The Politics of Poverty in Contemporary Russia - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Politics of Poverty in Contemporary Russia write by Ann-Mari Sätre. This book was released on 2019-01-15. The Politics of Poverty in Contemporary Russia available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book provides an overview of poverty and well-being in Russia. Increasing poverty rates during the 1990s were followed by greater attention to social policies in the 2000s and increased efforts to engage people in socially oriented NGOs and ‘encourage’ them to contribute to the fulfillment of social aims. What impact did these developments have on the prevalence of poverty in contemporary Russian society? Tracing continuities from the Soviet system alongside recent developments such as the falling price of oil, economic sanctions, and changes in directions of social policy, this book explores the impact of poverty, inequality and social programmes. The author examines the agency of people living in poverty and those engaged in social policy, using official statistics, survey data and interviews from four Russian regions to explain the reasons and consequences of poverty and people’s attempts to get out of it. The approach is based on institutional theory, complemented by Amartya Sen’s capability approach highlighting the importance of agency and an institutional framework as a means for change. A timely book that will be of interest to students of contemporary Russian politics as well as those engaged in social policy issues.
Attitudes, Poverty and Agency in Russia and Ukraine
Attitudes, Poverty and Agency in Russia and Ukraine - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Attitudes, Poverty and Agency in Russia and Ukraine write by Ann-Mari Sätre. This book was released on 2017-10-02. Attitudes, Poverty and Agency in Russia and Ukraine available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. One of the main ideas behind this book was to trace continuities from the Soviet time to post-Soviet Russia. There are many similarities between Russia and Ukraine, indicating such a continuation. Russia and Ukraine had a lot in common in terms of culture, language and history, partly also because of their common origin. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, however, the two independent countries chose different routes of development. This makes it possible to distinguish between the effects of politics/reforms on the one hand, and the impacts from the Soviet system on the other. After some more or less chaotic development paths in the 1990s, showing clear differences between the two countries, and before the contemporary conflict broke out in Eastern Ukraine (2013), they had once again more similarities in terms of political leadership and policies in general. The chapters in this book focus on Ukraine and on two regions in Russia: Nizhny Novgorod and Archangelsk. Contributors look at attitudes towards poverty and poor people; strategies of the poor; and policies against poverty. This book was published as a special issue of the Journal of Contemporary Central and Eastern Europe.
Poverty and Inequality in Contemporary Russia
Poverty and Inequality in Contemporary Russia - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Poverty and Inequality in Contemporary Russia write by Daria Ukhova. This book was released on . Poverty and Inequality in Contemporary Russia available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
The Other Russia
The Other Russia - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Other Russia write by Leo Granberg. This book was released on 2016-10-04. The Other Russia available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Most recent research seeks to explain contemporary changes in Russia by analysing the decisions of Russian leaders, oligarchs and politicians based in Moscow. This book examines another Russia, one of ordinary people changing their environment and taking opportunities to provoke societal changes in small towns and the countryside. Russia is a resource-rich society and the country’s strategy and institutional structure are built on the most valuable of these resources: oil and gas. Analysing the implications of this situation at the local level, this book offers chapters on resource use, local authorities, enterprises, poverty and types of individual, as well as a final chapter which places local societies within the framework of the Russian politicised economy. Based on extensive empirical data gathered through more than 400 semi-structured interviews with entrepreneurs, teachers, social workers and those working for the local authorities, this book sheds light on the role of local activity in the development of Russian society and is essential reading for students and scholars interested in Russia and its politics.
The Politics of Inequality in Russia
The Politics of Inequality in Russia - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Politics of Inequality in Russia write by Thomas F. Remington. This book was released on 2011. The Politics of Inequality in Russia available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "This book investigates the relationship between the character of political regimes in Russia's subnational regions and the structure of earnings and income. Based on extensive data from Russian official sources and surveys conducted by the World Bank, the book shows that income inequality is higher in more pluralistic regions. It argues that the relationship between firms and government differs between more democratic and more authoritarian regional regimes. In more democratic regions, business firms and government have more cooperative relations, restraining the power of government over business and encouraging business to invest more, pay more, and report more of their wages. Average wages are higher in more democratic regions and poverty is lower, but wage and income inequality are also higher. The book argues that the rising inequality in postcommunist Russia reflects the inability of a weak state to carry out a redistributive social policy"--
