Eleanor Bindman is a Lecturer in Politics at Liverpool University, UK.

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• 1. Introduction 2. A brief history of social rights 3. Social rights, neoliberalism and austerity 4. The development of social rights in Russia 5. Defending social rights? The human rights ombudsmen and NGOs 6. Civil society, socially-oriented NGOs and the utility of a rights-based approach to advocacy 7. Socially-oriented’ NGOs and the new social policy 8. Conclusions

Eleanor Bindman is a Lecturer in Politics at Liverpool University, UK.

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• 1. Introduction 2. A brief history of social rights 3. Social rights, neoliberalism and austerity 4. The development of social rights in Russia 5. Defending social rights? The human rights ombudsmen and NGOs 6. Civil society, socially-oriented NGOs and the utility of a rights-based approach to advocacy 7. Socially-oriented’ NGOs and the new social policy 8. Conclusions

Eleanor Bindman is a Lecturer in Politics at Liverpool University, UK.

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• 1. Introduction 2. A brief history of social rights 3. Social rights, neoliberalism and austerity 4. The development of social rights in Russia 5. Defending social rights? The human rights ombudsmen and NGOs 6. Civil society, socially-oriented NGOs and the utility of a rights-based approach to advocacy 7. Socially-oriented’ NGOs and the new social policy 8. Conclusions