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.

Sommario

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;

Info autore

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

Riassunto

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Sue Bridger, Bridger Sue, Rebecca Kay, Kay Rebecca, Kathryn Pinnick, Pinnick Kathryn
• Editore: Taylor and Francis
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9780415124591
• ISBN: 978-0-415-12459-1
• Pagine: 230
• Peso: 453 g
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; 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