| Organizing Women in Contemporary Russia: Engendering Transition Contributor(s): Sperling, Valerie (Author), Valerie, Sperling (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521669634 ISBN-13: 9780521669634 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $39.89 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 1999 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Women's Studies - Social Science | Feminism & Feminist Theory - History | Russia & The Former Soviet Union |
| Dewey: 305.420 |
| LCCN: 98043642 |
| Lexile Measure: 1580 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.1" W x 8.98" (1.05 lbs) 316 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1950-1999 - Cultural Region - Russia - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
