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The Constitution of the United Kingdom : a contextual analysis
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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
Linked by history - united by choice : Cyprus and its European Union partners
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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
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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
Hidden rituals and public performances : traditions and belonging among the post-Soviet Khanty, Komi and Udmurts
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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
Rhetorics of Nordic democracy
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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
Planning a new standard language : Finnic minority languages meet the new millenium
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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
The Helsinki University Library - The National Library of Finland, 1640-2010
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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
Perestroika : process and consequences
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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