War against the Family: Domestic Violence and Human Rights in Russia - a View from the Bashkortostan Republic

Zakirova, V.

Current Sociology 53(1): 75-91

2005


ISSN/ISBN: 0011-3921
Document Number: 261729
Although the former Soviet totalitarian structures are being dismantled, new forms of political, economic and social organizations are not yet in place. In Communist Russia, the family as an ideological institution shaped official family policy. The contemporary transformation of Russian society has inevitably touched family life and women's roles within it. This article presents an analysis of domestic violence in Russia, and makes recommendations for social action, legislation, social condemnation and the women's movement.

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