Changing Values and Identities in Post-Communist World

Switzerland : Springer, 2018.

Academic editor: Lebedeva N., R. Dimitrova, Berry J. W.

Editor-in-chief: Lebedeva N.

This book offers a comparative analysis of value and identity changes in several post-Communist countries. In light of the tremendous economic, social and political changes in former communist states, the authors compare the values, attitudes and identities of different generations and cultural groups. Based on extensive empirical data, using quantitative and qualitative methods to study complex social identities, this book examines how intergenerational value and identity changes are linked to socio-economic and political development. Topics include the rise of nationalist sentiments, identity formation of ethnic and religious groups and minorities, youth identity formation and intergenerational value conflicts

Chapters

Intergenerational Transmission of Values in Urban and Rural Areas of Russia: the Role of Perceived Psychological Closeness

Dubrov D., Tatarko A., , in: Changing Values and Identities in Post-Communist World.: Switzerland: Springer, 2018. P. 117–130.

This paper examines the role of the place of living (urban or rural society) and its social- cultural context in determining the parent- adolescent child value similarity. We interviewed representatives of two generations: parents and children from 90 families in Moscow and 62 families in Russian villages (n=304 people). Our findings indicated the influence of ...

Added: October 10, 2017

Identity and Work Ethic of Peasants in the Context of the Post-Soviet Socio-economic Transformation

Kozlova M. A., Simonova O. A., , in: Changing Values and Identities in Post-Communist World.: Switzerland: Springer, 2018. Ch. 23 P. 405–419.

The chapter analyzes transformations of identity and work ethic among rural habitants through the lens of moral emotions based on the empirical data – thirty semi-structured interviews were collected in several villages of the agricultural region of Russia. We present the following logic of transformations: changed socio-cultural conditions, including public sentiment toward agricultural labor, lead ...

Added: February 8, 2018

Introduction

Dimitrova R., Lebedeva N., Berry J. W. et al., , in: Changing Values and Identities in Post-Communist World.: Switzerland: Springer, 2018. P. 1–24.

Authors present the main directions of the research of changing values and identities in post-communist countries of Eastern Europe ...

Added: May 28, 2018

Values of Ethnic Russian Minority Members in North Caucasus Republics of the Russian Federation: An Inter- and Intragenerational Comparison

Galyapina V. N., Lebedeva N., Lepshokova Z. et al., , in: Changing Values and Identities in Post-Communist World.: Switzerland: Springer, 2018. Ch. 8 P. 157–173.

This paper examines inter- and intragenerational value similarities and differences among two generations of ethnic Russian minority member living in two North Caucasus republics—North Ossetia-Аlania (RNO-A) and Kabardino-Balkaria (KBR) of the Russian Federation. It also compares them with values of two generations of Russians in the Central Federal District of Russia (CFD) and with values ...

Added: May 29, 2018

Probing the Relationship Between Group Identities of Russians and Ossetians in the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania: Intergenerational Analysis

Galyapina V. N., Lebedeva N., , in: Changing Values and Identities in Post-Communist World.: Switzerland: Springer, 2018. Ch. 13 P. 243–258.

This paper examines the relationship between five group identities (ethnic, religious, republican, regional, and national) in three generations of Russians and Ossetians, living in the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania (RNO-A). The sample included 109 grandparent-parent-adolescent triads from Russian families and 106 such triads from Ossetian families (total N = 645). Data processing was carried out using multivariate ...

Added: May 29, 2018

Conclusion

Lebedeva N., Berry J. W., , in: Changing Values and Identities in Post-Communist World.: Switzerland: Springer, 2018. P. 421–431.

This book presents reports of a set of research conducted in the countries of Eastern and Central Europe, the Russian Federation, and Uzbekistan after the collapse of USSR and so-called socialist bloc in Eastern Europe. Until now, there has been relatively little empirical research devoted to the changing values and identities across countries and generations ...

Added: May 31, 2018

Value Similarity with Mothers and Peers and Family Climate as Predictors of Well-Being of Russian Youth in Latvia

Ryabichenko T., Lebedeva N., Plotka I., , in: Changing Values and Identities in Post-Communist World.: Switzerland: Springer, 2018. P. 191–205.

The study highlighted the role of family climate and value transmission in the well-being of youth. A positive psychological climate within a family (psychological closeness of youth with their mothers) was a strong predictor of the well-being of Russian youth in Latvia. The results indicated that the absolute value similarity scores of Russian youth with ...

Added: June 1, 2018

Intergenerational Value Differences in Latvia and Azerbaijan

Bushina E., Ryabichenko T., , in: Changing Values and Identities in Post-Communist World.: Switzerland: Springer, 2018. P. 85–98.

The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 led to the fact that a young generation of citizens in the new independent states grow up in conditions that substantially differed from their parents’ period of socialization. A large number of ethnic Russians, who previously lived in one state, now live in different countries outside Russia. ...

Added: June 19, 2018

The kaleidoscope of language, ethnicity, and identity in Uzbekistan.

Isaeva K., Adams B. G., van de Vijver F., , in: Changing Values and Identities in Post-Communist World.: Switzerland: Springer, 2018. P. 295–312.

The historical and political situation of Uzbekistan created a unique context where language and ethnicity do not completely overlap for all groups. The study focused on three groups of Uzbeks: Uzbek Uzbek-speakers, Russian Russian-speakers, and Uzbek Russian-speakers. We explored how national, ethnic, ethnolinguistic, and religious identities are associated with interethnic friendship and romantic relationships in these three groups. Identities ...

Added: October 29, 2018

The Role of Social Disidentification in Acculturation Preferences of Ethnic Majority and Minority Members in Kabardino-Balkar Republic

Lepshokova Z., Lebedeva N., , in: Changing Values and Identities in Post-Communist World.: Switzerland: Springer, 2018. Ch. 17 P. 313–331.

The chapter is devoted to studying the role of social disidentification in acculturation preferences of ethnic minority and majority group members. Social disidentification refers to the active rejection and distancing oneself from a particular group. The study involved ethnic Russians living in Kabardino-Balkar Republic (KBR), North Caucasus, Russian Federation (N = 249), and the Kabardians and Balkars, ...

Added: October 31, 2018

Keywords: идентичность, identity, basic values, ценности Ш. Шварца, value transmission

Publication based on the results of: Socio-psychological consequences of changes on the post-Soviet space: values, identity, intercultural relations (2018)