Lankina, Tomila V. (2015) The dynamics of regional and national contentious politics in Russia: evidence from a new dataset. Problems of Post-Communism, 62 (1). pp. 26-44. ISSN 1075-8216
Abstract
The paper analyzes the regional dimension of Russia’s protests and its links to recent nationwide contentious politics based on an analysis of an author-constructed protest dataset for the period 2007-2012. The data indicate high levels of civic activism and a growing trend of the politicization of the Russian citizenry. Nevertheless, the analysis also points to the spatially and temporally uneven nature of protests. Drawing on scholarship on political opportunity structures, I argue that these variations mirror political-institutional closures and openings at local, regional and federal levels of authority.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/mppc20#.Vg0hr19wZu0 |
| Additional Information: | © 2015 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. |
| Library of Congress subject classification: | D History General and Old World > DK Russia. Soviet Union. Former Soviet Republics H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races J Political Science > JS Local government Municipal government |
| Sets: | Departments > International Relations |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Oct 2015 13:18 |
| URL: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/63834/ |
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