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Cover -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on ihe Contributors -- 1 Introduction -- Part I Reviving Civic Culture -- 2 Reflections on Social Networks and Collective Action in Russia -- 3 Educational and Political Capital and the Breakthrough of Voluntary Association in Russian Karelia -- 4 The Intelligentsia and the 'Breakdown of Culture' in Post-Soviet Russia -- Part II Nationality Refrained -- 5 National Schools and National Identity in and after the Soviet Union -- 6 Ethnic Minorities in the Czech Kducation System: Before and After Transition (1945-97)1 -- 7 New Paradigms of National Education in Multi-Ethnic Russia Of Had Srimddl -- Part III Identity Matters -- 8 Ethnographical Activism as a I-orm of Civic Education: a Case Study on School Museums in North-West Russia -- 9 Gender Representation in Educational Materials in the Period of Transition in Hungary -- 10 Gender Study and Civic Culture in Contemporary Russia -- 11 Hypocritical Sexuality of the Late Soviet Period: Sexual Knowledge and Sexual Ignorance -- 12 The Struggle for the Souls of Young People: Competing Approaches to 'Spiritual' and Religious Education in Russia Today -- Pari IV Towards a Brighter Future? -- 13 The Abandoned Children of Russia -from 'Privileged Class' to 'Underclass'r -- 14 Psychological Development Programmes for Civil Society Building -- 15 The Culture of the Russian School and the Teaching Profession: Prospects for Change -- 16 Pedagogy in Transition: from Labour Training to Humanistic Technology Education in Russia -- 17 Political Aspects of Reforming the Higher Education System in Ukraine -- 18 Civic Education for Russia: an Outsider's View1 -- Index.

Sydney - We Need to Talk! is a collection of short interventions about the politics of urbanisation. This illustrated book is an experiment with collaborative short-form writing.