Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-203) and index.
Contents
Movements and the post-Soviet state : networks, resources, and agenda-setting -- Local government and social control in the Soviet Union and post-Soviet Russia -- Ethnosocial contexts and grievances -- The Soviets and nationalist movements, 1990-1992 : setting the limits of contention -- The Soviets and ethnic conflict : the deviant case of North Ossetiya -- Local self-government or government gone local? : municipal control of the citizenry, 1992-2000 -- Is local government becoming local? -- Conclusions and implications.