scholarly journals Analysis of the identities of men who have sex with men in Ukrainian society

2008 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 17-29
Author(s):  
M. G. Kasianchuk ◽  
◽  
Ye. B. Leshchynskyi ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Soviet Union ◽  
Former Soviet Union ◽  
Social Reality ◽  
Reference Points ◽  
Peer Observation ◽  
Sexual Relations ◽  
Social Contacts ◽  
The Social ◽  
Sex With Men ◽  
Ukrainian Society

The article is based on both the data obtained in the Donetsk region at the end of 2004 by the method of introducing peer observation at the places of direct social contacts of men possessing the sexual relations with men and the data taken from thematically related sources. It is shown that, on the territory of the former Soviet Union, a “fleshpot” is one of the significant reference points, relative to which the social reality of this category of persons is formed.

Traumas and Tyranny?

2021 ◽  
pp. 28-43
Author(s):  
Scott Radnitz
Keyword(s):  
Soviet Union ◽  
Former Soviet Union ◽  
Historical Development ◽  
Russian Empire ◽  
Reference Points ◽  
Political Control ◽  
Critical Events ◽  
The Russian Empire ◽  
Narrative Account

This chapter seeks out the origins of conspiracism in the former Soviet Union. It critiques arguments that conspiracism in Russia (and in other successor parts of the Russian Empire) is best explained by the region’s troubled historical development. It argues that history does matter, not by preordaining a country’s fate, but by providing a set of reference points and tropes that can be invoked under certain circumstances. It then examines challenges the region’s leaders faced in more recent times that might trigger a conspiratorial interpretation, focusing on two major preoccupations: political control and sovereignty. The chapter closes with a narrative account of the 42 critical events sampled to compile the database of conspiracy claims, laying the groundwork for the next chapter.

Environmentalism in Russia

1995 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 687-696
Author(s):  
Paula Garb
Keyword(s):  
Soviet Union ◽  
Former Soviet Union ◽  
Mass Movement ◽  
Environmental Movement ◽  
Local Elections ◽  
Current Direction ◽  
Economic Crises ◽  
The Soviet Union ◽  
The Social ◽  
Significant Factors

The grassroots environmental movement of the late 1980s in the former Soviet Union played a key role in reform politics, making or breaking candidates in the 1989–1990 contested local elections across the nation. The collapse of the Soviet Union, the social and economic crises in its successor states were significant factors in the decline and shifting focus of this mass movement. The purpose of this study is to examine the history, ideology and the current direction of Russian environmentalism in the context of the former Soviet Union, and to see how it is being reshaped in Russia today.

The Social Roots of China's Economic Development

1995 ◽  
Vol 144 ◽  
pp. 999-1019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin King Whyte
Keyword(s):  
Soviet Union ◽  
Social Factors ◽  
Former Soviet Union ◽  
World Economy ◽  
Social Structures ◽  
East European ◽  
Chinese Populations ◽  
Grass Roots ◽  
The Social ◽  
Wide Range

Why has China been so much more successful than the former Soviet Union and its East European satellites in making the transition away from a centrally planned economy? While other articles address a wide range of explanations of China's success, this one explores the possible contri- bution of China's grass roots social organization, and particularly its family and kinship structures. Attention is drawn to social factors by the obvious fact that China, through its spectacular recent growth, has taken its place among other Chinese (and Chinese cultural orbit) populations in East Asia, reinforcing the position of this region as the most dynamic portion of the world economy. Could China share with other Chinese populations, despite more than 30 years of collectivist socialism, grass roots social structures that are conducive to economic growth under the proper conditions - social structures that are different in strategically important ways from those in the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe?

Changing Social Priorities and the Increased Salience of the Economy in Estonia

2005 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 303-314
Author(s):  
Barbara A. Anderson ◽  
John H. Romani
Keyword(s):  
Soviet Union ◽  
Former Soviet Union ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Safety Net ◽  
Social Safety Net ◽  
The Social ◽  
Former Soviet Republics

Since 1991, throughout the former Soviet Union marketization has increased, and much of the social safety net has disappeared. Compared with other former Soviet republics, Estonia has fared well. In this paper, we examine the salience and seriousness of various social issues for groups in Estonia in 1996, and we compare the 1996 results with those of a survey that took place in Estonia in 1991 shortly before the coup. We also reflect on the findings in light of opportunities and challenges for Estonia.

History, Villagers, and the Social Scientists: Wrestling with the Past in the Present

2012 ◽  
Vol 81 ◽  
pp. 149-162
Author(s):  
Tracy McDonald
Keyword(s):  
Soviet Union ◽  
Former Soviet Union ◽  
Rural Life ◽  
Soviet Society ◽  
The Urals ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Historical Ethnography ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Relationship

What is the relationship between the historical Soviet countryside and the post-Soviet present both for the scholars who study them and for the population that inhabits them? Together Margaret Paxson, Solovyovo: The Story of Memory in a Russian Village; Jessica Allina-Pisano, The Post-Soviet Potemkin Village: Politics and Property Rights in the Black Earth; and Douglas Rogers, The Old Faith and the Russian Land: A Historical Ethnography of Ethics in the Urals create a rich, nuanced portrait of contemporary rural life in parts of the former Soviet Union. When one reads the three books together, one finds evidence of interesting continuity alongside dynamism and change that varies depending on the region and on the questions that motivated the researcher. The three works ask in varied ways how individuals in post-Soviet society perceive their world and attempt to live in it. The three studies extend far and wide across the territory of the former Soviet Union: Solovyovo, three hundred miles north of Moscow; the Black Earth, more than four hundred miles to the south; and Sepych, about one thousand miles to the east.

scholarly journals The advice they give: Knowledge transfer of international organisations in countries of the former Soviet Union

2020 ◽  
pp. 146801812097105
Author(s):  
Andreas Heinrich
Keyword(s):  
Soviet Union ◽  
Knowledge Transfer ◽  
Former Soviet Union ◽  
Healthcare Reform ◽  
International Organisations ◽  
Avant Garde ◽  
Neoliberal Reforms ◽  
The Social ◽  
Mandatory Health Insurance ◽  
Financial Need

This article tests the assumptions of the literature regarding the neoliberal agenda (‘Washington Consensus’) promoted by international organisations through knowledge transfer and about the power they supposedly have through loan conditionality to impose their will on countries in financial need. In addition, it examines ‘avant-garde measures’ of neoliberal reforms exceeding the requirements from international organisations. Looking at the social policy concepts and advice these organisations give countries in the former Soviet Union, it utilises the example of healthcare reform in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia. The article examines the general advice these organisations gave between 1991 and 2018 for the reorganisation and management of the countries’ healthcare systems, especially concerning the introduction of a mandatory health insurance system.

Social Change and Problems of Young Adults and Women in Russia and Uzbekistan

1992 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 24-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Paul Sacks
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Social Change ◽  
Soviet Union ◽  
Social Mobility ◽  
Social Order ◽  
Former Soviet Union ◽  
Regional Differences ◽  
The Social ◽  
Political Boundaries ◽  
Upward Social Mobility

While some groups are discovering new opportunities in the shifting political and economic structures of the former Soviet Union, others are finding that their paths towards upward social mobility have become less clear or blocked. There are also growing regional differences in benefits and losses. Although privileges in the old system often translate into advantages in the new, a contracting economy and the redrawing of political boundaries are altering the social order.

scholarly journals Implementation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in former Soviet Union countries

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Aidana Amangaldiyeva ◽  
Salima Davlidova ◽  
Bauyrzhan Baiserkin ◽  
Natalya Dzissyuk ◽  
Jack DeHovitz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Soviet Union ◽  
Former Soviet Union ◽  
People Who Inject Drugs ◽  
Hiv Transmission ◽  
Hiv Care ◽  
People Living With Hiv ◽  
High Risk Behaviors ◽  
Global Trends ◽  
Sex With Men ◽  
Living With Hiv

AbstractAgainst the current global trends, in the former Soviet Union (FSU) countries HIV prevalence is on the rise. Visa-free movement across borders has facilitated migrant-associated HIV transmission within this region. Despite efforts from the governments to curtail the growing epidemic, there is still a serious need for the development of strategies that focus on high-risk behaviors and practices responsible for the continued transmission of HIV in this region. While governments of FSU countries have taken commendable steps in recent years to address hurdles at each step of the HIV care continuum, to ensure 100% antiretroviral treatment (ART) accessibility to people living with HIV (PLHIV), testing for HIV needs to be enforced widely in FSU countries. Stigma against people who inject drugs (PWID), men who have sex with men (MSM), migrants, and PLHIV need to be addressed. Finally, to avoid breaks in ART supply, FSU countries need to gain independence in funding HIV care so that the provision of ART to PLHIV is made available without interruption.

scholarly journals Intermarriage and Segmented Integration into Finnish Society: Immigrant Women from the Former Soviet Union

2003 ◽  
pp. 33-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anni Jääskeläinen
Keyword(s):  
Soviet Union ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Former Soviet Union ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Immigrant Women ◽  
A Priori ◽  
The Other ◽  
Ethnic Networks ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The Social

The number of immigrants is still very small in Finland. Until the l 990s immigrantscame to Finland in small numbers, mostly as a consequence of marriage. With thedissolution of the Sovi et Union, immigration to Finland from the former Sovi et Unionhas increased considerably with the consequence that Russian and Estonian speakersin Finland form the biggest immigrant groups speaking a foreign-language. Nowadaysthe largest immigrant groups from the former Soviet Union consist first of 'ethnicreturning migrants 'with Finnish ancestry and their family members and secondof immigrants married to Finnish citizens. In this article the social and economicintegration of immigrant women from the former Sovi et Union into Finnish societywas explored, with reference to the concept of segmented integration. Intermarriageis often de.fined a priori as 'problematic 'and it is thought to generate conjlict, marginalityand isolation for the immigrants. On the other hand, intermarriage is alsoseen as a resource for integration and social inclusion for the foreign-bom. In thisstudy intermarried immigrant women (Finnish-born - foreign-bom couples) werecompared to in-married immigrant women (foreign-bom - foreign-bom couples) usinga nationwide population survey targeted at Russian and Estonian immigrantsfrom the area of the former Sovi et Union.The results show that intermarried immigrant women seem to be quite successful infinding access to the Finnish and co-ethnic networks and at the same time they wereeconomically integrated. In-married immigrants experienced economic limitationsmore often than those who were intermarried. A noticeable part of in-married womenactually integrate into the networks of co-ethnics, while integration into Finnish networksis weak or non-existent. Intermarried immigrant women, on the other hand,integrate more often only into the Finnish community. This indicates that integrationhas become segmented and that marriage type was an important element - but onlyane among other factors - in the process of segmented integration.

scholarly journals Hook or hatchet – Lover 's Lane, love scene epilogue

2009 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-61
Author(s):  
Ivan Kovačević
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Social Reality ◽  
Sexual Relations ◽  
Public Attention ◽  
Urban Legends ◽  
The Social ◽  
Anglo American

Myth of a couple who escape death in a chance encounter with the psychopath with a hook instead of a hand, is one of the ten classic urban legends that have been brought to public attention by folklorists during the sixth and seventh decade of the twentieth century. Eminent Anglo-American folklorists dedicated entire papers, or significant portion in their works to this tale, as a contribution to the study of urban legends as a folk genre. In this essay, the legend of the hook is closely linked with the boyfriend's' death legend, its hermetic interpretation, and contextualization in the social reality of sexual relations at the time in which it occurs.

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