Expertise Cristina Carpinelli is a sovietolog. She deals with research works, from economic and social point of view, concerning Central-Est Europe (Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland), South-Est Europe (Bulgaria, Romania, balkan Countries), Russia and all Former Soviet Union Countries: all Countries in transition from a planned economy to a market one. Recently, She has become an expert in gender issues in Countries mentioned above. She can't answer the questions relative to other geo-economic and political areas or about other questions outside her competence/knowledge. She lives and works in Milan (Italy).
Experience Cristina Carpinelli wrote many articles and essays on the Ussr and on the transition of the Fsu from a planned economic system to a free market one. She wrote also some books (see below). Now, She is collaborating with some magazines/reviews (The Calendar of People, Slavia, Cassandra, Antonio Gramsci today, Marxism today ecc.).
Organizations She is a member of Scientific Committee of Cespi (International Problems Study Center) of Milan (Italy)- www.cespi-ong.org. She is also a directing member of Italy-Russia Lombardy Association and a member of Problems of Transition to Socialism Study Center (Naples - Italy). She is a journalist of the Italian Magazine "Wewomen".
Publications “Soviet society in the years of the perestrojka”, New Authors, Milan 1991; "Women and family in Soviet Russia", F. Angeli, Milan 1998; "Identities in Transition: Fsu Countries after the Collapse of Real Socialism", Cespi, December 2002; "Women and poverty in Russia under El’cin administration (the era of liberal transition)", F. Angeli, Milan 2004; "The contradictions of real socialism in Soviet Union" in 'Marxism Today' n.2/2007; "The Russia to pieces" (Achab, Verona 2008).
Education/Credentials Cristina Carpinelli graduated during the academic year 1983/84 with the thesis "The process of demografic ageing of the population in the Soviet Union" - State University of Milan, Faculty of Political Sciences (Statistics Department). The thesis of degree was elaborated in the Ussr, at the State University Lomonosov of Moscow. For a more detailed professional profile of Cristina Carpinelli, you can connected to: http://www.beepworld.it/members/criliberoit/curriculumenglish.htm
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Q: Why are the Russians so strongly against having missles in Poland? I believe they would be defensive ... A: The problem is mainly political. After the fall of the Berlin Wall, with the entry of Eastern ...
Q: Why is Georgia so adamant about keeping South Ossetia within its borders? It seems like the people ... A: South Ossetia is a region in the South Caucasus (the capital of the region is Tskhinvali), formerly ...
Q: What do you think are the three most important current challenges that have replaced the Cold War ... A: The bipolar system, determining to a large extent the relations among the countries in the world, ...
Q: WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE USSR AND RUSSIA ???? A: Before the collapse of the Soviet Union (December 1991), there was the Russian Soviet Federated ...
Q: Can you tell me anything the Russian Contitution? A: To Sara: I hope my answer is good. On the other hand, your question is too much generic and I have ...
Q: My mother and I are looking into possibly investing into opening a business in the Kaliningrad or ... A: Sorry, but I am not expert in trade and business affairs. I am a politologist/sociologist. However, ...
Q: What are some freedoms that we have in the United States that people did not have growing up in ... A: Answer to Scott: The mainly denied freedoms were those concerning the human and civil rights (ex: ...
Q: In reading about the former communist countries, one sometimes comes across the term "bourgeois ... A: To Tue Sorensen Several fundamental differences exist between “marxist science” and “bourgeois ...
Q: What were the Russian traditions of a 1920's wedding? i am currently doing my a-levels, in dance ... A: Unfortunately, I have found little material. I am of little help to you. I have a lot of ...
Q: This is really sort of a history question so I hope I'm not asking the wrong person. I am writing ... A: I have read Your question and I’ll do all the possible to satisfy the request. I don’t know how many ...
Q: what was the name of the former central administrative department of the soviet security service A: I don’t know if it’s possible for me to give You a correct answer. You must exactly specify the ...
Q: What do you believe to be the greatest puzzles of Russian Foreign policy? I am asking you this ... A: for a technical accident linked with my computer (allexperts operators have been informed about ...
Q: Where can I find more information about 'Nicos Poulantzas's theory of the state'? Although there are ... A: I suggest to You to contact directly “The Nicos Poulantzas Institute” Address: Sarri, 14 Telephone: ...
Q: Are there any consequences for not voting in Russia? A: From “legal/juridical” point of view, there are no “criminal consequences” or “penalties” if a ...
