LGBT Russians and Political Environment for Activism

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ID12302099
AutoresRadzhana Buyantueva (0000-0001-6254-1468, Newcastle University, autor correspondente)
Ano2021
Volume54
Fascículo3
Páginas119-136
Data de publicação2021-08-23
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoCommunist and Post-Communist Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0967-067X • E-ISSN: 1873-6920
EditoraElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1525/j.postcomstud.2021.54.3.119
OpenAlexW3193408353
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas5
Referências citadas38

This article examines the impact of external and internal state policies on Russian LGBT activism. Drawing on the political opportunity structure (POS) framework, it focuses on the analysis of two factors (the level of state repression on LGBT people and the direction of state foreign policy) and their impact on LGBT activism. After the fall of the Soviet Union, Russia’s goal for closer relations with the West facilitated the decrease of pressure on LGBT people. That created positive conditions for LGBT activism. Since the late 1990s, however, Russia’s direction in foreign policy has become more assertive. That has facilitated the increase in state repression on LGBT people and activists. Such negative changes in POS have posed challenges for LGBT activism complicating its further development

Assertiveness · Foreign policy · Political activism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Psychological repression · Social activism · Sociology · State (computer science · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Gender Studies · Law · Political Conflict and Governance · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies · Psychology · Social Psychology