Democratization and Gender in Contemporary Russia

Informationen zum Autor Suvi Salmenniemi is a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Sociology, University of Helsinki, specializing in gender, cultural and Russian studies. She is currently engaged in a comparative research project that studies self-help and conceptions of a ‘good life’ in Finland and Russia. Klappentext Examines civic activism! democratization and gender in Russian society. This book explores the role of state institutions in the development of democratic civic life! and shows how! under the Putin regime and its policy of managed democracy! independent civic activism thrived and simultaneously was constrained. Zusammenfassung This book examines civic activism, democratization and gender in contemporary Russian society. It explores the role of state institutions in the development of democratic civic life, showing how, under the increasingly authoritarian Putin regime and its policy of managed democracy, independent civic activism is both thriving yet simultaneously constrained. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction 2. Patterns of Civic Activity in Soviet and Post-Soviet Russia 3. Gender in Socio-Political Activity: Power! Participation and Agency 4. Action and Affective Ties: Identity Formation of the Centre for Women's History and Gender Studies 5. The Weakness of Collective Identity: Trade Union of Health Care Workers 6. Redefining Citizenship: Views of the Authorities 7. Collaboration and Contestation: Views of the Activists 8. Conclusion

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• Authors: Suvi Salmenniemi, Suvi (University of Helsinki Salmenniemi
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.05.2008
• EAN: 9780415441124
• ISBN: 978-0-415-44112-4
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: BASEES/Routledge Series on Russian and East European Studies
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science; Sociology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Anthropology, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Political structures: democracy, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Gender studies, gender groups, Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe), SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General