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Gazing at welfare, gender and agency in post-socialist countries / edited by Maija Jappinen, Meri Kulmala and Aino Saarinen ; layout and technical editing, Heini Puurunen.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Post-communism--Europe, Eastern.
- Post-communism.
- Post-communism--Russia (Federation).
- Public welfare--Europe, Eastern.
- Public welfare.
- Public welfare--Russia (Federation).
- Welfare state--Europe, Eastern.
- Welfare state.
- Welfare state--Russia (Federation).
- Women--Europe, Eastern--Social conditions.
- Women.
- Women--Russia (Federation)--Social conditions.
- Europe, Eastern--Social conditions--1989-.
- Europe, Eastern.
- Russia (Federation)--Social conditions--1991-.
- Russia (Federation).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (356 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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...
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-14186-8
- 1-4438-2613-8
- 9786613141866
- OCLC:
- 823720696
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