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Author Javeline, Debra, 1967-

Title Protest and the politics of blame : the Russian response to unpaid wages / Debra Javeline.

Publication Info. Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2003]

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Series Interests, identities, and institutions in comparative politics
Interests, identities, and institutions in comparative politics.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-283) and index.
Contents Introduction -- The crisis -- The reaction -- The puzzle -- The structure of this book -- Why blame attribution matters for protest -- Explanations for protest and passivity in Russia -- Issue difficulty and blame attribution -- Blame attribution and collective action theory -- The importance of blame attribution for human behavior -- What is a "normal" amount of protest? -- How much protest is there in Russia? -- What we can learn from individual-level data -- Conclusion -- Wage arrears in Russia: a difficult issue -- The role of the central authorities -- The role of regional and local authorities -- The role of enterprises and enterprise managers -- The role of the general economic situation and the transition period -- The role of international organizations and foreign governments -- The role of the Russian people -- Other sources of wage arrears -- Specifying blameworthy individuals and institutions -- Blame-avoiding strategies -- Blame-avoiding institutions and circumstances -- Conclusion -- Whom Russians blame for wage arrears -- Multicausality and information overload -- Measuring the attribution of blame -- Blame cast widely and inconsistently -- No clear saviors or solutions -- What explains the attribution of blame? -- Conclusion -- The politics of blame -- Protesting wage arrears -- Blame attribution and individual responses to wage arrears -- Blame attribution and group responses to wage arrears -- Feedback: protest's influence on blame attribution -- Conclusion -- Alternative explanations for the Russian response to wage arrears -- Economic arguments -- Psychological arguments -- Cultural arguments -- Organizational arguments -- Opportunities and constraints -- Other explanations for protest and passivity -- The robust relationship between blame and protest -- Conclusion -- Implications -- The study of blame attribution and collective action theory -- Blame and protest in comparative perspective -- The unlikeliness of social unrest in Russia -- Alcoholism, depression, and learned helplessness -- Scapegoating and demagoguery -- Appendix A. how the survey was conducted -- Appendix B. survey questions.
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Language English.
Subject Wages -- Russia (Federation)
Wages.
Russia (Federation)
Blame -- Political aspects -- Russia (Federation)
Blame -- Political aspects.
Blame.
Social psychology -- Russia (Federation)
Social psychology.
Social surveys -- Russia (Federation)
Social surveys.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Protest and the politics of blame Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2003. 0472113062 (cloth : alk. paper) (DLC) 2002152250
ISBN 9780472024773 ebook
0472024779
0472113062 cloth : alkaline paper
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9781282445321
9786612445323
6612445327
9780472113064 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
Standard No. 10.3998/mpub.17850