UNCERTAIN DEVELOPMENT OF CIVIL SOCIETY IN RUSSIA
UNCERTAIN DEVELOPMENT OF CIVIL SOCIETY IN RUSSIA
Author(s): Ewelina WojciechowskaSubject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Civil Society, Governance, Sociology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Mikołaja Kopernika
Keywords: NGOs, civil society; the law on foreign agents; civic participation; freedom to association; contemporary Russia
Summary/Abstract: This analysis is about condition of the civil society in Russia. The article raises issues specific of the operation of the selected non-govermental organization in the Russian Federation, which under the Act of 20th July 2012 have been recognized in Russia as "foreign agents". At the beginning the author outlines the specific functioning of the whole of the third sector in Russia, the to show the changes that brought this act. The author analyzes the legal status of these organizations and present the political consequences of this law. The general thesis of this articel is that Putin`s policies since 2012 led the inhibition the development of civil society in Russia
Journal: Toruńskie Studia Międzynarodowe
- Issue Year: 1/2016
- Issue No: 9
- Page Range: 67-77
- Page Count: 11
- Language: English