the status of Civil Society in post-Communist Russia

I wrote an Honors thesis as part of my undergraduate program at the College of William and Mary. Nothing here is particularly groundbreaking, or even particularly interesting, unless you happen to be someone in the Non-profit industry who worked in Chechnja a decade ago, and you are looking for someone else tell you something you already know.

On the other hand, this was 18 months of my life, and you have made it this far, so enjoy.

Harnessing Legitimacy: The Russo-Chechen Conflict and its Reflection on the Status of Civil Society, Human Rights and Policy Networks in post-Communist Russia by Evan C. Parker ’97

• Dedication
• Maps of the Region
• Prologue
• I. Introduction
• II. Human Rights in Russia
  
  
  
  • The Norms of a Regime
  • International Human Rights Regime
    
    
    
    • The Documents
    • The Articles

  • The State of Disunion
    
    
    
    • The Elite
    • The Opinion Leaders

• III. Under Pressure
  
  
  
  • International Sources of Pressure
  • Governmental Sources of Pressure
  • Societal Sources of Pressure
    
    
    
    • Poltical Culture
    • Civil Society

  • Policy Networks

• IV. Networking Human Rights
  
  
  
  • Policy Networks and Civil Society
    
    
    
    • Qualifying Society
    • Memorial
    • Moscow Helsinki Group
    • Soldiers’ Mothers Organization

• V. Conclusion
• Appendices
• Bibliography
• Endnotes