Democratization and gender in contemporary Russia
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Bibliographic Information
Democratization and gender in contemporary Russia
(BASEES/RoutledgeCurzon series on Russian and East European studies / series editor, Richard Sakwa, 46)
Routledge, 2008
Available at 5 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [246]-258) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book examines civic activism, democratization and gender in contemporary Russian society.
It describes the character and central organizing principles of Russian democratic civic life, considering how it has developed since the Soviet period, and analyzing the goals and identities of important civic groups - including trade unions - and the meanings they have acquired in the context of wider Russian society. In particular, Suvi Salmenniemi investigates the gender dimensions, both masculine and feminine, of socio-political participation in Russia, considering what kinds of gendered meanings are given to civic organizations and formal politics, and how femininity and masculinity are represented in this context. Exploring the role of state institutions in the development of democratic civic life, the volume shows how, under the increasingly authoritarian Putin regime and its policy of 'managed democracy', independent civic activism is both thriving yet at the same constrained. Based on extensive fieldwork research, it provides much needed information on how Russians themselves view these developments, both from the perspective of civic activists and the local authorities.
Table of Contents
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
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