{"product_id":"russian-women-in-politics-and-society-hardcover","title":"Russian Women in Politics and Society - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilma Rule\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eNorma Noonan\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn examination of women's roles in politics and society in the contemporary Russian Federation as it creates a new market economy and democratic course born of a millennium of history and nearly 75 years of authoritarian communist rule. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe stage is set in the introduction followed by an examination of the history of the Bolshevik socialist state in 1917 through the participation of women in recent multiparty elections in 1993. The tsarist and Communist gender culture is presented, and the book then considers why and how, the Soviet Union disintegrated. Next the editors explore the reborn Russia of President Boris Yeltsin and women's rights under Soviet and post-Soviet rule. The book is enriched by statistical tables and glossaries of the names of leaders and terms for easy identification.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWILMA RULE is Adjunct Professor of Political Science at the University of Nevada, Reno. She has published numerous comparative studies of the political and socio-economic conditions affecting women's legislative recruitment. She is co-editor, with Joseph F. Zimmerman, of \u003ci\u003eElectoral Systems in Comparative Perspective: Their Impact on Women and Minorities\u003c\/i\u003e (Greenwood, 1994) and \u003ci\u003eU.S. Electoral Systems: Their Impact on Women and Minorities\u003c\/i\u003e (Praeger, 1992). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNORMA NOONAN is Professor of Political Science at Augsburg College. A long time specialist on Russia and the former Soviet Union, she is the author of over 70 articles on women in Russia, Soviet\/Russian foreign policy, and Soviet\/Russian political elites. For over a decade, her research has focused on women in Russia, past and present, and trying to interpret Russian women in terms of the Soviet experience. She currently directs and teaches in a graduate program on leadership.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.77 x 9.6 x 6.34 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 21, 1996\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52733279797555,"sku":"9780313293634","price":187.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/OBGymQSkpu9780313293634.webp?v=1763924244","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/russian-women-in-politics-and-society-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}