title: The politics of poverty in contemporary Russia
abstract: &lt;p&gt;This book provides an overview of poverty and well-being in Russia. Increasing poverty rates during the 1990s were followed by greater attention to social policies in the 2000s and increased efforts to engage people in socially oriented NGOs and ‘encourage’ them to contribute to the fulfillment of social aims. What impact did these developments have on the prevalence of poverty in contemporary Russian society?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Tracing continuities from the Soviet system alongside recen