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In 1581 a Cossack raider crossed the Ural Mountains to plunder and claim for Tsar Ivan IV the land called "Sibir" by its Tatar inhabitants. Within half a century, Moscow's reach would extend nearly six thousand miles to the east. Thus Russia has a long history as part of Asia. Does it have a future there as well? Rediscovering Russia in Asia takes the reader on a trans-Siberian expedition to encounter the peoples, cultures, and riches of Russia's eastern expanses. The expert guides are scholars with the language skills and the sense of adventure to explore a "crossroads of civilizations" at long last reopened to the world.
List of contents
Selected Contents: Foreword: Civic Service Analysis Has Come of Age
Amitai Etzioni Part 1: Context 1. Building Knowledge on Civic Service Worldwide
Amanda Moore McBride and Michael Sherraden, with Margaret Lombe and Fengyan Tang 2. From Military Service to Civic Service: The Evolution of National Youth Service
Donald J. Eberly and Reuven Gal Part 2: National Service: Policy, Potential, and Effects 3. The Effects of National Service in Africa, with a Focus on Nigeria
Ebenezer Obadare 4. Toward Universal National Youth Service in Israel: Possible Social Capital Effects
Nicole Fleischer and Reuven Gal 5. The Effects of National Service in the United States: A Research Synthesis
James Perry and Ann Marie Thomson Part 3: Civic Service Across the Life Course 6. Civic Service Among Youth in Chile, Denmark, England, and the United States: A Psychological Perspective
Judith Torney-Purta, Jo-Ann Amadeo, and Wendy Klandl Richardson 7. The Potential Effects of Service-learning and Community Service in Educational Settings in Latin America
Maria Nieves Tapia 8. Youth Service and Elder Service in Comparative Perspective
Nancy Morrow-Howell and Fengyan Tang Part IV: Civic Service Across Borders 9. International Civic Service: A Step Toward Cooperation in a Global World
Margaret Sherrard Sherraden 10. Social Psychological Theory and the Potential for Intergroup and Ethnonational Cooperation in Civic Service Programs
Ronald Pitner Part V: Impacts and Inquiry 11. Civic Service Across Nations and Cultures: The Range of Effects and Ways to Study Them
Justin Davis Smith and Angela Ellis 12. Directions in Civic Service Scholarship: An Institutional Perspective,
Amanda Moore McBride and Michael Sherraden, with Natasha Menon
About the author
Stephen Kotkin, David Wolff
Summary
This work presents a trans-Siberian expedition to rediscover the peoples, cultures and riches of Russia's eastern frontiers. It addresses such questions as: who are the people of the region?; have they a distinct culture?; and does the area have a future as part of the Pacific Rim?
