Yanitsky O. Russian Greens in a Risk Society. A Structural Analysis. Kikimora Publications. Helsinki. 2000.

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Abstract

The provocative and timely contribution to the debate on current Russian environmental policy and politics provides a contextualized analysis of the Russian green movement within a society characterized by all-encompassing risk. Risk has become so pervasive in Russian life that it is now a «normal» part of daily routine. Russian society is gradually losing control over the factors that create and spread risk, as environmental policy-making that aimed to reduce it is commonly seen to threaten the modernization of Russian economic and social life. The author argues that hostility toward the green movement is thus woven into the social fabric of modern Russian society. In response, the Green movement is becoming less rooted in Russian culture and more Westernized, integrating itself into the global environmental community. Deep transformations in the movement’s goals, organizational structure and action repertoire are revealed and analyzed in detail. The book is based on case studies conducted in 1989-98 in six regions of Russia, as well as on a comparative examination of environmental NGOs in Russia, Ukraine and Estonia.

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