Post-Soviet Women
Subtitle: From the Baltic to Central Asia
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: July 13, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 334
ISBN-13: 9780521565301
Subjects: Feminism; Russia (Federation); History - General History; Political Science; Politics/International Relations; Women's Studies - History; Social conditions; General; History-General; Political Science / Government / International; Political Science-General; Women--Russia (Federation)--Social conditions; Economic conditions; Former Soviet republics; Women
First sentence: The past decade has seen tumultuous change.
Description: How have women's lives changed in the republics of the former Soviet Union since the fall of the USSR? This is the first book systematically to examine changes and continuities across these states, focusing on women and work, social roles and women in politics. Drawing on interviews with women in factories, on farms and with women streetsellers, politicians and activists, the book questions whether women are "victims" or "agents" of change, and describes various strategies of coping and adaptation to new economic and social instabilities.