Human Rights in Russia: Citizens and the State from Perestroika to Putin

ISBN-13: 9781784536794 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 320 str.

Mary McAuley

Opis

Today Russia and human rights are both high on the international agenda. Since Putin returned to the presidency in 2012, domestic developments-from the prosecution of Pussy Riot to the release of Khodorkovsky and Russia's global role, especially in relation to Ukraine, have captured the attention of the world. The role of human rights activism inside Russia is, therefore, coming under ever greater international scrutiny. Since 1991, when the Russian Federation became an independent state, hundreds of organizations have been created to champion human rights causes, with varying strategies, and successes. The response of the authorities has ranged from being supportive, or indifferent, to openly hostile. Based on archival research and practical experience working in the community, Mark McAuley provides a clear and comprehensive analysis of the progress made by human rights organizations in Russia-and the challenges which will confront them in the future.

Spis treści

Preface and Acknowledgements Introduction PART I: THE GOLDEN DECADE 1 Perestroika to 1993: Seedbed for Human Rights 2 Human Rights Organizations: First Shoots 3 Early Debates over Rights and Strategies 4 Local Differences, Tackling Isolationism 5 Western Assistance, An Extraordinary Congress PART II: TAKING STOCK 6 The Civic Forum of 2001: to Tango or to Sit it Out 7 Activists and Popular Attitudes PART III: ACTIVISTS in ACTION 8 Army and Police Reform 9 Prison Inspectors and Juvenile Courts 10 Domestic Violence, Refugees, the Memorial Society PART IV: TWENTY YEARS ON 11 Young Lawyers Step Forward 12 Human Rights, Society, and Politics in 2013 Conclusion

O autorze

Mary McAuley is an Associate of the International Centre for Prison Studies, King's College, London. She was Fellow in Politics at St Hilda's College Oxford until 1995, with earlier posts at the universities of York and Essex. From 1996 to 2002 she ran the Ford Foundation's Moscow Office. Her books include Soviet Politics 1917 - 1991 (Oxford University Press, 1992) and Russia's Politics of Uncertainty (Cambridge University Press, 1997).