The next generation in Russia, Ukraine, and Azerbaijan : youth, politics, identity, and change / Nadia M. Diuk.

Includes bibliographical references (pages187-195) and index.

Youth: the next generation. The first free generation ; Struggles for power ; Portrait of a generation ; News, leisure, and lifestyle -- The history of youth ; "Toward a shining future" ; Youth in a time of transition ; Glasnost, perestroika, and the Komsomol ; Youth and the oligarchs ; Youth on the threshold ; Leaders and lidery ; Education and national identity -- Ukraine, land of paradoxes. Youth as an agent of change? ; Land of paradoxes ; The revolution on granite ; Reconsolidation of the elite ; State sponsored youth ; Gongadze: prologue to the Orange Revolution ; Struggle for the youth vote ; Society grows ; Youth in the Orange Revolution and after ; Seeking an identity -- Azerbaijan: from Mugham to Facebook. Identity and the next generation ; War in Karabagh ; Fathers and sons ; The pull of patriarchalism ; Politics, culture, and civil society ; The orange effect ; Identity and internet -- Russia: redefining the nation. Russia redux ; The elusive middle class ; Leadership and generational change ; Youth on the move: the 1990s ; Youth and politics ; Orange surprise ; Our youth: Nashi ; Depoliticized nation -- Three countries in comparative perspective. National identity and language ; Relations with other countries and foreign travel ; Youth and the international dimension ; Toward a political identity ; Equality vs. freedom ; Values and beliefs ; What kind of politics? -- Looking to the future. Conflict, collaboration or co-optation? ; Next generation rising.