| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations. |
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| Series |
Studies in Contemporary Russia |
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Studies in contemporary Russia.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Russia's Cultural Statecraft -- Higher Education as a Tool for Cultural Statecraft? -- Fine Arts and International Relations: Russian Museum Diplomacy -- Forging Common History: Russia's Cultural Statecraft and the Soviet Second World War Monuments in Europe -- 'Russian literature will fix everything': The Read Russia Project and Cultural Statecraft -- The Future State: Russian Cinema and Neoliberal Cultural Statecraft -- Soviet Legacies and Global Contexts: Classical Music and Russia's Cultural Statecraft -- Stagecraft in the Service of Statecraft? Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest -- International Events in the Service of Cultural Statecraft: The Sochi Olympics and the World Festival of Youth and Students -- Sport as Cultural Statecraft: Russia and the Kontinental Hockey League -- In Search of Past Glory: Russia's Cultural Statecraft in the Age of Decline. |
| Summary |
"This book focuses on Russia's cultural statecraft in dealing with a number of institutional cultural domains such as education, museums and monuments, high arts and sport. It analyses to what extent Russia's cultural activities abroad have been used for foreign policy purposes, and perceived as having a political dimension. Building on the concept of cultural statecraft, the authors present a broad and nuanced view of how Russia sees the role of culture in its external relations, how this shapes the image of Russia, and the ways in which this cultural statecraft is received by foreign audiences. The expert team of contributors consider: what choices are made in fostering this agenda; how Russian state authorities see the purpose and limits of various cultural instruments; to what extent can the authorities shape these instruments; what fields have received more attention and become more politicized and what fields have remained more autonomous. The methodological research design of the book as a whole is a comparative case study comparing the nature of Russian cultural statecraft across time, target countries and diverse cultural fields. It will be of interest to scholars and students of Russian foreign policy and external relations and those working on the role of culture in world politics"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Biography |
Sirke M̃kinen is University Lecturer in Russian and Eurasian Studies at the Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki, Finland, and the Head of the Nationwide Expertise in Russian and Eastern European Studies (ExpREES) programme. Tuomas Forsberg is Director of the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies (HCAS) at the University of Helsinki and Professor of International Relations at Tampere University. |
| Note |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 03, 2021). |
| Subject |
Politics and culture -- Russia (Federation)
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International relations and culture -- Russia (Federation)
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Cultural diplomacy -- Russia (Federation)
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POLITICAL SCIENCE / General.
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Cultural diplomacy. (OCoLC)fst01893393
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International relations and culture. (OCoLC)fst00977102
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Politics and culture. (OCoLC)fst01069952
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Russia (Federation) (OCoLC)fst01262050
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Forsberg, Tuomas, 1967- editor.
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Mäkinen, Sirke, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Russia's cultural statecraft First Edition. New York : Routledge, 2022 9780367694357 (DLC) 2021021592 |
| ISBN |
9781003141785 electronic book |
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1003141781 electronic book |
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9781000469271 electronic book |
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1000469271 electronic book |
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9781000469240 electronic book |
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1000469247 electronic book |
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