Media, Culture and Society in Putin’s Russia

1. Introduction
Stephen White

Part 1. Civil Society in Russia

2. Civil Society and the Reconstitution of Russian Political Space: the Case of the Republic of Karelia
Ilkka Liikanen

3. What Kind of Civil Society in Russia?
Diana Schmidt-Pfister

4. Russian and Estonian Civil Society Discourses Compared
Risto Alapuro

Part 2. Media and Society

5. Journalistic Source Practices in Russian Business Dailies
Katja Koikkalainen

6. Journalists in the Russian Regions: How Different Generations View their Professional Roles
Svetlana Pasti, Jukka Pietiläinen

7. Debating Kyoto: Soviet Networks and New Perplexities
Marie-Hélène Mandrillon

8. Political Capitalism and the Russian Media
Markus Soldner

Part 3. Economy, Culture and Society

9. Russia’s Asymmetric Capitalism in Comparative Perspective
David Lane

10. Killers and Gangsters: the Heroes of Russian Blockbusters of the Putin Era
Birgit Beumers

11. Drug Abuse and HIV/AIDS in Russia
John M. Kramer

Keywords: Cultural and Media Studies, Media Studies, Russian and Post-Soviet Politics, Cultural Studies, Political Science, Performing Arts