Surviving post-communism
Subtitle: young people in the former Soviet Union
By: K. Roberts, with S.C. Clark, C. Fagan, J. Tholen ; assisted by A. Adibekian, G. Nemiria, and L. Tarkhnishvili
Contributors: Roberts, Kenneth, 1940-; Clark, S. C; Fagan, Colette; Tholen, Jochen, 1948-
Series: Studies of communism in transition
Publisher: Edward Elgar
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 242
Subjects: Youth -- Former Soviet republics -- Economic conditions; Youth -- Former Soviet republics -- Social conditions
Description: "This book shows how young people have managed to maintain optimism despite the very severe economic and social problems that beset the countries of the former Soviet Union." "In most former Soviet countries the devastating initial shock of market reforms has been followed by precious little therapy. The effects have been most pronounced among young people as only a minority have prospered in the new market economies and inequalities have widened dramatically. Despite an all-round improvement in educational standards, most young people have been unable to obtain proper jobs. Housing and family transitions have been blocked. Uses of free time have shifted massively from the public into the private domain. Few young people have any confidence that their countries' political leaders will engineer solutions. Yet in spite of all this, the majority prefer the new uncertainties, and the merest prospect of the Western way of life, to the old guarantees. They are prepared to give the reforms more time to deliver, but this time is now fast running out."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-232) and index