From war crimes to high levels of violence in the family and homicide rates, why are levels of violence in Russia so high? And how does this feature of contemporary Russian society affect the country's social-economic, political and cultural development? Integrating perspectives from history, law, sociology, and gender studies, this project will fill an important knowledge gap by investigating the interplay between historical, institutional, and contemporary contextual factors to account for high levels of violence in the family and their wider ramifications. The project is asking (1) how to explain the exceptionally high levels of violence in the Russian family, and (2) how the problem of family violence affects Russia's socio-economic, political and cultural development, and, especially, its relationships with its neighbours.

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