| Description |
1 online resource (x, 303 pages) : map |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-291) and index. |
| Contents |
Russian women's movement groups and activists -- Analyzing social movements -- Feminism femininity and sexism: socio-cultural opportunities and obstacles to women's movement organizing -- "Democracy without women is not democracy!": political opportunities and obstacles to women's movement organizing -- "Unemployment has a woman's face ... ": economic opportunities and obstacles to women's movement organizing -- Remembrance of things past: the impact of political history on women's movement organizing -- International influences on the Russian women's movement. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Feminism -- Russia (Federation)
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Feminism. |
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Russia (Federation) |
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Women -- Russia (Federation) -- Social conditions.
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Women. |
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Social conditions. |
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Russia (Federation) -- Social conditions -- 1991-
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| Chronological Term |
1991- |
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Since 1991 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Feminism. |
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Women's movement. |
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Women. |
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Womyn. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Sperling, Valerie. Organizing women in contemporary Russia. Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999 0521669634 (DLC) 98043642 (OCoLC)40268481 |
| ISBN |
0511004842 (electronic book) |
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9780511004841 (electronic book) |
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0511033230 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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9780511033230 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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9780521660174 (hardback) |
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0521660173 (hardback) |
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9780511489082 (electronic book) |
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0511489080 (electronic book) |
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0521669634 (paperback) |
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0521660173 (hardcover) |
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0521609634 (paperback) |
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9780521669634 |
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