Varieties of Russian activism : state-society contestation in everyday life /

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Imprint:	Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2023]
Description:	viii, 303 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Social movements -- Russia (Federation) Protest movements -- Russia (Federation) Political participation -- Russia (Federation) Authoritarianism -- Russia (Federation) Authoritarianism. Political participation. Protest movements. Social conditions. Social movements. Russia (Federation) -- Social conditions -- 1991- Russia (Federation)
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12971376

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Other authors / contributors:	Morris, Jeremy, 1974- editor. Semënov, Andreĭ, editor. Smyth, Regina, 1961- editor.
ISBN:	9780253065452 0253065453 9780253065469 0253065461 9780253065476 9780253065483
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"Despite decades of Putin, it is too simplistic to assert that authoritarianism has eliminated Russian activism, especially in relation to everyday life. Instead, we must build an awareness of diverse efforts to mobilize citizens to better understand how activism is shaped by and, in turn, shapes the regime. Varieties of Russian Activism focuses on a broad range of collective actions, from labor unions to housing renovation, religion, electoral politics, minority language rights, and urban planning. Contributors draw attention to significant forms of grassroots politics that have not received sufficient attention in scholarship, or that deserve fresh examination. The volume shows that Russians find novel ways to redress everyday problems and demand new services. Together, these essays interrogate what kinds of practices can be defined as activism in a fast-changing, politically volatile society. An engaging collection, Varieties of Russian Activism unites leading scholars in the common aim of approaching the embeddedness of civic activism in the conditions of everyday life, connectedness, and rising society-state expectations"--
Other form:	Online version: Varieties of Russian activism Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2023 9780253065476

Table of Contents:

Everyday activism : tracking the evolution of Russian state and society relations / Jeremy Morris, Andrei Semenov, and Regina Smyth
Cultural production as activism : national theaters, philharmonics, and cultural organizations in Russia's regional capitals / Katie L. Stewart
The promotion of minority languages in Russia's ethnic republics : social media and grassroots activities / Guzel Yusupova
From neighbors to activists : shared grievances and collective solutions / Regina Smyth, Madeline McCann, and Katherine Hitchcock
Social activism in the Russian Orthodox Church / John P. Burgess
The river of urban resistance : renovation and new civic infrastructures in Moscow / Anna Zhelnina
Activists and experiential entanglement in Russian labor organizing / Jeremy Morris
Skateboarding together : generational civic activism and nontransition to politics in Sosnovyi Bor / Anna A. Dekalchuk and Ivan S. Grigoriev
Policy activism in urban governance : the case of master plan development in Perm / Eleonora Minaeva
Urban planning and civic activism / Carola Neugebauer, Andrei Semenov, Irina Shevtsova, and Daniela Zupan
Manipulating public discontent in Russia : the role of trade unions in the protests against pension reform / Irina Meyer-Olimpieva
Active urbanites in an authoritarian regime : Aleksei Navalny's presidential campaign / Jan Matti Dollbaum, Andrei Semenov, and Elena Sirotkina
Why grassroots activism matters / Jeremy Morris, Andrei Semenov, and Regina Smyth.

Varieties of Russian activism : state-society contestation in everyday life /

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