Russia's Torn Safety Nets: Health and Social Welfare During the Transition

By: Na, Na

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 031222916X
• ISBN13: 9780312229160
• Release Date: June 2000
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 314 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"