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Sarah Ashwin and her team of Russian sociologists have done it again, brought together their years of research into the gender fall out of the Soviet collapse, exploring survival strategies in the face of an unprecedented economic collapsehow and when women have proven to be more flexible and resilient than men, how men have held on to better paid employment, but when they fail, how they have often subsided into a quagmire of demoralisation. Here we have the perfect combination of surveys and case material, sensitive to general trends but also to the complex human response to adversity. Essential reading for all those who want to get beyond distorting stereotypes and sensational depictions of Russian life today.

Michael Burawoy, University of California, Berkeley

Provides very interesting analyses of the ways individuals are dealing with the deep problems during the restructuring of the Russian labour market, and the gender differences in relation to individual strategies. Its an excellent book which will provide students, researchers and policy makers in social sciences with a new insight into the contradictions and problems of actual development in Russia.

Birgit Pfau-Effinger, University of Hamburg

Adapting to Russias New Labour Market

Economic reform in post-Soviet Russia produced a devastating decline in living standards, and widespread insecurity and uncertainty. This was felt most strongly in the sphere of employment, as enterprisesonce the centre of Soviet social lifewere thrown into crisis. How are men and women coping with the transformation of the Russian labour market that has occurred since the collapse of communism?

Unemployment was widely expected to have a female face and it was anticipated that women would be the main losers from reform. But these predictions have not been realised, and men have received increasing attention as it has become clear that many of them are finding it difficult to adjust to new conditions. This book aims to identify and explain gender differences in responses to Russias transformed economic environment, and to reveal the way in which these influence both labour market outcomes, and the well being of men and women.

The analysis is based on original research conducted by Sarah Ashwin and her team of experienced Russian sociologists. Through a series of qualitative interviews, they followed the progress of 120 men and 120 women through the turbulent Russian labour market between 1999 and 2001. Adapting to Russias New Labour Market includes chapters examining: the way in which the 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, and which life events are most likely to initiate downward trajectories.

Scholarly, yet lively, this collection offers a valuable resource for students and scholars of Russian Studies, Gender Studies and Sociology, as well as anyone interested in understanding the human dimension of the transformation of the Russian labour market.

Sarah Ashwin is a Reader in the Industrial Relations Department at the London School of Economics and Political Science. She has been doing field research in Russia since 1991. Her main areas of interest are workers organization, trade unions, and gender relations. Her publications include Gender, State and Society in Soviet and Post-Soviet Russia (Routledge, 2000).

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Adapting to Russias New Labour Market

Gender and employment behaviour

Edited by Sarah Ashwin

First published 2006 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon Oxon OX 14 4RN

Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge 270 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10016

Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group
This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2005.
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2006 selection and editorial matter, Sarah Ashwin; individual chapters, the contributors

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ISBN 0-203-31313-5 Master e-book ISBN

ISBN10:0-415-34960-5 (Print Edition)
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Tables

Educational level of respondents at the final stage of research

Sector of employed respondents at the beginning and end of research

Branch of employed respondents at first and last stage of research

Outcomes of respondents by region

Outcomes of respondents by sex

Outcomes of respondents by education

Wage levels by sector at the final stage of research

Hours spent on housework in working-age couples

Views of respondents on the gender of professions

Percentage of women among the employed by branch

Professional changes of respondents during research period

Levels of mobility by gender during research period

The impact of mobility on outcomes

Skill enhancement and new qualifications by gender

Intensity of supplementary work and outcomes by gender

Figures

Ranking of work motivations

Dominant work orientations of men and women

Contributors

Sarah Ashwin is a Reader in Industrial Relations at the London School of Economics. She is author of Russian Workers: The Anatomy of Patience (Manchester University Press, 1999), editor of Gender, State and Society in Soviet and Post-Soviet Russia (Routledge, 2000) and co-author (with Simon Clarke) of Russian Trade Unions and Industrial Relations in Transition

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