About the Author

Mark G. Field is an Associate at the Davis Center for Russian Studies and Adjunct Professor at Harvard University’s School of Public Health.

Judyth L. Twigg is Assistant Professor of Political Science and Public Administration at Virginia Commonwealth University.

Reviews

"Together, they make a powerful case that although many aspects of the Soviet state, such as its labor camps, censorship, and inefficient systems of production, should be consigned to the history books, it did provide a basic safety net that protected most people from abject poverty. The transition to a capitalist economy has removed this safety net, leaving the Russian population at the mercy of the worst aspects of capitalism." --"New England Journal of Medicine"
..".an impressive group of scholars and policy practicioners...provides overviews appropriate for courses as well as new data that should be of interest to scholars." --"Russian Review"

“Together, they make a powerful case that although many aspects of the Soviet state, such as its labor camps, censorship, and inefficient systems of production, should be consigned to the history books, it did provide a basic safety net that protected most people from abject poverty. The transition to a capitalist economy has removed this safety net, leaving the Russian population at the mercy of the worst aspects of capitalism.” —"New England Journal of Medicine"
“...an impressive group of scholars and policy practicioners...provides overviews appropriate for courses as well as new data that should be of interest to scholars.” —"Russian Review"

0;Together, they make a powerful case that although many aspects of the Soviet state, such as its labor camps, censorship, and inefficient systems of production, should be consigned to the history books, it did provide a basic safety net that protected most people from abject poverty. The transition to a capitalist economy has removed this safety net, leaving the Russian population at the mercy of the worst aspects of capitalism.1; 2;"New England Journal of Medicine"
0;...an impressive group of scholars and policy practicioners...provides overviews appropriate for courses as well as new data that should be of interest to scholars.1; 2;"Russian Review"

" Together, they make a powerful case that although many aspects of the Soviet state, such as its labor camps, censorship, and inefficient systems of production, should be consigned to the history books, it did provide a basic safety net that protected most people from abject poverty. The transition to a capitalist economy has removed this safety net, leaving the Russian population at the mercy of the worst aspects of capitalism." -- "New England Journal of Medicine"
" ...an impressive group of scholars and policy practicioners...provides overviews appropriate for courses as well as new data that should be of interest to scholars." -- "Russian Review"