| Adapting to Russia's New Labour Market: Gender and Employment Behaviour Contributor(s): Ashwin, Sarah (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415349605 ISBN-13: 9780415349604 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $161.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2005 Annotation: With contributions from members of the Institute for Comparative Labour Relations Research and other specialists in the field, this book sheds new light on the way people in Russia cope with economic reform in post-Soviet Russia. This book identifies and explains gender differences in responses to Russia's transformed economic environment, and reveals the way in which these influence both a labor market outcomes and the well-being of men and women. Drawing upon analysis based on original research including a series of qualitative interviews, the experienced team of sociologists chart the progress of 120 men and 120 women through the turbulent Russian labor market of 1999-2001. The study includes chapters on the way gender norms inherited from the Soviet era have influenced responses to transition; sex segregation and discrimination in the labor market; gender differences in work orientations and behavior; who benefits from networks; and which life events are most likely to initiate downward economic trajectories. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Labor & Industrial Relations |
| Dewey: 331.410 |
| LCCN: 2004028863 |
| Series: Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe |
| Physical Information: 0.72" H x 6.3" W x 9.52" (1.07 lbs) 248 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Russia |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Economic reform in post-Soviet Russia created not only a devastating decline in living standards, but also widespread insecurity and uncertainty. This book is the first to analyse the situation from a gendered perspective, shedding new light on the way in which Russians are coping with the transformation of the labour market. The book examines gender differences in responses to economic reform, and considers the implications of these for the labour market outcomes and wider well-being of men and women during transition. Based on original research carried out by an experienced team of sociologists, the book analyses the journeys of 240 men and women through the turbulent Russian labour market of 1999-2001. It includes chapters on: *the way gender norms inherited from the Soviet era have influenced responses to transition *sex segregation and discrimination in the labour market *gender differences in work orientations and behaviour *who benefits from networks *which life events are most likely to initiate downward economic trajectories. |