Feminist Politics in Neoconservative Russia, livre ebook

Offers significant insights into how resistance mobilises in a repressive, gender conservative, and low-resource context;

Moving beyond the well-trodden Pussy Riot case, it casts light on local and grass-roots movements;

Challenges and updates feminist debates, social movement studies and Russian Studies.

This is a nuanced and compelling analysis of grassroots feminist activism in Russia in the politically turbulent 2010s.

Drawing on rich ethnographic data, the author illustrates how a new generation of activists chose feminism as their main political beacon, and how they negotiated the challenges of authoritarian and conservative trends.

As we witness a backlash against feminism on a global scale with the rise of neoconservative governments, this highly relevant book decentres Western theory and concepts of feminism and social movements, offering significant insights into how resistance can mobilize and invent creative tactics to cope with an increasingly repressed space for independent political action.

Introduction

Fifteen Cases of Disability Hate Crime

From Hate Crime to Disability Hate Crime

Agenda Triggering

Agenda Development

Towards Agenda Institutionalization?

The Problem with the Current Agenda: Focus on Vulnerability

An Agenda Item Yet to Fully Speak Its Name: Ableism and Disability Hate Crime

Conclusion