The Russian women’s movement: Activists’ strategies and identities

Women and Politics

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 83-109

  Ferree, Myra Marx ^a   Risman, Barbara ^b,c   Sperling, Valerie ^d   Gurikova, Tatiana ^a   Hyde, Katherine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Contemporary Sociology ^*  (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Feminism; Political activists; Political organizing; Russia; Social movement mobilization; Women s interests; Women s movements; Women s organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 8744274361     PISSN: 01957732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J014v20n03_05     Document Type: Article

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