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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464098503321

Titolo

Gazing at welfare, gender and agency in post-socialist countries [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Maija Jappinen, Meri Kulmala and Aino Saarinen ; layout and technical editing, Heini Puurunen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2011

ISBN

1-283-14186-8

1-4438-2613-8

9786613141866

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (356 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

JäppinenMaija

KulmalaMeri

SaarinenAino

Disciplina

362.94

Soggetti

Post-communism - Europe, Eastern

Post-communism - Russia (Federation)

Public welfare - Europe, Eastern

Public welfare - Russia (Federation)

Welfare state - Europe, Eastern

Welfare state - Russia (Federation)

Women - Europe, Eastern - Social conditions

Women - Russia (Federation) - Social conditions

Electronic books.

Europe, Eastern Social conditions 1989-

Russia (Federation) Social conditions 1991-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND TABLES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CHAPTER ONE; PART I; CHAPTER TWO; PART II; CHAPTER THREE; PART III; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; PART IV; CHAPTER NINE; CHAPTER TEN; CHAPTER ELEVEN; PART V; CHAPTER TWELVE; CHAPTER THIRTEEN; CHAPTER FOURTEEN; CHAPTER FIFTEEN; CONTRIBUTORS



Sommario/riassunto

The volume presents a new and unique view of welfare in Russia and Eastern European countries from an intersectional perspective of welfare, gender and agency. Since the collapse of socialism, the welfare structures of the post-socialist states have experienced large and rapid changes. The discussions on the reforming welfare models serve as the integrating theme for the volume. The authors discuss past and current developments and make comparisons in time and space-between the early 1990's a...