Movement of Movements

Russian Activism in Exile and the Porous Political Opportunity Structure

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ID6209898
AutoresLaura A Henry (0000-0001-7112-7568, Laura A. Henry is a Professor of Government and Legal Studies at Bowdoin College. Valerie Sperling is a Professor of Political Science at Clark University. Lisa McIntosh Sundstrom is a Professor of Political Science at the University of British Columbia. Please direct correspondence to [email protected], autor correspondente), Valerie Sperling (0000-0001-6403-6027, Laura A. Henry is a Professor of Government and Legal Studies at Bowdoin College. Valerie Sperling is a Professor of Political Science at Clark University. Lisa McIntosh Sundstrom is a Professor of Political Science at the University of British Columbia. Please direct correspondence to [email protected]), Lisa Mcintosh Sundstrom (0000-0003-0056-9646, Laura A. Henry is a Professor of Government and Legal Studies at Bowdoin College. Valerie Sperling is a Professor of Political Science at Clark University. Lisa McIntosh Sundstrom is a Professor of Political Science at the University of British Columbia. Please direct correspondence to [email protected])
Ano2024
Volume29
Fascículo3
Páginas375-394
Data de publicação2024-09-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoMobilization An International Quarterly (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1086-671X • E-ISSN: 1938-1514
EditoraMobilization Journal (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.17813/1086-671x-29-3-375
OpenAlexW4402785821
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas6

What happens when a social movement must relocate to continue its advocacy? Such a “movement” of movements has been going on—in a partial, fragmented way—since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, raising a host of issues for Russian social movements. Past research has identified several broad trends in Russian civil society prior to the war: enduring, evaporating, and adapting forms of activism. These terms captured, respectively, organizational types that had persisted since the 1990s, those unable to survive, and those that adapted to Russia's increasingly repressive environment. This article examines a new trend in Russian civil society, escaping, in light of the concept of political opportunity structure. Specifically, we find that Russian feminist and environmental activists operating beyond Russia's borders experience a porous political opportunity structure that crosses state boundaries, creating new opportunities for activism as well as constraints

Aesthetics · Art · Political activism · Political economy · Political opportunity · Political science · Politics · Social movement · Sociology · Law · Sociopolitical Dynamics in Russia