This book offers a rich and clearly-written analysis of the women's movement in contemporary Russia. It tells the engaging story of the women's movement's formation and development in a country undergoing a radical economic and political transition from communist rule. Based on extensive interviews with the activists themselves, the book vividly documents the specific challenges facing women's groups in Russia, including societal attitudes toward feminism, the difficulty of organizing in post-communist countries, and the ways that the international environment has affected the women's movement.
Author(s): Valerie Sperling
Year: 1999
Language: English
Pages: 313
Preliminaries......Page 1
Copyright......Page 6
Contents......Page 7
Introduction......Page 13
1 Russian women's movement groups and activists......Page 27
2 Analyzing social movements......Page 55
3 Feminism femininity and sexism socio cultural......Page 66
4 Democracy without women is not democracy political......Page 110
5 Unemployment has a woman's face economic......Page 158
6 Remembrance of things past......Page 191
7 International in uences on the Russian women's movement......Page 232
Appendix......Page 285
Selected bibliography......Page 295
Index......Page 304
