Introduction / Laura A. Henry and Lisa Mcintosh Sundstrom
The history of civil society in Russia
Civil society in late Imperial Russia / Mary Schaeffer Conroy
Civil society in the Soviet Union? / Alfred B. Evans
The context of civil society development
Media, civil society, and the failure of the fourth estate in Russia / Sarah Oates
Business and civil society in Russia / Peter Rutland
Organized crime groups : "uncivil society" / Louise Shelley
The church and civil society in Russia / Edwin Bacon
Civil society in rural Russia / Stephen K. Wegren
Vladimir Putin's design for civil society / Alfred Evans
Society in contemporary Russia : case studies
Women's organizations : institutionalized interest groups or vulnerable dissidents? / Valerie Sperling
Soldiers' rights groups in Eussia : civil society through Russian and western eyes / Lisa Mcintosh Sundstrom
Russian trade unions : where are they in the former workers' state? / Sue Davis
Russian environmentalists and civil society / Laura A. Henry
Disability organizations in the regions / Kate Thomson
Formal and informal strategies of migrant populations / Moya Flynn
Public/ private permutations: domestic violence crisis centers in Barnaul / Janet Elise Johnson
Is civil society stronger in small towns? / Anne White
Concluding thoughts
Russian civil society : tensions and trajectories / Lisa Mcintosh Sundstrom and Laura A. Henry.
Russian civil society : a critical assessment. ISBN 0765615215. Published by M.E. Sharpe in 2006. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.