Poverty and social exclusion in the new Russia

Ashgate

2004

xiv, 288 p.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-273) and index.

9780754637394

Russia in context / Nick Manning and Nataliya Tikhonova Poverty, incomes and resources: concepts and measures / John Veit-Wilson Poverty in Russia / Nadia Davidova Social exclusion: concepts and debates / Peter Abrahamson Social exclusion in Russia / Nataliya Tikhonova Ethnic and cultural aspects of poverty / Andrei Zdravomyslov and Artur Tsutsiev Gender, poverty and social exclusion in contemporary Russia / Nadia Davidova and Nataliya Tikhonova Appendix 1. Project methodology / Nadia Davidova Appendix 2. Histories of 19 households: a longitudinal study, 1996-2001 / Nataliya Tikhonova

Presenting the findings of a major research project funded by the EU (INTAS), this key volume investigates the regional, ethnic and socio-cultural aspects of poverty and social exclusion in Russia in recent years. In-depth household interviews and survey data allowed teams from the UK, Denmark and Russia to compare different societies and communities in Russia across several different themes: the definition of poverty in different regional, ethnic and socio-cultural settings; the reproduction and formation of poverty subcultures in different societies and communities; the ethnic/national and political-values of poor people; the readiness of poor people for social protest; and a comparison of Russia with other EU countries. Offering a wealth of original data collected following a period of rapid impoverishment of the Russian population, the study considers the challenge this presents to Western European models of poverty and social exclusion

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