Learning to Labour in Post-Soviet Russia: Vocational youth in transition (BASEES/Routledge Series on Russian and East European Studies)

By: Charles Walker

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Synopsis: This book explores the changing nature of growing-up working-class in post-Soviet Russia, a country dislocated by the experience of neo-liberal economic reform. Based on extensive ethnographic research in a provincial Russian region, it follows the experiences of vocational education graduates whose colleges continue to channel them into the ailing industrial and agricultural sectors. Rather than settling for transitions into ‘poor work’, the book shows how these young men and women develop a range of strategies aimed at overcoming the poverty of opportunity available to them in traditional enterprises, pursuing instead emerging opportunities in higher education, jobs in the new service sector and the prospect of migration. Drawing on a range of theoretical perspectives, Charles Walker analyses these strategies and their significance for wider processes of social change and social stratification in post-Soviet Russia.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 248 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781136873607
Related ISBNs:: 9780203837870, 9780415479851, 9781138995314
Publisher:: Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:: 08/12/22
Copyrighted By:: Charles Walker
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Business and Finance, Social Studies, Politics and Government, Sociology
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.