Performing Political Opposition in Russia: The Case of the Youth Group Oborona

ISBN-13: 9780367596439 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 192 str.

Laura Lyytikainen

Opis

Drawing on fieldwork conducted in Moscow and St. Petersburg among the political opposition’s youth group Oborona (Defence), this ground-breaking work brings forward a multifaceted and colourful image of the life of political opposition activists in a restricted political environment. The book illustrates how Soviet continuities and liberal ideas

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Introduction

1. Youth political participation and civil society in the Soviet Union and in contemporary Russia

2. Silencing disagreements - activist identities and group practices

3. ‘I love my country but hate the state’ - Oborona activists interpreting civil society, state and democracy

4. Performing opposition: political protests as social performances

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O autorze

Laura Lyytikäinen is Post-doctoral Researcher in the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Turku, Finland.