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Les systèmes de régulation de la production des programmes télévisuels sont aussi importants dans les études des médias que l'analyse du corps d'un texte. l'économie politique rend possible l'étude des programmes télévisuels et des systèmes de régulation de la production télévisuelle dans un seul modèle de même que leurs interconnections. Deux systèmes régulateurs de télévision sont décrits, et les dynamiques de leur transformation sont présentées. Les résultats des entrevues avec les fonctionnaires de l'industrie télévisuelle sont utilisés pour examiner l'influence des relations entre l'État et les entreprises de télévision sur le contenu des programmes produits par la télévision russe entre 1990 et 2000.This paper argues that the content of television programs is influenced by how their production is organized and regulated. The political‐economic approach provides a useful framework to link television programs and the regulation of TV production within a single model, and to investigate their interrelationship. Two systems of TV regulation are described in this paper and their evolution is discussed. Data from in‐depth qualitative interviews with Russian television industry insiders are used to examine the impact of changes in the regulation of television on the types and content of programs produced between 1990 and 2000.

This article, based on the results of a large-scale research project carried out by a prominent group of Russian scholars, analyses the responses Russian social thought provides to the challenges of globalization. It provides evidence in support of the claim that the concepts of national sovereignty, 'self-determination', and political self-determination in particular, are the key instruments in the analysis of Russia's role and place in the globalizing world. The three parts of the article outline the major questions, or thematic blocks connected to the study of globalization in Russia. The first part presents how globalization is defined, what are its main characteristics and contradictions as perceived in Russian contemporary social thought. The second part reveals the theoretical reaction to the globalization challenges coming in the form of the analysis of Russia's political self-determination. The third part presents the critical analysis of Russia's role and place in globalization. It elaborates on the theoretical debates about forced integration into the international economic, political and informational structures, as opposed to a messianic attitude declaring Russia's need to take the lead among the losers of globalization. The conclusion summarizes the article's main findings and indicates the potential directions of further investigation of this multidimensional phenomenon.

The article focuses on patterns and strategies developed by particular business enterprises that help to cope with the challenges of transition, like changes of property ownership, companies' structure, principles of performance, and patterns of business-government relations. The paper is based on several casestudies: those of the biggest and most influential Russian corporations (LUKOIL, GAZPROM and ROSTELECOM), and those of small business firms (a factory; an equipment-sales middleman). The author analyses the systems of industrial relations and measures of personnel adjustment to the challenges of transition developed by the selected Russian companies in comparison to how these measures are perceived, evaluated and consequently responded to by employees. The patterns applied by big corporations (Blue Chips) and small companies differ considerably. The size of a company is a crucial factor here, as well as the history of a company's transformation, and the personalities of the company's leaders and their participation and role in the political process. ; Der Artikel konzentriert sich auf Muster und Strategien von Unternehmen zur Begegnung der Herausforderungen des Überganges wie der Änderung des Eigentumrechtes, der Unternehmensstruktur, Leistungsprinzipien und Beziehungsmuster zwischen Regierung und Unternehmen. Er basiert auf mehreren Fallstudien in einigen der größten und einflussreichsten russischen Unternehmen (LUKOIL, GAZPROM und ROSTELECOM) sowie kleinen Unternehmen (eine Fabrik, ein Kaufmann). Der Artikel analysiert die Systeme der industriellen Beziehungen und Maßstäbe der personellen Eignung für den Übergang, die von ausgewählten russischen Firmen entwickelt wurden, und inwiefern diese Maßstäbe anerkannt, bewertet und folglich von den Angestellten erwidert wurden. Die Muster die von den großen Konzernen (Blue Chips) und kleinen Firmen eingesetzt wurden, unterscheiden sich dabei erheblich.

ABSTRACTThe media shape both what people consider significant and how people think about key issues. This paper explored the cultural beliefs and stereotypes that underlie media portrayals of nursing homes. The analysis of texts of 157 articles about nursing homes published from 1999 to 2008 on the front pages of four major-market American newspapers (The New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles TimesandThe Washington Post) was conducted using a qualitative approach inspired by comparative narrative and critical discourse analysis. Results suggest two major themes, each with several narrative components: (a) managing disposable lives (bodies outliving bank accounts; making frailty affordable; and the economics of triage); and (b) retaining purchasing power as successful ageing (consumption as a sign of market participation, spending money as an indicator of autonomy; and financial planning as preparation for future decline). Thus, the results indicate that nursing home residency in-and-of-itself is not a marker of unsuccessful ageing. This, instead, depends, in part, on the extent of choice available as a result of the level of financial solvency. This study shines light on the betwixt and between zone that distinguishes the Third and Fourth Ages; that is, independenceversusdependence in old age. If individuals in a nursing home retain control over the management of their lives through the maintenance of financial independence, even if physically frail, association of nursing home residence with the Fourth Age may be ameliorated.

This important book addresses a growing international interest in 'age-friendly' communities. It examines the conflicting stereotypes of rural communities as either idyllic and supportive or isolated and bereft of services. Providing detailed information on the characteristics of rural communities, contributors ask the question, 'good places for whom'? The book extends our understanding of the intersections of rural people and places across the adult lifecourse. Taking a critical human ecology perspective, authors trace lifecourse changes in community and voluntary engagement and in the availability of social support. They illustrate diversity among older adults in social inclusion and in the types of services that are essential to their well being. For the first time, detailed information is provided on characteristics of rural communities that make them supportive to different groups of older adults. Comparisons between the UK and North America highlight similarities in how landscapes create rural identities, and fundamental differences in how climate, distance and rural culture shape the everyday lives of older adults. Rural ageing is a valuable resource for students, academics and practitioners interested in communities, rural settings and ageing and the lifecourse. Rich in national profiles and grounded in the narratives of older adults, it provides theoretical, empirical and practical examples of growing old in rural communities never before presented