Media, Culture and Society in Putin's Russia

Introduction; S.White PART 1: CIVIL SOCIETY IN RUSSIA Civil Society and the Reconstitution of Russian Political Space; I.Liikanen What Kind of Civil Society in Russia?; D.Schmidt Russian and Estonian Civil Society Discourses Compared; R.Alapuro PART 2: MEDIA AND SOCIETY Journalistic Source Practices in Russian Business Dailies; K.Koikkalainen Journalists in the Russian Regions; S.Pasti& J.Pietiläinen Debate in Russia over Ratifying the Kyoto Protocol; M-H.Mandrillon Political Capitalism and the Russian Media; M.Soldner PART 3: ECONOMY, CULTURE AND SOCIETY Russia's Asymmetric Capitalism in Comparative Perspective; D.Lane Killers and Gangsters: The Heroes of Russian Blockbusters of the Putin Era; B.Beumers Drug Abuse and HIV/AIDS in Russia; J.M.Kramer