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Citation
(2001), "Work and Welfare in the New Russia", Work Study, Vol. 50 No. 3. https://doi.org/10.1108/ws.2001.07950cae.003
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2001, MCB UP Limited
Work and Welfare in the New Russia
Work and Welfare in the New Russia
Nick Manning, Ovsey Shkaratan and Nataliya TikhonovaAshgate£49.50ISBN: 1 84014530 7Keywords: Russia, Economy, Unemployment, Welfare
The former Soviet Union is in crisis in terms of the economy, and the associated levels of unemployment and poverty. This book reports on that crisis, ironically through original and detailed data made possible by the changes that have taken place in Russia in the 1990s. Based on an EU and ODA funded project, it examines in depth the patterns of contemporary unemployment and poverty, the origins of Russian social policies and their aims, implementation and effects up to 2000. The conclusion sets the findings within a discussion of the future of the Russian welfare state and the policy choices, alternatives and consequences emerging in the context of current social conflicts.