Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • PREFACE
  • CONTENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • PART ONE. SOCIETY AND CHANGE
  • SOME PRINCIPAL CHARACTERISTICS OF INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES
  • PROBLEMS AND PATTERNS OF RUSSIAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
  • POPULATION CHANGES
  • PART TWO. LAW, POLITICS, AND SOCIAL CHANGE
  • THE PATTERNS OF AUTOCRACY
  • THE PARTIES AND THE STATE: THE EVOLUTION OF POLITICAL ATTITUDES
  • THE COURTS AND THE LEGAL SYSTEM
  • THE POLITICAL POLICE: THE DREAM OF ABEAUTIFUL AUTOCRACY
  • THE STATE AND THE LOCAL COMMUNITY
  • THE STATE AND THE ECONOMY
  • SUMMARY AND REVIEW
  • PART THREE. SOCIAL STRATIFICATION
  • SOCIAL CLASSES AND POLITICAL STRUCTURE
  • THE INTELLIGENTSIA AND RUSSIA
  • THE CIVIL SERVICE: ITS COMPOSITION AND STATUS
  • THE RUSSIAN PEASANT: FROM EMANCIPATION TO KOLKHOZ
  • THE RUSSIAN URBAN WORKER: FROM SERF TO PROLETARIAN
  • THE MILITARY AS A SOCIAL FORCE
  • SUMMARY AND REVIEW: SOCIAL STRATIFICATIONIN THE MODERNIZATION OF RUSSIA
  • PART FOUR. EDUCATION, SCHOLARSHIP, AND RELIGION
  • EDUCATION: ORGANIZATION AND VALUES SINCE 1917
  • LITERARY AND HISTORICAL SCHOLARSHIP
  • SCHOLARSHIP IN THE NATURAL SCIENCES
  • CHURCH AND STATE
  • THE INNER LIFE OF THE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH
  • SUMMARY AND REVIEW
  • PART FIVE. FAMILY, YOUTH, AND HUMAN WELFARE
  • THE FAMILY AND SOCIAL CHANGE
  • THE STRONG-WOMAN MOTIF
  • YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS AND THE ADJUSTMENT OF SOVIET ADOLESCENTS
  • CHANGING ATTITUDES OF RUSSIAN YOUTH
  • THE ORGANIZATION OF WELFARE SERVICES
  • MEDICAL ORGANIZATION AND THE MEDICAL PROFESSION
  • SUMMARY AND REVIEW
  • PART SIX. PERSONAL AND SOCIAL VALUES
  • RUSSIAN ETHNIC VALUES
  • SOME RUSSIAN IMAGES OF THE WEST
  • THE IMAGE OF DUAL RUSSIA
  • CHANGING ATTITUDES TOWARD THE INDIVIDUAL
  • THE SOVIET MODEL OF THE IDEAL YOUTH
  • SOME NOTES ON THE RUSSIAN NATIONAL CHARACTER
  • SUMMARY AND REVIEW
  • PART SEVEN. CONCLUSION
  • THE MODERNIZATION OF RUSSIAN SOCIETY
  • Contributors
  • INDEX