No. 200: Social Policy

Author(s): Janet Elise Johnson, Meri Kulmala
Editor(s): Stephen Aris, Matthias Neumann, Robert Orttung, Jeronim Perović, Heiko Pleines, Hans-Henning Schröder, Aglaya Snetkov
Series: Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)
Issue: 200
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich; Research Centre for East European Studies, University of Bremen; Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, George Washington University
Publication Year: 2017

This edition considers Russia’s policy on domestic violence and child welfare. Firstly, Janet Elise Johnson addresses the recent changes in domestic violence legislation, examining what these changes mean for gender equality policy in today’s Russia. Secondly, Meri Kulmala analyzes the on-going reform of state systems for child welfare, arguing that it is necessary to look beyond decorative institutional renovation and consider whether the underlying ideas driving Russia’s child welfare policy are shifting.

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