Russian Women in Politics and Society

WILMA RULE is Adjunct Professor of Political Science at the University of Nevada, Reno. She has published numerous comparative studies of the political and socio-economic conditions affecting women's legislative recruitment. She is co-editor, with Joseph F. Zimmerman, of Electoral Systems in Comparative Perspective: Their Impact on Women and Minorities (Greenwood, 1994) and U.S. Electoral Systems: Their Impact on Women and Minorities (Praeger, 1992). NORMA NOONAN is Professor of Political Science at Augsburg College. A long time specialist on Russia and the former Soviet Union, she is the author of over 70 articles on women in Russia, Soviet/Russian foreign policy, and Soviet/Russian political elites. For over a decade, her research has focused on women in Russia, past and present, and trying to interpret Russian women in terms of the Soviet experience. She currently directs and teaches in a graduate program on leadership.

Preface Introduction: Equal Players or Back to the Kitchen? by Wilma Rule Women in Politics: Past and Present Women's Participation: From Lenin to Gorbachev by Carol Nechemias The Communist Era and Women: Image and Reality by Joel C. Moses Women in Russia's First Multiparty Election by Wilma Rule and Nadezhda Shvedova The Changing Gender Culture and Women's Place Women in Russian Society from the Tsars to Yeltsin by Marcelline Hutton The Bolshevik Legacy and Russian Women's Movements by Norma C. Noonan The Fall of the Soviet Union, The Rise of Capitalism and the Impact on Women Before the Fall: Economic and Social Problems by Alexander Ardishvili The Gorbachev Leadership: Change and Continuity by Norma C. Noonan The Yeltsin Presidency, Economic Reform, and Women by Luba Racanska The Changing Constitutions and Women's Human Rights Russian Constitution and Women's Political Opportunities by Richard D. Anderson, Jr. Law and Policy: Women's Human Rights in Russia by Dorothy McBride Stetson Crossroads in Russian History: A Brighter Road Ahead for Women? by Norma C. Noonan Glossary of Russian and Soviet Leaders Glossary of Russian Terms Select Bibliography Index