Empowering Women in Russia: Activism, Aid, and NGOs
(Part of the New Anthropologies of Europe Series)
Julie Hemment's engrossing study traces the development encounter through interactions between international foundations and Russian women's groups during a decade of national collapse. Prohibited from organizing independently under state socialism, women's groups became a focus of attention in the mid-1990s for foundations eager to promote participatory democracy, but the version of civil society that has emerged (the "third sector") is far from what Russian activists envisioned and what donor agencies promised. Drawing on ethnographic methods and Participatory Action Research, Hemment tells the story of her introduction to and growing collaboration with members of the group Zhenskii Svet (Women's Light) in the provincial city of Tver'.
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Asia Central Asia Communism & Socialism Elections & Political Process Feminist Theory Historical Study & Educational Resources Non-Governmental Organizations Political Advocacy Political Science Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences Russian & Former Soviet Union Social History Social Science Social Sciences Women in History Women's StudiesCustomer Reviews
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