Voice, exit and voice again

Democratic remittances by recent Russian emigrants to the EU

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3607569
AutoresJoanna Fomina (0000-0003-0300-224X, Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, autor de correspondencia)
Año2021
Volumen47
Número11
Páginas2439-2458
Fecha de publicación2021-08-18
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaNew Community (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0047-9586 • E-ISSN: 1469-9451
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/1369183x.2019.1690437
OpenAlexW2984986197
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas19
Referencias citadas24

This article contributes to the research on diasporic and migrant communities’ engagement the democratisation of their home countries. It focuses on the case of the most recent wave of political emigration from Russia that has taken place during President Putin’s third term. It confirms the thesis that emigration, particularly forced emigration, whereby political dissidents are squeezed out from their country by the authorities in hopes of calming simmering political protest, has stopped being the safety valve it once was. Drawing on Levitt’s seminal work on social remittances, it analyses the content and channels of political remittances by recent Russian emigrants. In terms of the democratic remittances’ content, six main broadly defined thematic areas of mobilisation can be distinguished: free and fair elections; human rights and civil freedoms; fighting corruption; environmental protection; anti-war activities; counteracting Russian propaganda and the ‘hybrid war’. The channels of these democratic remittances are divided into direct (activities targeted at the Russian society) and indirect ones (targeted at Russian diaspora and political elites and society in the receiving countries). It draws the attention to immeasurable political remittances, those which cannot be easily assessed, yet undeniably impact the country of origin and its society

Civil society · Democracy · Democratization · Development economics · Diaspora · Economics · Emigration · Language change · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Refugees, and Integration