The book offers a theoretical discussion of the feudal model and a preliminary application of the model to post-Soviet Russia. In addition to a review of the feudal model as an ideal type, the author explains the analytical benefits of drawing comparisons between countries and across historical contexts. Specifically, contemporary Russia is compared to Western European countries during the Middle Ages and to the Soviet period in Russian history. The book is devoted to illuminating the most important political, social and economic characteristics of contemporary Russian society.

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Vladimir Shlapentokh is Professor of Sociology, and Joshua Woods is a doctoral student in Sociology, bothat Michigan State University.

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Book Title: Contemporary Russia as a Feudal Society
Book Subtitle: A New Perspective on the Post-Soviet Era
Authors: Vladimir Shlapentokh
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230609693
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies Collection, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 2007
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-60096-6Published: 15 November 2007
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-37049-8Published: 15 November 2007
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-60969-3Published: 26 November 2007
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 269
Topics: Russian and Post-Soviet Politics, European Politics, International Political Economy, Political Science

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