Introduction. Civil society and Russia's elusive search for justice: concepts, traditions, and contemporary issues / Christopher Marsh and Nikolas K. Gvosdev
Part 1. Lessons from history and culture
Revisiting the Russian "constrained autocracy" : "absolutism" and natural rights theories in Russia and the West / James W. Warhola
A Russian model of development : what Novgorod can teach the West / Nicolai N. Petro
Part 2. Freedom of religion and civil society
Nationalism and religion in Russian civil society an inquiry into the 1997 law "On Freedom of Conscience" / Lee Trepanier
"Managed pluralism" and civil religion in Post-Soviet Russia / Nikolas K. Gvosdev
Part 3. The role of media and education
The Russian press and civil society : freedom of speech versus freedom of market / Georgy Bovt
The independent press in Russia : integrity and the economics of survival / Brad Owens
Higher education and Russia's dual transition : inequality, inefficiency, and social justice / Grigori A. Kljutcharev and Melissa A. Marsh
Part 4. Marginalized voices in civil society
Ethnic and religious minorities and their search for justice : the case of Chechnya / Justin Miller
Women's experiences of justice and injustice in Russia / Kimberly A. Weir.