{"product_id":"poverty-in-the-soviet-union-the-life-styles-of-the-underprivileged-in-recent-years-hardback-9780521325448","title":"Poverty in the Soviet Union; The Life-styles of the Underprivileged in Recent Years (Hardback) 9780521325448","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePoverty in the Soviet Union\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Life-styles of the Underprivileged in Recent Years\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis 1986 book deals with the continuing problem of poverty in Soviet society, which the Revolution of 1917 was supposed to solve.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMervyn Matthews (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521325448, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 30 October 1986\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e244 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 13.8 x 2.3 cm, 0.42 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe 1986 book deals with the continuing problem of poverty in Soviet society, a problem which the Revolution of 1917 was supposed to solve in a planned and expeditious manner. The topic is important both because it involves large numbers of people, and because it illustrates a major failing of Marxism-Leninism in practice. The book attempts to analyse Soviet poverty both from Soviet and western sources: the former are very limited, because discussion of poverty in the USSR falls under a strict censorship ban. This is one of the reasons why it has been so sadly neglected by western observers. The analysis concerns itself with most of the common problems of poverty and under-privilege in an industrialised society. Exclusion from the political process, and the particular social implications of the constitutional status of labour as both a right and a duty, are examined in an account that emphasises life-style and social problems, rather than merely the content of the wage-packet.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Part I: 1. Is there poverty in the Soviet Union?\u003cbr\u003e 2. Who are the Soviet poor?\u003cbr\u003e 3. Poverty life-styles: food, clothing, shelter\u003cbr\u003e Part II: 4. Poverty life-styles: other aspects\u003cbr\u003e 5. Work and social security\u003cbr\u003e 6. Poverty, politics and charity\u003cbr\u003e 7. Some further dimensions\u003cbr\u003e Postscript\u003cbr\u003e Appendix\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Poverty  \u0026amp; unemployment [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Poverty  \u0026amp; unemployment\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Poverty%20%20\u0026amp;%20unemployment%20%5BJFFA%5D%22\"\u003eJFFA\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46007090839832,"sku":"9780521325448","price":70.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521325448i_2197818c-af41-4dfb-afb1-044c5fe6413d.jpg?v=1691375203","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/poverty-in-the-soviet-union-the-life-styles-of-the-underprivileged-in-recent-years-hardback-9780521325448","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}