Monograficheskoe issledovanie posvyashcheno predystorii perekhoda Rossiyskoy Federatsii k rynochnoy ekonomike v nachale 1990-kh godov. Rassmatrivayutsya sotsial"nye izderzhki rynochnykh transformatsiy k kontsu pervogo desyatileniya "shokovoy terapii" v strane: rost smertnosti, obnishchanie naseleniya, bezrabotitsa, prestupnost", psikhicheskie zabolevaniya. Kniga osnovyvaetsya na znachitel"nom statisticheskom i istoricheskom materiale. Monografiya budet predstavlyat" interes dlya studentov, aspirantov, prepodavateley sotsial"no-ekonomicheskikh distsiplin, zhurnalistov, rukovoditeley uchrezhdeniy i organizatsiy, gosudarstvennykh sluzhashchikh, vsekh interesuyushchikhsya sotsial"noy istoriey Rossii kontsa XX stoletiya.