Measuring social and economic change in rural Russia : surveys from 1991 to 2003

Introduction : how do we measure change in rural Russia? -- A macro-level view of change in the Russian countryside -- Central government reforms in agriculture -- Regional responses to reforms -- The transformation of Russian agriculture -- The adaptation of villages and households to the new economy -- The impact of reforms on the social organization of the Russian village -- Household capital and agricultural sales -- Household capital and income inequality -- Evaluating the quality of village life -- Rural poverty -- Material goods and services -- Mental health and subjective quality of life -- Building sustainable rural communities -- The future of rural Russia -- What can we learn from the experiment in Russian agrarian reform?