ABSTRACT

Aiming to explain many Russians' ambivalence to recent changes, this work examines the unequal distribution of the costs and benefits of reform, its impact on the socioeconomic structure of the population, and the ways in which these changes violate social perceptions of equity and fairness.

chapter 2|23 pages

Critical Responses to Radical Reform

chapter 3|19 pages

The Rise of Mass Poverty

chapter 4|24 pages

A Question of Difference: Women as Losers

chapter 5|23 pages

Wage-Earners: Winners and Losers

chapter 7|11 pages

Why No Social Democracy in Russia?