Sociocultural Transformations in the Communist and Post-Communist World: How Russia and China Lead the Cultural Defiance of Western Values
暫譯: 共產主義與後共產主義世界中的社會文化變遷：俄羅斯與中國如何引領對西方價值觀的文化挑戰

Anguelov, Nikolay

Sociocultural Transformations in the Communist and Post-Communist World: How Russia and China Lead the Cultural Defiance of Western Values
  • 出版商: Palgrave MacMillan
  • 出版日期: 2026-05-12
  • 售價: $1,820
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  • 語言: 英文
  • 頁數: 117
  • 裝訂: Hardcover - also called cloth, retail trade, or trade
  • ISBN: 3032223016
  • ISBN-13: 9783032223012
  • 相關分類: 科技科普 Technology

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The continued popularity of Western, mainly American cultural exports internationally has given rise to "The West and the Rest" paradigm as a defining feature of cultural globalization. This volume explains "The West and the Rest" paradigm and follows its legacy with analysis of the development of the concepts of cultural globalization, cultural convergence, and their continued proliferation in authoritarian dictatorships, despite strong government censorship. It explains this trajectory in the context of technological innovations that have fueled the evolution of cross-border cultural messaging. This messaging continues to proliferate via largely illicit citizen-managed markets that keep developing ways to evade the censorship of central governments in the remnants of the Communist world. Its popularity with ordinary citizen keeps growing because of showing higher standards of living and well-being. Citizens embrace it as an escapist mechanism and this embrace is analyzed as an outcome of soft power. The dynamic is discussed on two fronts in this volume. One is with a focus on the technological innovations since the end of the Cold War that have increased the breadth, scope, and source of cross-cultural messaging. The other is with a focus on the evolution of the economic structure of the former Communist world. Wealth and digitization are congruent and therefore, a parallel lesion discussion is offered on the change of economic realities of the last decades of Communism and today. The change is the significant growth of wealth in the former Communist world. Authoritarian governments are deploying it in their own soft power ways to promote their domestic and international clout and defy Western cultural and diplomatic pressures, including economic sanctions. This resilience is discussed with a focus on how Russia is withstanding the unprecedented economic sanctions imposed on it for its war on Ukraine. It does so with the help of its ideological allies, including North Korea and China, eager to support Russia in its defiance of Western values. The soft power of these autocratic power players is examined further in the context of the interplay between soft and sharp power. This interplay redefines formal and informal socio-cultural diplomacy. The book concludes with a detailed analysis of the change through a digital cosmopolitanism lens with a focus on user-generated technopolitical content.

商品描述(中文翻譯)

西方，主要是美國的文化出口在國際上的持續受歡迎，促成了「西方與其他」的範式，成為文化全球化的一個定義特徵。本書解釋了「西方與其他」的範式，並分析了文化全球化、文化趨同的概念發展及其在專制獨裁政權中的持續擴散，儘管面臨強烈的政府審查。它在技術創新背景下解釋了這一趨勢，這些創新促進了跨境文化傳遞的演變。這種傳遞主要通過非法的公民管理市場不斷擴散，這些市場不斷發展出規避中央政府審查的方法。由於展示了更高的生活水平和福祉，這種文化的受歡迎程度在普通公民中持續增長。公民將其視為一種逃避機制，這種擁抱被分析為軟實力的結果。本書在兩個方面討論了這一動態。一方面，重點關注冷戰結束以來的技術創新，這些創新擴大了跨文化傳遞的廣度、範圍和來源。另一方面，則關注前共產主義世界經濟結構的演變。財富與數位化是相輔相成的，因此，對於共產主義最後幾十年及今日經濟現實變化的平行討論也被提出。變化在於前共產主義世界的財富顯著增長。專制政府以其自身的軟實力方式利用這一點，以促進其國內和國際影響力，並挑戰西方的文化和外交壓力，包括經濟制裁。本書重點討論了俄羅斯如何抵抗因其對烏克蘭的戰爭而施加的前所未有的經濟制裁。俄羅斯在其意識形態盟友的幫助下，這些盟友包括朝鮮和中國，渴望支持俄羅斯挑戰西方價值觀。這些專制權力參與者的軟實力在軟實力與硬實力之間的相互作用中進一步探討。這種相互作用重新定義了正式和非正式的社會文化外交。本書最後通過數位世界公民主義的視角，聚焦於用戶生成的技術政治內容，對變化進行詳細分析。

作者簡介

Dr. Nikolay Anguelov is Full Professor of Public Policy at the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth. He has a Ph.D. in Policy Studies, concentration Regional Economic Development, an MPA and an MS in Applied Economics and Statistics from Clemson University. Dr Anguelov completed his undergraduate studies at the Fashion Institute of Technology where he earned a double B.S. in International Trade and Advertising Communications and Marketing. As a political economist, he focuses on the intersection of economics and politics, both in the US and internationally. His research links economic development, globalization, sustainability, and public finance. He is the author of five books: The Sustainable Fashion Quest: Innovations in Business and Policy (2021, Routledge), From Criminalizing to Decriminalizing Marijuana: The Politics of Social Control (2018, Lexington Books), The Dirty Side of the Garment Industry: Fast Fashion and Its Negative Impact on Environment and Society (2015, CRC Press), Economic Sanctions Vs. Soft Power: Lessons from North Korea, Myanmar and the Middle East (2015, Palgrave Macmillan) and Policy and Political Theory in Trade Practice: Multinational Corporations and Global Governments (2014, Palgrave Macmillan). He is also contributing author and co-editor of Stoneover: The Observed Lessons and Unanswered Questions of Cannabis Legalization (2022, Lexington Books.

作者簡介(中文翻譯)

尼古拉·安格洛夫博士是麻薩諸塞大學達特茅斯分校的公共政策全職教授。他擁有政策研究博士學位，專注於區域經濟發展，並持有克萊姆森大學的公共行政碩士學位及應用經濟學與統計碩士學位。安格洛夫博士在時尚技術學院完成本科學業，獲得國際貿易及廣告傳播與行銷的雙學士學位。作為一名政治經濟學家，他專注於經濟與政治的交集，無論是在美國還是國際上。他的研究將經濟發展、全球化、可持續性和公共財政聯繫在一起。他是五本書的作者：《可持續時尚探索：商業與政策的創新》（2021年，Routledge）、《從刑事化到非刑事化大麻：社會控制的政治》（2018年，Lexington Books）、《服裝產業的陰暗面：快時尚及其對環境和社會的負面影響》（2015年，CRC Press）、《經濟制裁與軟實力：來自北韓、緬甸和中東的教訓》（2015年，Palgrave Macmillan）以及《貿易實踐中的政策與政治理論：跨國公司與全球政府》（2014年，Palgrave Macmillan）。他也是《Stoneover：大麻合法化的觀察教訓與未解問題》（2022年，Lexington Books）的貢獻作者和共同編輯。

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