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No More Heroines? Russia, Women and the Market
240 Pages
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Routledge
230 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
by
Routledge
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With the collapse of Soviet rule and the emergence of independent Russia, the image of Russian women in the Western imagination has changed dramatically. The robust tractor drivers and athletes have been replaced by glamorous but vulnerable beauty queens or the dishevelled and downcast women trading goods on the streets. The authors of this work take a closer look at what lies behind the above... Read more
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;
Biography
Sue Bridger, Rebecca Kay and Kathryn Pinnick are all at the Department of Modern Languages, University of Bradford.
