Human Rights in Russia : a Darker Side of Reform.

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Title page; copyright page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; ch1-Introduction: Framing the Study; Defining Some Key Terms; Historical Background; Decentralization; Sources of Data; Why Russia?; Outline of the Study; Notes; ch2-Prisons: Resource Deprivation and Torturous Conditions; Soviet Prisons; Crime and Punishment in Post-Soviet Russia; Prisons; Conclusion; Notes; ch3-Violence Against Women and State Indifference; Violence Against Women and Human Rights; The Condition of Soviet Women; Post-Soviet Russia; Women's Changing Economic Position; Conclusion; Notes.

Ch4-The Victimization of Other Socially Vulnerable GroupsOrphans; Arrests of Caucasians and Dark-Skinned Individuals; Military Conscripts; Conclusion; Notes; ch5-Institutional Degradation and the Two Wars in Chechnya; Background; The First Invasion; The Second Invasion; Conclusion; Notes; ch6-Russia in Comparative Perspective; Summary of Arguments; Notes; Appendix: Interviews; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Bibliography; Index; About the Book.

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