Download or read book Soviet Social Reality in the Mirror of Glasnost written by Jim Riordan and published by Springer. This book was released on 1992-08-25 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Soviet and Western sociologists come together in this book to present results of recent sociological surveys and to analyse important social issues against the background of the revelations of the late 1980s and early 1990s. The book spans six major issues: the family and women, social care, young people, deviance (including prostitution), leisure and privilege (including the black market).