| Russian Women in Politics and Society Contributor(s): Rule, Wilma (Editor), Noonan, Norma (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0313293635 ISBN-13: 9780313293634 Publisher: Praeger OUR PRICE: $94.05 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 1996 Annotation: An examination of women's roles in poltics and society in the contemporary Russian Federation as it creates a new market economy and democratic course born of a millennium of history and nearly 75 years of authoritarian communist rule. The stage is set in the introduction followed by an examination of the history of the Bolshevik socialist state in 1917 through the participation of women in recent multiparty elections in 1993. The tsarist and Communist gender culture is presented, and the book then considers why and how, the Soviet Union disintegrated. Next the editors explore the reborn Russia of President Boris Yeltsin and women's rights under Soviet and post-Soviet rule. The book is enriched by statistical tables and glossaries of the names of leaders and terms for easy identification. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Comparative Politics - Social Science | Women's Studies |
| Dewey: 305 |
| LCCN: 96010766 |
| Lexile Measure: 1430 |
| Series: Contributions in Women's Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.77" H x 6.34" W x 9.6" (1.07 lbs) 200 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: An examination of women's roles in politics and society in the contemporary Russian Federation as it creates a new market economy and democratic course born of a millennium of history and nearly 75 years of authoritarian communist rule. The stage is set in the introduction followed by an examination of the history of the Bolshevik socialist state in 1917 through the participation of women in recent multiparty elections in 1993. The tsarist and Communist gender culture is presented, and the book then considers why and how, the Soviet Union disintegrated. Next the editors explore the reborn Russia of President Boris Yeltsin and women's rights under Soviet and post-Soviet rule. The book is enriched by statistical tables and glossaries of the names of leaders and terms for easy identification. |