Assessing civil society in Putin's Russia: The plight of women's crisis centers

Communist and Post-Communist Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 41-52

  Johnson, Janet Elise ^a   Saarinen, Aino ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Civil society; Domestic violence; Gender; Post communism; Putin; Russia; Social movements

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952360112     PISSN: 0967067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postcomstud.2011.01.002     Document Type: Article

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