UID:
almafu_9960120038702883
Format:
1 online resource (xv, 259 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
0-511-98328-X
Series Statement:
Cambridge Russian, Soviet and post-Soviet studies ; 56
Content:
Research on women's roles in rural development has found that women's contribution to the rural economy is commonly underestimated and that women may find it difficult to benefit from the development process. Within this context, this book looks at the Soviet experience of development as reflected in the lives of rural women. It attempts to analyse the gains made and the problems still faced by rural women in a country where development policies have been accompanied by a formal commitment to sexual equality. In its introduction, the book briefly outlines the impact on rural women of social, economic and political change in the countryside from the revolution to 1960. It then goes on to examine in depth changes in the role and status of women in the Soviet countryside.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Acknowledgements -- Notes for readers -- Map: the Union republics of the USSR -- Map: the Non-Black Earth Zone of the RSFSR -- Introduction -- Women and rural development -- Rural women in the development of the USSR -- Women in the rural workforce -- The effect of migration -- Changes in the structure of the rural workforce -- Women in agricultural employment -- Women machine operators -- Livestock workers -- Women in dairying -- Agricultural labourers -- Women in industry and the service sector -- Women in the rural intelligentsia -- Women in management -- Women's responses to rural employment -- Women in the rural family -- The development of the small family -- Romance and the choice of a husband -- Age at marriage: regional variations -- Parental influence in marriage -- The 'head of household' in the rural family -- The division of labour within the rural family -- The persistence of inequality within marriage -- Current population policies -- Conflict in the rural family -- Some concluding observations -- Women's roles in rural culture -- Education -- Leisure -- Religion -- Politics -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-05747-7
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-32862-4
Language:
English
URL:
Volltext
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URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511983283
