Organizing Women in Contemporary Russia: Engendering Transition

By Valerie Sperling

Book Overview

This book offers a rich and clearly-written analysis of the women's movement in contemporary Russia. It tells the engaging story of the women's movement's formation and development in a country undergoing a radical economic and political transition from communist rule. Based on extensive interviews with the activists themselves, the book vividly documents the specific challenges facing women's groups in Russia, including societal attitudes toward feminism, the difficulty of organizing in post-communist countries, and the ways that the international environment has affected the women's movement.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521669634
• ISBN13: 9780521669634
• Release Date: November 1999
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Scholarly, readable, and engaging!

Sperling has written an excellent book. Besides a thorough look at the impact of political and economic transition on the contemporary Russian women's movement, it is a scholarly, yet very readable, and engaging book. It is an important contribution to gender issues and women's studies.