Democracy, gender, and social policy in Russia [electronic resource] : a wayward society /
Chandler, Andrea.author.
Through compelling and insightful analysis of the Russian case, this book explores the role that social welfare plays in regime transitions. It examines the role that gender and social welfare has played in Russia's post-communist political evolution from Yeltsin's assumption of the presidency to Putin's return for a third term as president in 2012.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
part I. Discourses of the early transition: liberalism, feminism and the market in the 1990's -- part II. Opposition politics, nationalism, and the search for authenticity, 1995-2004 -- part III. Statism and democratic reversal under Putin: policies for a wayward society, 2000-2008 -- part IV. Steps towards a post-Putin social contract.
Through compelling and insightful analysis of the Russian case, this book explores the role that social welfare plays in regime transitions. It examines the role that gender and social welfare has played in Russia's post-communist political evolution from Yeltsin's assumption of the presidency to Putin's return for a third term as president in 2012.
Political science.
Public policy.
Social policy.
Sociology.
Russia-Politics and government.
Human rights.
Political Science.
Public Policy.
Social Policy.
Gender Studies.
Russian and Post-Soviet Politics.
Human Rights.