Democracy, Gender, and Social Policy in Russia: A Wayward Society

by Andrea Chandler

Overview

Through compelling and insightful analysis of the Russian case, this book explores the role that social welfare plays in regime transitions. It examines the role that gender and social welfare has played in Russia's post-communist political evolution from Yeltsin's assumption of the presidency to Putin's return for a third term as president in 2012

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349465538
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	01/01/2013
Series:	Gender and Politics
Edition description:	1st ed. 2013
Pages:	254
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Andrea Chandler is Professor in the Department of Political Science, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. She authored two previous books: Institutions of Isolation: Border Controls in the Soviet Union and its Successor States, 1917-1993 and Shocking Mother Russia: Democratization, Social Rights, and Pension Reform in Russia, 1990-2001.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Democracy, Gender and Citizenship in Postcommunist Russia PART I. DISCOURSES OF THE EARLY TRANSITION; LIBERALISM, FEMINISM AND THE MARKETS IN THE 1990S 1. Welfare and Social Justice in the USSR's Final Years 2. Liberalism and Social Reform in the Early Transition 3. Gender Equality, Individual Empowerment and Pluralism PART II. OPPOSITION POLITICS, NATIONALISM AND THE SEARCH FOR AUTHENTICIT, 1995-2004 4. Social Welfare in the Mid-Transition, 1995-2000 5. The Debate on Public Morality 6. The Rediscovery of the Child PART III. STATISM AND DEMOCRATIC REVERSAL UNDER PUTIN; POLICIES FOR A WAYWARD SOCIETY (2000-2008) Chapter 7. Pronatalism and Family Politics under Putin's Presidency Chapter 8. Gender and the State in Debates on Conscription PART IV. STEPS TOWARDS A POST-PUTIN SOCIAL CONTRACT Chapter 9. Social Justice and Social Inclusion, 2005-2011 Conclusion  —

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

Andrea Chandler's fine new book provides an innovative analysis of the competing discourses liberal, nationalist, feminist, human rights - that political elites and citizens used to debate social policy in Russia from 1990-2011. Chandler assigns discourse a key role in explaining policy outcomes, and argues that social policy has been a major cause of both democratizing and de-democratizing regime changes.

Linda Cook, Department of Political Science, Brown University, USA

Editorial Reviews

Chandler’s book provides a valuable resource for researchers interested in the interplay between gender, democracy and social policy in post-Soviet Russia and a useful case study for those interested in the role of discourse in public policy debates.” (Richard C. M. Mole, SEER - Slavonic and East European Review, Vol. 94 (4), October, 2016)

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