Empowering Women in Russia: Activism, Aid, and NGOs Contributor(s): Hemment, Julie (Author) |
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ISBN: 0253218918 ISBN-13: 9780253218919 Publisher: Indiana University Press OUR PRICE: $22.72 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2007 Annotation: First-hand account of social activism and the politics of development in postsocialist Russia |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Women's Studies - Political Science | Political Process - Political Advocacy - Political Science | Ngos (non-governmental Organizations) |
Dewey: 305.420 |
Series: New Anthropologies of Europe (Paperback) |
Physical Information: 0.54" H x 6.34" W x 9.25" (0.70 lbs) 208 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Russia - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Julie Hemment's engrossing study traces the development encounter through interactions between international foundations and Russian women's groups during a decade of national collapse. Prohibited from organizing independently under state socialism, women's groups became a focus of attention in the mid-1990s for foundations eager to promote participatory democracy, but the version of civil society that has emerged (the third sector) is far from what Russian activists envisioned and what donor agencies promised. Drawing on ethnographic methods and Participatory Action Research, Hemment tells the story of her introduction to and growing collaboration with members of the group Zhenskii Svet (Women's Light) in the provincial city of Tver'. |