R. Kay - Böcker

Gender, Equality and Difference During and After State Socialism examines gender as a socially and culturally constructed phenomenon which is influential in and influenced by state-led policies and structures, as well as social practices and relations and which shapes the experiences and lives of women and men.

Grassroots Russian women's organizations faced multiple challenges in the early 1990s. This book presents a detailed study of grassroots Russian women's organizations in 1991-96, against the background of a careful analysis of gender relations and attitudes to women's place in post-Soviet Russian society.

Grassroots Russian women's organizations faced multiple challenges in the early 1990s. Like their members, they were confronted with both potentially hostile attitudes and numerous practical difficulties. Post Soviet ideologies of gender difference produced a gender climate which was particularly unsympathetic to female activism. This book presents a detailed study of grassroots Russian women's organizations from 1991 to 1996. It provides an analysis of gender relations and attitudes to the woman's role in post Soviet Russian society.

Gender, Equality and Difference During and After State Socialism examines gender as a socially and culturally constructed phenomenon which is influential in and influenced by state-led policies and structures, as well as social practices and relations and which shapes the experiences and lives of women and men.