| ID | 136925 |
| Title Proper | State against civil society |
| Other Title Information | contentious politics and the non-systemic opposition in Russia |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Ross, Cameron |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | The wave of protests that shook the Russian capital and scores of Russian cities over the period 2011 to 2013 came as a great shock to the political establishment in the Kremlin. After decades of the passive acceptance of the status quo it appeared that civil society was at last wakening up. As Jensen notes, ‘after years of apathy, a new social force—the Russian middle class—seemed to be emerging, with a message that included not only a political, but also a moral and emotional rejection of the corrupt authoritarian state that developed during the Putin era’ (Jensen 2013, p. 1). However, by July 2013 the steam seemed to have run out of the protest movement. As Treisman notes, ‘Whether one uses police figures (almost certainly too low) or those of the opposition (probably too high), the number demonstrating in Moscow each month [fell] sharply—from 210,000 in December 2011 to 5,500 in July 2013 (according to opposition reports), or 57,500 to 2,000 (according to the authorities)’ (Treisman 2013, p. 256). This collection examines these momentous developments which shook the political establishment over the period 2011 to 2013 in the Kremlin and it charts the rise and decline of the non-systemic opposition in Russia at both the national and regional levels. |
| `In' analytical Note | Europa-Asia Studies Vol.67, No.2; Mar.2015: p.171-176 |
| Journal Source | Europe-Asia Studies Vol: 67 No 2 |
| Standard Number | Civil – State – Relations |