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crime is increasingly regarded as a normal aspect of the social and economic system rather than disruption or deviance

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Soviet Self-Hatred Lisa Blomgren Bingham Madison) and conclude with theSoviet Self Hatred examines the imaginary Russian identities that emerged following the collapse of the Soviet Union. Eliot Borenstein shows how these identities are best understood as balanced on a simple axis between pride and shame, shifting in response to Russia's standing in the global community, its anxieties about internal dissension and foreign threats, and its stark socioeconomic inequalities. Through close readings of Russian fiction, films,