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Dedovshchina in the post-soviet military : hazing of Russian army conscripts in a comparative perspective

Title: Dedovshchina in the post-soviet military : hazing of Russian army conscripts in a comparative perspective / Françoise Daucé and Elisabeth Sieca-Kozlowski, eds. ; with a foreword by Dale Herspring.
Publication: Stuttgart : Ibidem-Verlag, 2006.

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299 pages : illustrations; 21 cm.

Summary

In contemporary armies, violence among soldiers seems to be a universal phenomenon found in both professional and drafted armies. However, the comparison of violent practices in various armies around the world allows us to identify specific features linked to those countries' sociological, political or anthropological contexts. Hazing, for example, seems to be more violent in the armies of transitional societies (Russia, Eastern Europe, Latin America), where social tensions encountered by citizens in their daily lives are carried over to, and sometimes intensified in, the military. The comparison of Russian dedovshchina with the situation in other countries makes it possible to identify universal, transitional and national characteristics of military violence. Contents: Konstantin Bannikov on the consequences of the spread throughout society of archaic violence produced by the Russian army; Anna Colin Lebedev on the perception of military violence in Russian society; Anton Oleynik on informal relationships among prisoners and conscripts; Kirill Podrabinek on the reasons of the prevalence of dedovshchina in the post-Soviet context; Igor Obraztsov on the historical roots of dedovshchina; Vadim Mikhailin on the role of language in the military milieu; Julie Elkner on the Committee of Soldiers Mothers; Bakit Katchekeyev on hazing in the Kyrgyz army; Irakli Sesiashvili on hazing in the Georgian army; Hana Cervinkova on hazing in the Czech army; James Wither on bullying in the British army; Eduardo Paes-Machado & Carlos Linhares de Albuquerque on hazing in the Brazilian police; Joris Van Bladel on dedovshchina and the all-volunteer force. -- Amazon.com.

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Soviet and post-soviet politics and society, 1614-3515 ; 28

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Soviet and post-Soviet politics and society ; 28.

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Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Regimented communities in a civil society / Konstantin Bannikov -- The test of reality : understanding families' tolerance faced with mistreatment of conscripts in the Russian army / Anna Colin Lebedev -- Dedovshchina as an element of the "small society" : evidence from Russia and other countries / Anton Oleynik -- Back to the problem / Kirill Podrabinek -- The reasons for dedovshchina and ways to prevent it : a retrospective analysis / Igor V. Obraztsov -- Russian army mat as code system controlling behaviours in the Russian army / Vadim Mikhalin -- Dedovshchina and the committee of soldiers' mothers under Gorbachev / Julie Elkner -- The Kyrgyz Republic : is desertion a national tradition? / Bakit Katchekeyev -- Hazing in the Georgian army : the association "Justice and Liberty" reports on non-statutory relations / Irakli Sesiashvili -- Time to waste : notes on the culture of the enlisted in the professionalizing Czech military / Hana Cervinkova -- Battling bullying in the British army 1987-2004 / James K. Wither -- The hazing of police recruits : initiation to organization and resistance to policing reform in Brazil / Eduardo Paes-Machado & Carlos Linhares de Albuquerque -- Is the all-volunteer force a solution to draft problems? / Joris van Bladel.

ISBN

3898216160
9783898216166

LCCN

2006402710

OCLC

ocm65166741
65166741
SCSB-8410192

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Princeton University Library