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dc.contributor.authorSätre, Ann-Mari
dc.date.accessioned2022-07-11T10:21:22Z
dc.date.available2022-07-11T10:21:22Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier.urihttps://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/57285
dc.description.abstractThis 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 and increased efforts to engage people in socially oriented NGOs and ‘encourage’ them to contribute to the fulfillment of social aims. What impact did these developments have on the prevalence of poverty in contemporary Russian society? Tracing continuities from the Soviet system alongside recent developments such as the falling price of oil, economic sanctions, and changes in directions of social policy, this book explores the impact of poverty, inequality and social programmes. The author examines the agency of people living in poverty and those engaged in social policy, using official statistics, survey data and interviews from four Russian regions to explain the reasons and consequences of poverty and people’s attempts to get out of it. The approach is based on institutional theory, complemented by Amartya Sen’s capability approach highlighting the importance of agency and an institutional framework as a means for change. A timely book that will be of interest to students of contemporary Russian politics as well as those engaged in social policy issues.en_US
dc.languageEnglishen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesStudies in Contemporary Russiaen_US
dc.subject.otherPolitics and government;Social welfare and social services;Central / national / federal government policiesen_US
dc.titleThe Politics of Poverty in Contemporary Russiaen_US
dc.typebook
oapen.identifier.doi10.4324/9781351169448en_US
oapen.relation.isPublishedBy7b3c7b10-5b1e-40b3-860e-c6dd5197f0bben_US
oapen.relation.isbn9781351169431en_US
oapen.relation.isbn9780815347323en_US
oapen.relation.isbn9781032094144en_US
oapen.imprintRoutledgeen_US
oapen.pages196en_US


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