Domestic violence in postcommunist states
Subtitle: local activism, national policies, and global forces
By: edited by Katalin Fábián.
Contributors: Fábián, Katalin.
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Bloomington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780253355041; 9780253222183
Subjects: Family violence -- Europe; Family violence -- Asia; Post-communism -- Europe; Post-communism -- Asia
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : the politics of domestic violence in postcommunist Europe and Eurasia / Katalin Fábián; title: Transnational advocacy campaigns and domestic violence prevention in Ukraine / Alexandra Hrycak; title: Global feminism, foreign funding, and Russian writing about domestic violence / Janet Elise Johnson and Gulnara Zaynullina; title: Balancing acts : women's NGOs combating domestic violence in Kazakhstan / Edward Snajdr; title: From Soviet liberation to post-Soviet segregation : women and violence in Tajikistan / Muborak Sharipova and Katalin Fábián; title: The politics of awareness : making domestic violence visible in Poland / Thomas Chivens; title: Domestic violence against women : when practice creates legislation in Slovenia / Sonja Robnik; title: Reframing domestic violence : global networks and local activism in postcommunist Central and Eastern Europe / Katalin Fábián; title: The new wave : how transnational feminist networks promote domestic violence reform in postcommunist Europe / Laura Brunell and Janet Elise Johnson; title: The European Union, transnational advocacy, and violence against women in postcommunist states / Celeste Montoya; title: The promise and perils of international treaties / Olga Avdeyeva.