New Rich, New Poor, New Russia: Winners and Losers on the Russian Road to Capitalism

by Bertram Silverman, Murray Yanowitch

Overview

Now expanded to cover the consequences of Russia's 1998 financial collapse, this book focuses on the social consequences of a modern-day great depression. The text examines the unequal distribution of the costs and benefits of Russia's leap into capitalism. The topics covered include: the emergence of the "new poor"; the recruitment of a business elite; the changing social and economic status of women; and the impact of marketization on employment. The study draws on a range of statistics and survey research data to present a portrait of the lives and circumstances of comtemporary Russians.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780765605238
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	02/28/2000
Edition description:	2ND UPDATED & EXPANDED
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Bertram Silverman, Murray Yanowitch

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Free Market Ideology and the Specter of Inequality; Chapter 2 Critical Responses to Radical Reform; Chapter 3 The Rise of Mass Poverty; Chapter 4 A Question of Difference: Women as Losers; Chapter 5 Wage-Earners: Winners and Losers; Chapter 6 A New Capitalist Class: Entrepreneurs and the Economic Elite; Chapter 7 Why No Social Democracy in Russia?; Chapter 8 Epilogue;

Editorial Reviews

[The authors] tackle the issues of economic transition in post-Soviet Russia from a different perspective from most current writers on this subject. . .and warn that although few in modern Russia would ever wish to return to pre-perestroika communism, there is a growing danger of authoritarianism if social issues continue to be given a low priority.

British East-West

Packs in a wide range of statistical and survey data. . .[on] the key issues of the social impact of transition. . .Deserves to be read and will be on many reading lists.

Europe-Asia Studies