Social Rights in Russia - From Imperfect Past to Uncertain Future

Russia's human rights record, especially violations of rights to liberty and freedom of expression, has been the subject of much concern. Social, or welfare, rights on the other hand, including rights to housing, health and social security access, have received less attention. This book explores Russia's changing position towards socia

Sommario

1. Introduction

2. A brief history of social rights

3. Social rights, neoliberalism and austerity

4. The development of social rights in Russia

5. Defending social rights? The human rights ombudsmen and NGOs

6. Civil society, socially-oriented NGOs and the utility of a rights-based approach to advocacy

7. Socially-oriented’ NGOs and the new social policy

8. Conclusions

Info autore

Eleanor Bindman is a Lecturer in Politics at Liverpool University, UK.

Riassunto

Russia’s human rights record, especially violations of rights to liberty and freedom of expression, has been the subject of much concern. Social, or welfare, rights on the other hand, including rights to housing, health and social security access, have received less attention. This book explores Russia's changing position towards socia

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Eleanor Bindman, Eleanor (The University of Manchester Bindman, Bindman Eleanor
• Con la collaborazione di: Richard Sakwa (Editore della collana)
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9780367871642
• ISBN: 978-0-367-87164-2
• Pagine: 168
• Serie: BASEES/Routledge Series on Russian and East European Studies
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Geoscienze > Geografia; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Pedagogia > Pedagogia sociale, assistenza sociale; Ethnic Studies, Russia, Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, Social and cultural history, Society and culture: general, Human rights, civil rights, Central / national / federal government policies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General