Introduction: Democracy, Gender and Citizenship in Postcommunist Russia PART I. DISCOURSES OF THE EARLY TRANSITION; LIBERALISM, FEMINISM AND THE MARKETS IN THE 1990S 1. Welfare and Social Justice in the USSR's Final Years 2. Liberalism and Social Reform in the Early Transition 3. Gender Equality, Individual Empowerment and Pluralism PART II. OPPOSITION POLITICS, NATIONALISM AND THE SEARCH FOR AUTHENTICIT, 1995-2004 4. Social Welfare in the Mid-Transition, 1995-2000 5. The Debate on Public Morality 6. The Rediscovery of the Child PART III. STATISM AND DEMOCRATIC REVERSAL UNDER PUTIN; POLICIES FOR A WAYWARD SOCIETY (2000-2008) Chapter 7. Pronatalism and Family Politics under Putin's Presidency Chapter 8. Gender and the State in Debates on Conscription PART IV. STEPS TOWARDS A POST-PUTIN SOCIAL CONTRACT Chapter 9. Social Justice and Social Inclusion, 2005-2011 Conclusion ?