Democratization and Gender in Contemporary Russia

ISBN-13: 9780415441124 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 264 str.

Salmenniemi Suv; Suvi Salmenniemi

Opis

Examines civic activism, democratization and gender in Russian society. This book explores the role of state institutions in the development of democratic civic life, and shows how, under the Putin regime and its policy of managed democracy, independent civic activism thrived and simultaneously was constrained.

Spis treści

1. Introduction  2. Patterns of Civic Activity in Soviet and Post-Soviet Russia  3. Gender in Socio-Political Activity: Power, Participation and Agency   4. Action and Affective Ties: Identity Formation of the Centre for Women’s History and Gender Studies  5. The Weakness of Collective Identity: Trade Union of Health Care Workers  6. Redefining Citizenship: Views of the Authorities  7. Collaboration and Contestation: Views of the Activists  8. Conclusion 

O autorze

Suvi Salmenniemi is a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Sociology, University of Helsinki, specializing in gender, cultural and Russian studies. She is currently engaged in a comparative research project that studies self-help and conceptions of a ‘good life’ in Finland and Russia.