Russian animal protectors who are they and how they act?

Russian animal protectors who are they and how they act?


Levchenko N.V.

Institute of sociology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia natalya_levchenk@mail.ru

ID of the Article: 5150


For citation:

Levchenko N.V. Russian animal protectors who are they and how they act?. Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya [Sociological Studies]. 2015. No 2. P. 151-155




Abstract

Based on in-depth interviews, the paper analyzes activities of organized animal protectors from four regional center in Russia. A typology of animal protection nonprofit organizations is attempted as well as that of initiative groups. Problems of consolidating these activities inside their community are analyzed as well as contacts with other social and political agents.


Keywords
animals in the city; organized animal protectors; non-profit organizations; initiative groups; governmental and local authorities; mass-media
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