Democratization in Russia Under Gorbachev, 1985-91: The Birth of a Voluntary Sector

by Anne White

Self-help organizations and charities were the most numerous, but least-studied of pressure groups to emerge during perestroika . This book examines the social exclusion experienced before 1985 by non-working citizens, studies the pre-1985 disabled people's movement and its numerous unofficial, but non-dissident organizations, discusses why the Gorbachev leadership adopted the non-Soviet concept of 'charity', analyses the failure of local authorities...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312219938
• ISBN13: 9780312219932
• Release Date: July 1999
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.8"