The Specter of Post-Communism | Competing Explanations for Health Crisis in the Post-Soviet States

Brian P. Hinote

ISBN 10: 3639198026 / ISBN 13: 9783639198027

Published by VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, 2009

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The Specter of Post-Communism | Competing Explanations for Health Crisis in the Post-Soviet States | Brian P. Hinote | Taschenbuch | Englisch | VDM Verlag Dr. Müller | EAN 9783639198027 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: preigu GmbH & Co. KG, Lengericher Landstr. 19, 49078 Osnabrück, mail[at]preigu[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Specter of Post-Communism | Competing Explanations for Health Crisis in the Post-Soviet States
• Publisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3639198026
• ISBN 13: 9783639198027
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

As Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels proclaimed 160 years ago - ?A specter is haunting Europe ? the specter of Communism.? But if the historical forefathers of the Soviet experiment could look in on the twenty-first century today, they would see another, more insidious specter in the ashes of post- socialism ? a specter of health crisis and unchecked mortality. This study explores some of the factors contributing to health crisis in eight former Soviet republics, and sheds light on some precise pathways through which those factors operate to produce unfavorable health outcomes. Longevity among many citizens in this part of the world has declined dramatically or stagnated since the mid-1960s. When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, the health situation further deteriorated, and the health crisis continues to affect large segments of many post-socialist states. This analysis more clearly identifies the roles that stress-related symptomology and political ideology play in the implementation of health behavior and lifestyles, and suggests that lifestyles must be conceptualized as something other than simply individual choices for many citizens of the former USSR.

About the Author

Brian P. Hinote is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Middle Tennessee State University (USA), where he is a specialist in the sociology of health and medicine. Professor Hinote's recent research further explores numerous dimensions of the Russian and post-Soviet health crises, as well as various health and policy issues in the United States.