Protest in Putin's Russia

The Russian protests, sparked by the 2011 Duma election, have been widely portrayed as a colourful but inconsequential middle-class rebellion, confined to Moscow and organized by an unpopular opposition. In this sweeping new account of the protests, Mischa Gabowitsch challenges these journalistic clichés, showing that they stem from wishful thinking and media bias rather than from accurate empirical analysis. Drawing on a rich body of material, he analyses the biggest wave of demonstrations since the end of the Soviet Union, situating them in the context of protest and social movements across Russia as a whole. He also explores the legacy of the protests in the new era after UkraineÂs much larger Maidan protests, the crises in Crimea and the Donbass, and PutinÂs ultra-conservative turn. As the first full-length study of the Russian protests, this book will be of great value to students and scholars of Russia and to anyone interested in contemporary social movements and political protest.

ISBN:	9780745696263
Publisher:	Polity Press
Imprint:	Polity Press
Published date:	25 Nov 2016
DEWEY:	303.4840947
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	xi, 332
Weight:	528g
Height:	154mm
Width:	304mm
Spine width:	32mm

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