Title: Russia's torn safety nets
Description: (Publisher-supplied data) Russia's attempt to replace the failed Soviet system and its command economy with a capitalist, democratic society has produced a health and social welfare crisis, at considerable human cost. Russia's Torn Safety Nets presents a series of essays by distinguished Russian and American scholars which describe and analyze the consequences of the collapsed socialist system, focusing on issues of health and demography, HIV/AIDS, drug addiction and abuse, the disabled, aging and pensions, education, women and sexism, and social issues in the military. The essays conclude with a section on the private and public efforts to ease the impact of the ongoing transition on the Russia people.
Subjects: Social conditions, Medical care, Quality of life, Russia (federation), economic policy, Russia (federation), social conditions, Public health, soviet union, Public welfare, soviet union, Social Welfare, Health Status Indicators
Places: Russia (Federation)
Time periods: 1991-