Download or read book Democratization and Gender in Contemporary Russia written by Suvi Salmenniemi and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008-05-20 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines civic activism, democratization and gender in contemporary Russian society. It explores the role of state institutions in the development of democratic civic life, showing how, under the increasingly authoritarian Putin regime and its policy of managed democracy, independent civic activism is both thriving yet simultaneously constrained.