Domestic Violence in Postcommunist States: Local Activism, National Policies, and Global Forces

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CONTENTS Acknowledgments ix CHAPTER 1 Introduction: The Politics of Domestic Violence in Postcommunist Europe and Eurasia KATALIN FÁBIÁN 1 PART 1 THE DEVELOPMENT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE POLICY IN POSTCOMMUNIST STATES CHAPTER 2 Transnational Advocacy Campaigns and Domestic Violence Prevention in Ukraine ALEXANDRA HRYCAK 45 CHAPTER 3 Global Feminism, Foreign Funding, and Russian Writing about Domestic Violence JANET ELISE JOHNSON AND GULNARA ZAYNULLINA 78 CHAPTER 4 Balancing Acts: Women’s NGOs Combating Domestic Violence in Kazakhstan EDWARD SNAJDR 111 CHAPTER 5 From Soviet Liberation to Post-Soviet Segregation: Women and Violence in Tajikistan MUBORAK SHARIPOVA AND KATALIN FÁBIÁN 133 CHAPTER 6 The Politics of Awareness: Making Domestic Violence Visible in Poland THOMAS CHIVENS 171 CHAPTER 7 Domestic Violence against Women: When Practice Creates Legislation in Slovenia SONJA ROBNIK 195 viii Contents PART 2 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE POLICY IN POSTCOMMUNIST STATES CHAPTER 8 Reframing Domestic Violence: Global Networks and Local Activism in Postcommunist Central and Eastern Europe KATALIN FÁBIÁN 221 CHAPTER 9 The New WAVE: How Transnational Feminist Networks Promote Domestic Violence Reform in Postcommunist Europe LAURA BRUNELL AND JANET ELISE JOHNSON 261 CHAPTER 10 The European Union, Transnational Advocacy, and Violence Against Women in Postcommunist States CELESTE MONTOYA 293 CHAPTER 11 The Promise and Perils of International Treaties OLGA AVDEYEVA 308 Appendix 337 Contributors 349 Index 353 ...