The post-Soviet handbook : a guide to grassroots organizations and Internet resources in the newly independent states / M. Holt Ruffin, Joan McCarter, Richard Upjohn ; foreword by S. Frederick Starr.

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Ruffin, M. Holt

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TextPublication details: Seattle, [Wash.] : Center for Civil Society International, in association with University of Washington Press, c1996.Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 391 p.)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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9780295999760
0295999764

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: The post-Soviet handbookDDC classification:

067/.025 20

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HS71.F6

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Cover; The Post-Soviet Handbook; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Guide to Foreign Words and Abbreviations; Maps; Introduction; U.S.-Based Organizations; Clearinghouse Organizations; Special Focus Organizations; NIS-Based Organizations; Armenia; Azerbaijan; Belarus; Georgia; Kazakstan; Kyrgyzstan; Moldova; Russia: West of the Urals; Russia: East of the Urals; Tajikistan; Turkmenistan; Ukraine; Uzbekistan; Internet Resources; Internet Access in the NIS; Electronic Mailing Lists; NIS-Related Internet Sites; Online News Sources; Electronic Directories and Lists

Sending and Receiving in CyrillicAppendices; Additional Resources; Index of NIS Cities with Grassroots Organizations; Index of U.S.-Based Organizations

Summary: The Soviet Union's demise in 1991 resulted in 15 independent nations and a legacy of crime and corruption, public insecurity, and even civil wars. More positive and lasting, if less visible, has been the formation of dynamic new organizations by public-spirited citizens working to make their institutions more humane, their economies more productive, their environments cleaner, and their legal systems more just.Summary: The Post-Soviet Handbook documents the enormous variety of these grassroots initiatives. It is the only guide of its kind, identifying and describing the real architects and builders of democratic progress across this vast and pivotal region, from the Research Center for Human Rights in Moscow to the Red Crescent Society in Azerbaijan and the Wildlife Foundation in Khabarovsk. It provides extensive contact information for hundreds of independent associations, and describes their principal programs and activities. This compendium is an essential resource for scholars, policy makers, business leaders, activists and anyone interested in collaborative projects with these groups.Summary: In addition, a special section introduces the abundance of Internet resources related to the newly independent states (NIS), from electronic mailing lists to World Wide Web and Gopher sites, as well as utilities for moving from Latin characters to Cyrillic and vice-versa. Other sections provide contact information for more than 20 clearinghouse organizations and describe more than 150 projects in the NIS created by U.S.-based entities, ranging from cultural exchanges to financial sector reforms and housing development.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sending and Receiving in CyrillicAppendices; Additional Resources; Index of NIS Cities with Grassroots Organizations; Index of U.S.-Based Organizations

The Soviet Union's demise in 1991 resulted in 15 independent nations and a legacy of crime and corruption, public insecurity, and even civil wars. More positive and lasting, if less visible, has been the formation of dynamic new organizations by public-spirited citizens working to make their institutions more humane, their economies more productive, their environments cleaner, and their legal systems more just.

The Post-Soviet Handbook documents the enormous variety of these grassroots initiatives. It is the only guide of its kind, identifying and describing the real architects and builders of democratic progress across this vast and pivotal region, from the Research Center for Human Rights in Moscow to the Red Crescent Society in Azerbaijan and the Wildlife Foundation in Khabarovsk. It provides extensive contact information for hundreds of independent associations, and describes their principal programs and activities. This compendium is an essential resource for scholars, policy makers, business leaders, activists and anyone interested in collaborative projects with these groups.

In addition, a special section introduces the abundance of Internet resources related to the newly independent states (NIS), from electronic mailing lists to World Wide Web and Gopher sites, as well as utilities for moving from Latin characters to Cyrillic and vice-versa. Other sections provide contact information for more than 20 clearinghouse organizations and describe more than 150 projects in the NIS created by U.S.-based entities, ranging from cultural exchanges to financial sector reforms and housing development.

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