New Rich, New Poor, New Russia: Winners and Losers on the Russian Road to Capitalism / Edition 2

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:	9780765605245
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/31/1999
Edition description:	REVISED
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Bertram Silverman, Murray Yanowitch

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Costs of Market Bolshevism; Free Market Ideology and the Specter of Inequality; Critical Responses to Radical Reform; The Rise of Mass Poverty; A Question of Difference: Women as Losers; Wage Earners: Winners and Losers; A New Capitalist Class: Entrepreneurs and the Economic Elite; Why No Social Democracy in Russia?; After the Fall.

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