The Duty to Serve and the Right to Choose: The Contested Nature of Alternative Civilian Service in the Russian Federation
The drafting and passage of Russian legislation on alternative civilian service took almost nine years after it was constitutionally guaranteed. The issue has been inextricable from sensitive debates over citizenship rights and duties, religious freedom, and military reform. This article assesses...
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| 格式: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
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The Journal of power institutions in post-soviet societies
2004
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| 在線閱讀: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| 總結: | The drafting and passage of Russian legislation on alternative civilian service took almost nine years after it was constitutionally guaranteed. The issue has been inextricable from sensitive debates over citizenship rights and duties, religious freedom, and military reform. This article assesses the operation and meaning of alternative civilian service in the Russian Federation through an examination of the legislative drafting process, the debates on the various draft laws, and the provisions of the resulting legislation, finding that the passage of the most restrictive draft of the law resulted in large part from the relative strength of the military establishment among the stakeholders in the legislative bargaining process. |
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