No More Heroines? - Russia, Women and the Market

Based on case studies and personal interviews carried out in the Moscow-region, No More Heroines? provides access to the thinking of women and their organisations in Russia today.

List of contents

INTRODUCTION: NO MORE HEROINES?; Part I Part I THE IMPACT OF CHANGE; Chapter 1 THE LEGACY OF PERESTROIKA; Chapter 2 WOMEN AND UNEMPLOYMENT; Chapter 3 LIVING STANDARDS: THE NOT SO SMOOTH TRANSITION TO THE MARKET; Part II Part II RESPONDING TO CHANGE; Chapter 4 TACKLING UNEMPLOYMENT: THE STATE's RESPONSE TO A CHANGING LABOUR MARKET; Chapter 5 CREATING EMPLOYMENT: THE RESPONSE OF WOMEN'S ORGANISATIONS; Chapter 6 WOMEN AND BUSINESS; Chapter 7 SURVIVAL STRATEGIES; Chapter 8 SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND THE NEW LABOUR MARKET; IN CONCLUSION: TRANSITION'S VICTIMS OR HEROINES OF SURVIVAL?; APPENDIX: BACKGROUND TO THE CASE-STUDIES; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY Index;

About the author

Sue Bridger, Rebecca Kay and Kathryn Pinnick are all at the Department of Modern Languages, University of Bradford.

Summary

Based on case studies and personal interviews carried out in the Moscow-region, No More Heroines? provides access to the thinking of women and their organisations in Russia today.

Product details

• Authors: Sue Bridger, Bridger Sue, Rebecca Kay, Kay Rebecca, Kathryn Pinnick, Pinnick Kathryn
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9780415124591
• ISBN: 978-0-415-12459-1
• No. of pages: 230
• Weight: 453 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Labour / income economics, Politics & government, Regional Studies, Politics and government, Regional / International studies, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Sociology: work and labour, Poverty and precarity