The Children of Perestroika: Moscow Teenagers Talk About Their Lives and the Future

by Deborah Adelman

Overview

This work provides an examination of US refugee policy since the 1960s, particularly as it has been applied to Cuba, Haiti and Central America. The authors also address world-wide refugee problems, proposing ideas for the 21st century.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781563240003
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/01/1991
Pages:	280
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.06(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Moscow Teenagers: Becoming the “Children of Perestroika”; Chapter 2 The Workers’ Intelligentsia, Tanya; Chapter 3 “Going Straight to Work Means Giving up a Part of Your Freedom”, Olya; Chapter 4 A Country of Paradox, Lena; Chapter 5 “We are not Afraid of Anything”, Ilya; Chapter 6 A Patriotic Toughening Up, Maxim; Chapter 7 “Its Time We Really Build Socialism”, Yelena; Chapter 8 Becoming a Worker: Dima, Lyosha, Alexei; Chapter 9 Bringing a Little Bread Back Home, Dima; Chapter 10 “If I Could Just Meet That One Person …”, Lyosha; Chapter 11 “All that Militarism doesn’t Attract Me”, Alexei; Chapter 12 “There’s Nothing a Russian Woman Can’t Do”, Natasha; Chapter 13 “The Ideals My Parents and Grandparents Grew up with are Collapsing”, Katya;

Editorial Reviews

While living in Moscow, Adelman spent several months interviewing teenagers from diverse backgrounds. They talk about their families and their daily lives, relationships, sexuality, gender roles, educational and career choices, current changes in the (then) Soviet Union, socialism and capitalism, views of the West, their own values and ideals, and how they envision their society, its future, and their own roles within it. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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