . 820
THE PRESENCE OF CYPRUS IN ENGLISH LITERATURE: FROM SHAKESPEARE TO DURRELL AND DU MAURIER . . 830
UNITED KINGDOM'S CONTRIBUTION TO PEACE IN CYPRUS . . 840
POLITICAL AND DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS BETWEEN CYPRUS AND THE UNITED KINGDOM 1960-2012 . . 844

THE AUTHORS . . 857

Storici antichi e storici moderni nella Methodus di Jean Bodin

Obrazy
Autor
a cura di Giuseppe Zecchini, Alessandro Galimberti
Place of publication
Milano
Publication date
2012
Table of Contents

Presentazione . . 7
Gli Ebrei e la storiografia giudaica nella Methodus di Jean Bodin . . 9
Il canone degli storici greci nella Methodus dì Jean Bodin . . 27
Il canone degli storici romani nella Methodus di Jean Bodin . . 49
Il canone degli storici tardoantichi nella Methodus di Jean Bodin . . 75
Popoli antichi e moderni nella Methodus di Jean Bodin . . 85
Storia e politica. Bodin e gli storici coevi nella Methodus . . 109
«De rebus singulis rectius judicare». Usi della storia, antropologia politica, formazione del funzionario nella Methodus di Jean Bodin . . 133

Bibliografia generale . . 173

Series
(Contributi di Storia Antica ; 10. Storia. Ricerche)

Hidden rituals and public performances : traditions and belonging among the post-Soviet Khanty, Komi and Udmurts

Obrazy
Autor
Anna-Leena Siikala, Oleg Ulyashev
Place of publication
Helsinki
Publication date
2011
Table of Contents

Acknowledgements . . 9
Abbreviations . . 13

I REPRESENTATIONS OF THE RUSSIAN FINNO-UGRIANS

1. Societies in transition . . 17

2. Traditions in a globalised world . . 19
Are traditions dying? . . 19
Tradition as a concept of introspective Western sociology . . 21
Locality, globalisation and identity-formation . . 22
Co-existence of divergent traditions . . 24

3. Belonging and neo-traditionalism . . 27
Ethnic self-awareness . . 27
The state, intellectuals and the construction of heritage . . 29
Finno-Ugric ethnicities in the making . . 31

4. Interest in Finno-Ugric peoples . . 34
Language, myths and folklore as "evidence of history" . . 34
The expeditions of Finns and Hungarians to their linguistic relatives in Russia . . 36
The aims of the Russian Academy of Sciences . . 39
The basic model of ethnographic field work in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries . . 40
Field work after the collapse of the Soviet Union . . 42
From moments to understanding . . 43
Between cultures: dialogues, monologues and silences . . 46

II THE KHANTY: PRESERVING AND PERFORMING RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS

5. The land of the white crane . . 51
Behind the Urals . . 51
Worlds flowing into each other . . 52
Experience of locality: rivers and settlements like layers of an onion . . 54
The cross-draught in interethnic relations . . 57
Division of space and practices of avoidance . . 60
Gender: together but apart . . 65

6. Dual organisation, totemic ancestors and kin groups . . 68
Moś- and Por-people . . 68
The animal protector . . 73
L'aksas, reincarnation of a person . . 75
The kinship system . . 76

7. Discussions about myths and tales . . 78
Myths written in the heavens . . 78
Myths of Uralic hunting cultures . . 85
Mythic corpus . . 88
Myths of individuals and small communities . . 91

8. Living with spirits . . 112
Religious worlds of the Northern Khanty . . 112
The cosmos . . 115
The hierarchy of spirits . . 117
Guardian spirits of home and family . . 123
Feeding the spirits at home . . 129
Why worship spirits? . . 132

9. Holy groves and common rituals . . 134
The landscape of the spirits . . 134
Men's and women's holy groves . . 140
Offerings in holy groves . . 144
Common rites, different meanings . . 152

10. Paths of souls, villages of the dead . . 153
Concepts of souls . . 154
Burial rituals . . 156
Remembrance rituals in graveyards . . 167
The passages of souls and continuation of family . . 174

11. The reawakening of shamanic rituals . . 176
Did the Khanty have shamans? . . 176
The concept of shamanism . . 177
Shamans in Khanty society . . 179
The shamanic seance . . 181
Shamans are performing publicly again . . 185
Different interpretations: belief and entertainment . . 191

12. Religion, kin and environment . . 193
Hallmarks of Khanty religion . . 193
Unity of religion, kin and nature . .195
Religion and belonging . . 196

III THE KOMI: PROLIFERATING SINGING TRADITIONS

13. The singing culture of the Upper Vychegda Komi . . 201
Studying Komi singing . . 201
Did the Komi have a singing culture? . . 203
The Upper Vychegda Komi . . 206
Hunting artels as folklore arenas . . 208
Gender relations and songs . . 211
The fusion of singing traditions . . 217

14. Folklore, cultural institutions and festivals . . 218
Folklore as verbal peasant art . . 218
Drama circles and the growth of poetry . . 220
Strengthening the village culture . . 221
The Upper Vychegda collectives . . 222
A life as a cultural director . . 227
Women leaders . . 230

15. "Singing for myself and for my soul" . . 231
At Anna Ivanovna's . . 231
Polyphonic singing . . 232
Transmitting traditions . . 234
Performing traditions . . 235
Dressing up for performance . . 236
Being together . . 238
From politics to women's culture . . 242

16. Folk-editing and variation in songs . . 247
Programmes of folklore groups . . 247
Textualisation and variation of songs . . 250
Old Komi folk texts . . 253
Macaronic and Russian songs . . 266
Songs translated into Komi . . 268
Songs to the words of Komi poets . . 274
Folk variants of the poems of known writers . . 276
Creating the programme . . 282

17. A state project leads to multiple forms of tradition . . 285

IV COMPARISONS AND OBSERVATIONS

18. An Udmurt case: from sacrificial rituals to national festivals . . 291
Holy groves and social order . . 293
Visible and hidden: the battle of ideologies and religions . . 297
From secret ritual into national festival . . 300
Female agency and marked diversities . . 303
The role of intellectuals and the media . . 307
Construction of tradition and cultural identity . . 309

19. Traditions symbolising cultural distinction . . 311
Myths and rituals as political practice . . 311
The revival of nature religion . . 314
Reconstructing sacred histories . . 317
Performing ethnicity in festivals . . 317
Political and economic implications of neo-traditionalism . . 319

20. Dynamics of tradition among the Khanty, Komi and Udmurts . . 320

Bibliography . . 323
Khanty words . . 341
Transliteration of Komi . . 349
Index . . 351
Maps . . 362

Series
(Studia Fennica. Folkloristica ; 19)

Rhetorics of Nordic democracy

Obrazy
Autor
ed. by Jussi Kurunmäki & Johan Strang
Place of publication
Helsinki
Publication date
2010
Table of Contents

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS . . 7

INTRODUCTION: 'NORDIC DEMOCRACY' IN A WORLD OF TENSIONS . . 9
'NORDIC DEMOCRACY' IN 1935 - On the Finnish and Swedish Rhetoric of Democracy . . 37
WHY 'NORDIC DEMOCRACY"? - The Scandinavian Value Nihilists and the Crisis of Democracy . . 83
SHARING VALUES AND SHAPING VALUES - Sweden, 'Nordic Democracy' and the American Crisis of Democracy . . 114
KEEPING UP THE MORALE - Constructions of 'Nordic Democracy' during World War II . . 141
REFORMISM AND 'NORDIC DEMOCRACY' - A Journey in Danish Political Thought . . 165
SCANDINAVIANS, NORDIC CO-OPERATION, AND 'NORDIC DEMOCRACY' . . 179
VISITING NORDIC MODERNITY AROUND 1900 - Spanish Images . . 194
THE LANGUAGE OF DEMOCRACY IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY REFORMIST THOUGHT . . 208
FROM AGRARIAN REPUBLICANISM TO THE POLITICS OF NEUTRALITY - Urho Kekkonen and "Nordic Democracy' in Finnish Cold-War Politics . . 238
PARLIAMENTARIAN DEMOCRACY GOING GLOBAL - The Fading Nordic Model . . 262

CONTRIBUTORS . . 290
INDEX . . 292

Series
(Studia Fennica. Historica ; 17)

Planning a new standard language : Finnic minority languages meet the new millenium

Obrazy
Autor
ed. by Helena Sulkala & Harri Mantila
Place of publication
Helsinki
Publication date
2010
Table of Contents

FOREWORD . . 7
INTRODUCTION - REVITAL1SATION OF THE FINNIC MINORITY LANGUAGES . . 8
THE PLANNING OF THE NEW STANDARD LANGUAGES . . 27
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN VARIATION AND STANDARDISATION IN THE CREATION OF A NEW STANDARD LANGUAGE . . 54
MODERNISATION AND SMALL LANGUAGES - FATAL LANGUAGE SOCIOLOGICAL DELAY? . . 74
WILL LANGUAGE NESTS CHANGE THE DIRECTION OF LANGUAGE SHIFTS? ON THE LANGUAGE NESTS OF INARI SAAMIS AND KARELIANS . . 95
PERSPECTIVES ON THE ATTITUDES OF MINORITY LANGUAGE SPEAKERS IN THE SWEDISH TORNE VALLEY AND VIENA KARELIA . . 119
WHILE THE WINGS GROW - FINNIC MINORITIES WRITING THEIR EXISTENCE ONTO THE WORLD MAP . . 147
SUBSTANCE THROUGH YOUR OWN LANGUAGE - THE MINORITY MEDIA CONNECT, STRENGTHEN AND INFORM . . 178
CONTRIBUTORS . . 203
INDEX . . 204

Series
(Studia Fennica. Linguistica ; 15)

The Helsinki University Library - The National Library of Finland, 1640-2010

Obrazy
Autor
Rainer Knapas
Place of publication
Helsinki
Publication date
2012
Table of Contents

Bibliotheca academica in Turku 1640-1828 . . 7
Aboa literata . . 9
The Academy librarians . . 15
Porthan - cultural hero in eighteenth-century Finland . . 17
The fire ot Turku in 1827 . . 19

The Library of the Imperial Alexander University 1828-1905 . . 23
Finnish national literature . . 25
Under His Majesty the Emperor's special protection . . 29
The restorer of the Library: F. W. Pipping . . 33
New library methods: Karl Collan . . 33
The philosopher: Wilhelm Bolin . . 36
The Temple of Science - the buildings in Helsinki . . 38
The Reading Room and the Rotunda . . 41

The Helsinki University Library 1905-1980 . . 44
A national research library . . 45
The Library in two World Wars . . 51
Rebuilding between East and West . . 55
Bibliotheca renovata: from the 1950s to the 1970s . . 60
In the mass university: the Open Access Collection . . 62

The National Library and the Finnish library network 1980-2010 . . 65
Services for the country's library network . . 69
Innovations: Linnea and FinELib . . 70
The National Digital Library . . 72
Recessionary pressures . . 74
Facing the twenty-first century . . 77
Content provider and memory organisation . . 79
New services and new collections . . 81
The cultural environment: exhibitions and campaigns . . 85
Future options . . 87
Balancing the books . . 88

A survey of the collections and their history . . 91
The Slavonic Library- the Russian cultural heritage in Finland . . 91
The Adolf Erik Nordenskiold Library . . 100
The Monrepos Library . . 102

The collections of the National Library of Finland . . 107
Appendix . . 116
Information and further reading . . at end of volume

Series
(Kansalliskirjaston Julkaisuja ; 80)

Perestroika : process and consequences

Obrazy
Autor
ed. by Markku Kangaspuro, Jouko Nikula, Ivor Stodolsky
Place of publication
Helsinki
Publication date
2010
Table of Contents

Foreword . . 9
Introduction: The Anatomy of Perestroika . . 11

PART I: IN THE MAKING PERESTROIKA
Perestroika in Retrospective: Historical Consciousness and Responsibility . . 37
The Main Concepts and Actors of Perestroika . . 59
Perestroika and Changed Reporting of Social Problems in Newspapers . . 76
Elite and Perestroika before Perestroika in Hungary . . 97
Perestroika and the Reform Agenda for the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance - New Direction or Dead End? . . 120
Soviet Philosophy and Perestroika - Undoing the Community of Discourse? . . 146

PART II: PERESTROIKA AS A PROCESS
Making Social Discussions Possible: Perestroika and the Development of the Public Sphere . . 171
Soviet Women in the Second World War . . 191
The Politicization of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn in the Soviet Union, 1987-1992 . . 205
The Club in Support of Glasnost and Perestroika in Bulgaria: A Swing-wing Phenomenon . . 222

PART III: AFTER PERESTROIKA
Ethnic Jokes in Russia - A Form of Everyday Racism? . . 247
Reading Perestroika-Era Tension into the Activity of the Pro-Putin Youth Movements . . 262
Russian Death of the Author: More or Less a Poet . . 284
Towards a Fast-Food Reality: The 1990s and the Transformations in Polish Literature . . 312
Women's Strategies for Entrepreneurship and Survival in Russia's Regions . . 330
Bibliography . . 351
Contributors . . 377

Series
(Studia Historica ; 80)