Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. 1. Russia’s Social Welfare Crisis in Theoretical Perspective 1
5. 2. The Elderly in a Revolutionary Society: The Soviet Pension System, 1917–1956 24
6. 3. Pensions and the Pressures of Democratization in the USSR under Perestroika, 1986–1990 44
7. 4. The Origins of Post-Communist Russia’s Pension Crisis, 1990–1993 60
8. 5. Institutional Structure of the Russian Pension System, 1992–2001 72
9. 6. The Politics of Pensions and the Evolution of Russian Parliamentarism, 1994–1999 87
10. 7. Russian Laws on Old-Age Pensions and Veterans’ Rights: Contending Understandings of Social Justice 109
11. 8. The Evolution of Pension Reform in Russia, 1995–2001 124
12. 9. Conclusion 154
13. Appendix A: Detailed List of Sources for Figures 6.1–6.2: Chronology of Pension Indexation 163
14. Appendix B: Detailed List of Sources on Special Pension Benefits and Exemptions (l’goty) 169
15. Appendix C: Disputes over Finances 173
16. Notes 177
17. Bibliography 225
18. Index of Names 239
19. Index of Subjects 242