Culture Matters in Russia—and Everywhere Backdrop for the Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Part 1: Introduction -- Introduction to the Moscow Symposium Collection / Lawrence Harrison -- Transformation of Countries in Transition : Culture and the State / Evgeny G. Yasin -- Part 2: Regional/Civilizational/National Cultures -- European Culture : What It Was, Where It Is Going / Josef Joffe -- Quo Vadis, Latin America? Four Cultural Obstacles to Economic Development / Oscar Árias Sánchez -- Janus in Latin America / Mariano Grondona -- How Can African Cultural Capital Prosper? / Daniel Etounga-Manguelle -- Cultural Stability and Long Run Economic Performance / Deepak Lal -- China's Quest for a New Cultural Identity from a Confucian Humanistic Perspective / Tu Weiming -- Economic and Political Development in Slovenia : Betwixt and Between Europe and the Balkans / Katherine Taylor -- Part Three: Religions and Development -- Contemporary Russian Orthodoxy : From the Social Paradoxes to the Cultural Model / Boris Knorre -- Religious Affiliation and Individual Economic and Political Attitudes in Ukraine / Maria Snegovaya -- The Cultural Revolution in the Islamic World and What It Means for the Future of Muslim Societies / Pervez Hoodbhoy -- "Creation Theology" in Economics : Several Catholic Traditions / Michael Novak -- Fight Ethos versus Work Ethos : The Role of the Catholic Church in Fostering Pro-Development Values in Poland / Damian Pyrkosz -- Holy Ghost Fire! Pentecostal Religious Culture in Africa / Rachel Okunubi -- Part Four: Culture's Influence on Economic Variables -- The Role of Culture in Understanding the Process of Economic and Social Change / Douglass North -- Culture, Cooperation, and Repeated Games / Eric Maskin -- The Effect of Culture on the Functioning of Institutions : Evidence from European Regions / Mariaflavia Harari and Guido Tabellini -- Culture and Economic Growth : Getting the Theory Right / William Easterly -- An Appraisal of the Cultural Change Institute Factors Typology / Matteo Marini -- Part Five: Culture, Psychology and Economics -- Cultural Values Influence and Constrain Economic and Social Change / Shalom Schwartz -- Cognition East and West : Fundamental Differences in Reasoning and Perception / Richard Nisbett -- American Culture and the 2008 Financial Crisis / Geert Hofstede -- Culture of Horizontality and Personal Autonomy : A Humanistic Approach to Culture Change / Valery Chirkov and Nadezhda Lebedeva -- Part Six: Measuring Culture and Cultural Change -- Measuring Culture and Cultural Change : An Introduction / Ronald Inglehart -- Measuring Cultural Capital and Change : Axiological Diagnosis / Miguel Basáñez -- Trust and Cultural Change in Argentina : A Latin American Comparison / Marita Carballo -- Part Seven: The Russian Case -- The Economic Wonder : Market and Culture / Oleg Chirkunov -- "All Are Guilty, Which Means That Nobody Is!" : Continuing the Talk on Progress in Russian Culture / Andrei Konchalovsky -- Basic Human Values of the Russians : Different from and Similar to Other Europeans / Vladimir Magun and Maksim Rudnev -- Socio-Cultural Modernization in Russia : Norms and Values System Shift / Natalya Tikhonova -- Part Eight: Promoting Progressive Cultural Change -- The Role of the Family in the Acquisition of Values / Jerome Kagan -- Can Teachers Empower Youth for Democratic Citizenship? Evaluating Civic Education Pedagogies in Mexican Secondary Schools / Fernando Reimers, Maria Elena Ortega, Mariali Cardenas, Armando Estrada, and Emanuel Garza -- The Me to Everyone Cable / Reese Schonfeld with Erica Shusas -- New Occasions Teach New Duties : Social Change and Leadership / Richard Lamm -- Economic Policy and Cultural Change / James Fox -- Culture and Legal Dogmatism in an Era of Immaterial Wealth : The Case of Latin America / Octavio Sánchez -- A Culture of Profitability / Robert Kleinbaum