Russian women in politics and society

Title:

Author:

Rule, Wilma.

ISBN:

9780313031328

Publication Information:

Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1996.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 188 p.) : ill.

Series:

Contributions in women's studies, no. 157

Contributions in women's studies ; no. 157.

Contents:

Equal players or back to the kitchen? / Women's participation : from Lenin to Gorbachev / Communist era and women : image and reality / Women in Russia's first multiparty election / Women in Russian society from the Tsars to Yeltsin / Bolshevik legacy and Russian women's movements / Before the fall : economic and social problems / Gorbachev leadership : change and continuity

Yeltsin presidency, economic reform, and women / Russian constitution and women's political opportunities / Law and Policy : women's human rights in Russia / Crossroads in Russian history : a brighter road ahead for women?

Abstract:

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.

Subject Term:

Women -- Political activity -- Russia (Federation)

Women -- Russia (Federation) -- Social conditions.

Women's rights -- Russia (Federation)

SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Women's Studies.