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Russia's Torn Safety Nets

Health and Social Welfare During the Transition

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  1. Mark G. Field
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  2. Judyth L. Twigg
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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vi
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Mark G. Field, Judyth L. Twigg
      Pages 1-9

  4. Social Issues

    1. The “New” Sexism: Images of Russian Women during the Transition

      • Valerie Sperling
      Pages 173-189

    2. New World of Work: Employment, Unemployment, and Adaptation

      • Walter D. Connor
      Pages 191-212

    3. Internal Migration: A Civil Society Challenge

      • Justin Burke
      Pages 213-230

    4. Russia’s Aging Population

      • Victoria A. Velkoff, Kevin Kinsella
      Pages 231-250

    5. Promises to Keep: Pension Provision in the Russian Federation

      • Cynthia Buckley, Dennis Donahue
      Pages 251-270

    6. The Social Crisis of the Russian Military

      • Deborah Yarsike Ball
      Pages 271-287

  5. Replacing the Safety Net?

    1. U.S. Foreign Assistance to the Russian Federation for Medicine and Health

      • Edward J. Burger Jr.
      Pages 289-303

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 305-314
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About this book

Russia's attempt to replace the failed Soviet system and its command economy with a capitalist, democratic society has produced a health and social welfare crisis, at considerable human cost. Russia s Torn Safety Nets presents a series of essays by distinguished Russian and American scholars which describe and analyze the consequences of the collapsed socialist system, focusing on issues of health and demography, HIV/AIDS, drug addiction and abuse, the disabled, aging and pensions, education, women and sexism, and social issues in the military. The essays conclude with a section on the private and public efforts to ease the impact of the ongoing transition on the Russia people.

About the authors

Mark G. Field is an Associate at the Davis Center for Russian Studies and Adjunct Professor at Harvard University’s School of Public Health.

Judyth L. Twigg is Assistant Professor of Political Science and Public Administration at Virginia Commonwealth University.

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