Democratization in Russia Under Gorbachev, 1985-91: The Birth of a Voluntary Sector

by Anne White

Self-help organizations and charities were the most numerous, but least-studied of pressure groups to emerge during perestroika . This book examines the social exclusion experienced before 1985 by non-working citizens, studies the pre-1985 disabled people's movement and its numerous unofficial, but non-dissident organizations, discusses why the Gorbachev leadership adopted the non-Soviet concept of 'charity', analyses the failure of local authorities...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349273740
• ISBN13: 9781349273744
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"