Table of Contents

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;

About the Author

Sue Bridger, Rebecca Kay and Kathryn Pinnick are all at the Department of Modern Languages, University of Bradford.

Reviews

..."Lets the world know the real effects of the dramatic changes of the late twentieth century for the Russian population and for Russian women especially. The authors' precise and profound analysis shows how Soviet ideas of women's emancipation were transformed in the new economic context of Russia into sexist propaganda and second class theorizing. I thank them on behalf of the grandmothers, mothers and sisters of my land."
-Marina Malysheva, "Moscow Centre for Gender Studies
..."Provides an excellent discussion of the hardships and opportunities for women in post-Soviet Russia. Allowing women to speak for themselves, its authors capture the atmosphere of insecurity, hope, entrepreneurship and disillusion."
-Mary Buckley, "The University of Edinburgh