Undertakes an analysis of the development of civil society in post-Soviet Russia. This book analyzes the Russian context and considers the roles of the media, business, organized crime, the church, the village, and the Putin administration in shaping the terrain of public life.

Part 1 Russian Civil Society; Chapter 1 Introduction, Laura A. Henry, Lisa McIntosh Sundstrom; Part I The History of Civil Society in Russia; Chapter 2 Civil Society in Late Imperial Russia, Mary Schaeffer Conroy; Chapter 3 Civil Society in the Soviet Union?, Alfred B.EvansJr; Part II The Context of Civil Society Development; Chapter 4 Media, Civil Society, and the Failure of the Fourth Estate in Russia, Sarah Oates; Chapter 5 Business and Civil Society in Russia, Peter Rutland; Chapter 6 Organized Crime Groups, Louise Shelley; Chapter 7 The Church and Civil Society in Russia, Edwin Bacon; Chapter 8 Civil Society in Rural Russia, Stephen K. Wegren; Chapter 9 Vladimir Putin's Design for Civil Society, Alfred B.EvansJr.; Part III Civil Society in Contemporary Russia: Case Studies; Chapter 10 Women's Organizations, Valerie Sperling; Chapter 11 Soldiers' Rights Groups in Russia, Lisa McIntosh Sundstrom; Chapter 12 Russian Trade Unions, Sue Davis; Chapter 13 Russian Environmentalists and Civil Society, Laura A. Henry; Chapter 14 Disability Organizations in the Regions, Kate Thomson; Chapter 15 Formal and Informal Strategies of Migrant Populations, Moya Flynn; Chapter 16 Public-Private Permutations, Janet Elise Johnson; Chapter 17 Is Civil Society Stronger in Small Towns?, Anne White; Part IV Concluding Thoughts; Chapter 18 Russian Civil Society, Lisa McIntosh Sundstrom, Laura A. Henry;