Poverty, Ethnicity, and Gender in Eastern Europe During the Market Transition

by Rebecca Jean Emigh

This provocative volume is the first book to offer an extensive examination of the nature of poverty and its relationship to gender and ethnicity in five post-communist societies. As nations make the difficult transition from socialism to capitalism, the extent and nature of poverty tends to change and, because of this, the proportion of the population living in poverty tends to change. As a result, the proportion of the population living in poverty...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275968812
• ISBN13: 9780275968816
• Release Date: November 2000
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.5"