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As the Soviet communist regime gave way to democracy, the emergence of an entirely new political and social landscape had the potential to turn Russian society upside down. In Mothers and Soldiers: Organizing Men and Women in 1990s Russia, Amy Caiazza looks at the effects of this seismic change on gender roles, and specifically the role of women in a newly democratic Russia. By observing through a gendered lens institutions like the military, and the process of making public policy, Caiazza finds that despite the institutional disruption, the pattern of gender role ideologies maintained continuity from the former times while at the same time embracing aspects of Western feminism.
List of contents
Table of ContentsList of TablesList of AbbreviationsNote on TransliterationSeries Editor Preface by Barbara Burrell and Dorothy Stetson1. Introduction: Women, Men, and Policymaking in 1990s Russia2. The Russian Institutional Opportunity StructureGender Ideologies and Motherhood Policy3. Gender Ideologies, Political Opportunity, and Motherhood Policy4. Women of Russia and Policymaking in the Duma, 1993 to 19955. The Moscow Center for Gender Studies and Equal Rights and Opportunities, 1996 to 1997Gender Ideologies and Military Service Policy6. Gender Ideologies, Political Opportunity, and Military Service Policy7. The Russian Committee Of Soldiers' Mothers and Military Service Policies, 1994 to 19978. The Limited Success of Men's Anti-Draft Organizing9. ConclusionAppendix: Standard Interview QuestionsBibliography
About the author
Amy A. Caiazza is the study Director for "Status of Women in the States and Working Group on Social Indicators" in the Institute for Women's Policy Research, 1999-Present.
Summary
Analyses the different possibilities and limitation that the changing Russian political system of the 1990's pose for men and women in Russia. Argues that men and women are expected to fulfill different roles.
