The Politics of Poverty in Contemporary Russia

This book provides an overview of poverty and well-being in Russia. Increasing poverty rates during the 1990s were followed by greater attention to social policies in the 2000s.What impact did these developments have on the prevalence of poverty in contemporary Russian society?

Ann-Mari Sätre is Associate Professor of Economics and Research Director at IRES Institute for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Uppsala University, Sweden. She is specialized in the structure and performance of the Soviet/Russian economy. She is also International partner, at the Centre of Excellence in Russian studies at Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki. Her current research focuses on poverty, local development and women's work in Russia. She is the author or co-author of four books and close to 50 articles and book chapters on the Soviet/Russian political economy.

1. Introduction 2. On poverty in Russia 3. Causes of poverty 4. State in social policy 5. Social welfare and combatting poverty as a female responsibility 6. The role of civil society organisations in dealing with poverty 7. The Politics of Poverty in Contemporary Russia