Surviving post-communism : young people in the former Soviet Union
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Surviving post-communism : young people in the former Soviet Union
（Studies of communism in transition）
E. Elgar, c2000
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-232) and index
Contributors: S.C, Clark, C. Fagan, J. Tholen, assisted by A. Adibekian, G. Nemiria and L. Tarkanishvili
Description and Table of Contents
Description
How do young people survive in the era of high unemployment, persistent economic crises and poor living standards that characterise post-communist society in the former Soviet Union? This major original book - written by leading authorities in the field - shows how young people have managed to maintain optimism despite the very severe economic and social problems that beset the countries of the former Soviet Union.In most former Soviet countries the devastating initial shock of market reforms has been followed by precious little therapy. The effects have been most pronounced among young people as only a minority have prospered in the new market economies and inequalities have widened dramatically. Despite an all-round improvement in educational standards, most young people have been unable to obtain proper jobs. Housing and family transitions have been blocked. Uses of free time have shifted massively from the public into the private domain. Few young people have any confidence that their countries' political leaders will engineer solutions. Yet in spite of all this, the majority prefer the new uncertainties, and the merest prospect of the Western way of life, to the old guarantees. They are prepared to give the reforms more time to deliver, but this time is now fast running out.
Surviving Post-communism will be an illuminating exposition of the realities of post-communist life for scholars of sociology and transition studies.
Table of Contents
Contents: Preface 1. After Communism 2. Jobs and Career Routes 3. Education and Life Chances 4. Family Transitions and Gender Divisions 5. Leisure and Lifestyle 6. Politics 7. Precarious Transitions Bibliography Index
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