Social Capital and Social Cohesion in Post-Soviet Russia

This examination of Russia's social fabric assesses the damage that has been done and the prospects for repair. The inquiry ranges beyond the capital cities to identify pockets of resiliency and vulnerability across Russian society.
This work shows that the collapse of socialist employment and social service systems - and of the USSR itself - has had profoundly damaging effects, manifested in dislocation and homelessness, ethnic strife, family breakdown, declining life expectancy, and soaring rates of violence and crime.