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Shifting Policy Responses to Domestic Violence in Post-Communist Russia

Student: Lushnikova Liudmila

Supervisor: Alexander Sungurov

Faculty: Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences

Educational Programme: Comparative Politics of Eurasia (Master)

Year of Graduation: 2020

The problem of domestic violence today is more relevant than ever and draws the attention of a vast number of scientists, human rights activists and defenders, lawmakers, as well as ordinary people, primarily potential victims of such a terrifying disaster of modern developed society as domestic violence. Thus, domestic violence issue is a global problem – an international problem which covers different countries of the world. International practice illustrates that it is much easier to assert rights when separate laws exist. This research seeks to understand the evolution of policy to combat domestic violence against women in post-communist Russia. Despite the fact that policy change is usually perceived as a key change toward progressive policies, case of Russia shows an example of opposite dynamic of policy evolution.

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