Putin versus Civil Society

Outlawing the Opposition

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6288675
AutoresMiriam Lanskoy, Elspeth Suthers
Año2013
Volumen24
Número3
Páginas75-87
Fecha de publicación2013-07-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of democracy (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1045-5736 • E-ISSN: 1086-3214
EditorialProject MUSE (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1353/jod.2013.0039
OpenAlexW2003720836
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas11

The Russian protest movement of 2011–12, which challenged the outcome of the December 2011 State Duma elections and called for transparency, accountability, and democratic reform, posed the first real challenge to President Vladimir Putin and the political system that he has established in Russia. As hundreds of thousands of Muscovites repeatedly flooded the streets in protest between December 2011 and May 2012 and smaller rallies took place in dozens of other cities, it became clear that Putin and his United Russia party were losing popularity— particularly among the more urban, affluent, and influential segments of the population. Even now, a year into Putin’s third term, the regime has failed to return to business as usual. Demands among the Russian people for transparency and accountability are growing, as is a greater reluctance to accept the status quo

Opposition (politics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · Law