Professor Mikhail Maslovskiy, Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod, Russia - to University of Glasgow: 04 - 18 November 2012
Published: 15 December 2016
• Postgraduate seminar/masterclass: Wednesday 7 November 09.00 -11.00 The Nature of the Political Regime in Russia in the 2000s • Postgraduate seminar/masterclass: Wednesday 14 November 09.00 -11.00 The Revival of a Pro-Democratic Social Movement in Russia.
Professor Maslovskiy will deliver 2 masterclasses on Political Transformations in Post-Soviet Russia. The two modules will explore political institutions and processes in contemporary Russia. Various approaches to the problematic of post-communist politics will be discussed. In particular, works of Russian scholars such as Lilia Shevtsova, Vladimir Gel’man and Lev Gudkov will be used. The seminars will consider the character of the Russian political regime, the obstacles to democratization and the role of civil society. Special attention will be devoted to the revival of a pro-democratic social movement since the end of 2011.
The Nature of the Political Regime in Russia in the 2000s
Readings:
Gel’man V. (2010) Regime changes despite legitimacy crises: Exit, voice and loyalty in post-communist Russia. Journal of Eurasian Studies. 1: 54-63.
Gudkov L. (2009) Priroda putinizma. Vestnik obshchestvennogo mneniya. 3: 6-21.
Hanson S. (2006) Post-imperial democracies: Ideology and party formation in Third Republic France, Weimar Germany and post-Soviet Russia. East European Politics and Societies. 20(2): 343-372.
Hassner P. (2008) ‘Russia’s transition to autocracy’. Journal of Democracy. 19(2): 5-15.
Lipset S. (1994) The social requisites of democracy revisited. American Sociological Review. 59(1): 1–22.
Motyl A. (2010) Russia’s systemic transformation since perestroika: From totalitarianism to authoritarianism to democracy to fascism? The Harriman Review. 17(2): 1-14.
Sakwa R. (2012) Modernisation, neo-modernisation and comparative democratization in Russia. East European Politics. 28(1): 43–57.
Shevtsova L. (2007) Post-communist Russia: A historic opportunity missed. International Affairs. 83(5): 891-912.
The Revival of a Pro-Democratic Social Movement
Readings:
Aron L. (2012) Talking to the vanguard: Conversations with the new wave of Russia’s civil society opposition. www.foreignpolicy.com/2012/02/07/talking_to_the_vanguard
Clement K. (2008) New social movements in Russia: A challenge to the dominant model of power relationships? Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics. 24(1): 68-89.
Gel’man V. (2012) Treshchiny v stene. Pro et Contra. January-April: 94-115.
Gudkov L. (2012) Sotsialnyi capital i ideologicheskie orientatsii. Pro et Contra. May-June: 6-31.
Meyer D. (2001) Protest and political process. In K. Nash and A. Scott (eds.) The Blackwell Companion to Political Sociology. Oxford: Blackwell. Pp. 164-172.
Olimpieva E. (2012) Russia’s protest movement: A view from a young participant. Russian Analytical Digest. No. 108. Pp. 10-13. www.isn.ethz.ch/analysis/rad
Robertson G. (2012) Russian protesters: Not optimistic but here to stay. Russian Analytical Digest. No. 115. Pp. 2-4. www.isn.ethz.ch/analysis/rad
Shevtsova L. (2012) Implosion, atrophy, or revolution? Journal of Democracy. 23(3): 19-32.
First published: 15 December 2016