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12 pages in length. Since Russia's new independence from Communism, people have been steadily working toward establishing themselves a new identity. Indeed, what will not be included in this renewed selfhood is the chauvinistic nationalism that exerted its control for so long; rather, post-Soviet Russia has been striving to achieve a strong sense of national security whose birth place is that of a political, economic and social consensus. Bibliography lists 15 sources.
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selfhood is the "chauvinistic nationalism" (Kortunov, 1996, p. 183) that exerted its control for so long; rather, post-Soviet Russia has been striving to achieve a strong sense of national security
whose birth place is that of a "political, economic and social consensus" (p. 183). By continuing to attain this goal, Russias business people have become an integral component in
its overall success. It is at this particular point that Russia has come to profess "a holistic approach towards human culture and civilization" (Kortunov, 1996, p. 183), while it
steadfastly asserts these social changes by way of both modernity and tradition. "Rather than a ruling elite rigidly bifurcated into two social segments, there is a system of two
dominant but interlocking segments. These segments are the business and political-administrative directorates which draw mainly from political-administrative leaders and economic leaders" (Hughes, 1997, p. 1017). I. PROGRESSION
This positive move toward nationalist progression has not been an easy one for Russian business people after the collapse of Communism, for the reason
that they have not been adequately supported by the Russian legal system with regard to enforcing commercial transaction laws. It has even reached the point where Russian business people
have had to "rely on their own influences" (Hendley, 1997, p. 228) as a means by which to conduct business. These laws, which were originally implemented as a means
by which to govern every component of commerce, have become ineffectual and, as a result, have intimidated many a prospective entrepreneur from engaging in any sort of investment for fear
of considerable financial detriment. "Even with legal reforms being instituted, Russian entrepreneurs continue to depend on the patron-client networks that dominate their business transactions rather than rely on laws"
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