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1. Lukyanova, Yulia. Manufacturing dissent in Russia : a discursive psychological analysis of protesters' talk.

Degree: PhD, 2017, University of Edinburgh

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1842/23578 

This study sets out to explore how people who took part in mass protests in Russia produce and negotiate accounts of their protest involvement in talk. Although there has been a proliferation of research on protest in Russia, especially after the first mass demonstration in December 2011, the existing literature tends to prioritise the role of structural and demographic factors in mobilising dissent. However, there has been little investigation into how protesters themselves account for protest involvement and how they make such factors relevant. In addition, no in-depth social psychological exploration of protesters’ views has been conducted in Russia to date. This thesis addresses these gaps by offering a detailed empirical investigation of autobiographical accounts produced by Russian protesters regarding the reasons and motives for taking part in active protest and the subjective interpretations of what being a protester means. Semi-structured interviews with 48 Russian participants were collected, transcribed and translated. The data were analysed within the framework of discursive social psychology (DP). The analysis focused on how particular descriptions were used by protesters in talk to justify and contest certain versions of reality, and on the social actions thereby accomplished. The analysis led to novel insights into how protesters in Russia construct the causes and motives of their dissent, negotiate problematic identity categories and manage issues revolving around accountability and blame. For example, the analysis illustrated the potentially problematic nature of defining protesters’ interests and objectives as ‘political’. That is, when asked about their political attitudes, the interviewees actively justified these as not intentional. They mobilised various discursive resources to imply that they did not intend to become interested in politics and protest, but rather experienced situations that ‘naturally’ led to the acquisition of political interest. Similarly, when talking about motives for active protest participation, protesters tended to downplay explicitly political motivations. Instead, they portrayed their actions as a logical consequence of the deteriorating situation: some participants justified their involvement in terms of duty to defend their loved ones and the country in general, while others defended the appropriateness of active resistance through invoking powerful negative emotions. Such accounts functioned to protect protesters from being seen as motivated by personal or economic concerns, and warranted active protest as the only available means to address the unjust state of affairs in the country. Furthermore, I have shown that identifying with the label of ‘opposition’ is problematic for protesters, with oppositional membership being either denied or delimited in a number of ways. For example, the analysis demonstrated how respondents accomplished denials by making claims about the activities and attributes associated with the category of ‘member of the opposition’ and by…

Subjects/Keywords: 302; discursive psychology; protest in Russia; collective social action; conversation analysis

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APA (6th Edition):

Lukyanova, Y. (2017). Manufacturing dissent in Russia : a discursive psychological analysis of protesters' talk. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Edinburgh. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1842/23578

Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):

Lukyanova, Yulia. “Manufacturing dissent in Russia : a discursive psychological analysis of protesters' talk.” 2017. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Edinburgh. Accessed January 27, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/23578.

MLA Handbook (7th Edition):

Lukyanova, Yulia. “Manufacturing dissent in Russia : a discursive psychological analysis of protesters' talk.” 2017. Web. 27 Jan 2021.

Vancouver:

Lukyanova Y. Manufacturing dissent in Russia : a discursive psychological analysis of protesters' talk. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Edinburgh; 2017. [cited 2021 Jan 27]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1842/23578.

Council of Science Editors:

Lukyanova Y. Manufacturing dissent in Russia : a discursive psychological analysis of protesters' talk. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Edinburgh; 2017. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1842/23578

2. Santos, Julia Andreevna Batrak dos. Comportement électoral et mouvements protestataires en Russie lors des élections législatives de 2011 et présidentielles de 2012.

Degree: 2014, RCAAP

URL: https://www.rcaap.pt/detail.jsp?id=oai:repositorio.iscte-iul.pt:10071/8439 

Cette étude porte sur le thème du comportement électoral et les mouvements protestataires en Russie lors des dernières élections législatives de 2011 et présidentielles de 2012. Elle a pour objectifs de déterminer, dans une approche d’abord quantitative, les préférences électorales des Russes lors des campagnes électorales de 2011-2012, ainsi que les principaux facteurs explicatifs du vote lors de ces élections ; puis, d’analyser, dans une perspective quantitative et qualitative, les raisons du surgissement des mouvements de protestation dans les principales villes du pays, à la suite des élections législatives de 2011, ainsi que leur éventuel impact sur le comportement électoral des élections présidentielles de mars 2012. Cette investigation a pour finalité d’apporter une connaissance nouvelle au domaine scientifique de l’étude du comportement électoral russe ainsi que d’éclairer le lecteur sur le développement des mouvements de protestation en Russie.

This study deals with the electoral behavior and protest movements in Russia during the last 2011 legislative and 2012 presidential elections. First of all, its main purposes are to determine, in a quantitative approach, the electoral preferences of Russians during the electoral campaigns of 2011-2012, as well as the principal explanatory voting factors during these elections; secondly, using a quantitative and qualitative approaches, to analyze the reasons behind the appearance of those protest movements in the main cities of the country, as a consequence of 2011 legislative elections, and also to study their eventual impact on the 2012 presidential elections electoral behavior. This investigation intends to bring a new knowledge to Russian electoral behavior scientific area, and, in addition, to enlighten the reader about the development of protest movements in Russia. Keywords: , , , , , , , .

Advisors/Committee Members: Belchior, Ana Maria.

Subjects/Keywords: Élections; Vote; Comportement politique; Comportement électoral; Systèmes électoraux; Mouvements sociaux; Mouvements de protestation en Russie; Russie; Elections; Vote; Political behavior; Voting behavior; Electoral systems; Social movements; Protest movements in Russia; Russia

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APA (6th Edition):

Santos, J. A. B. d. (2014). Comportement électoral et mouvements protestataires en Russie lors des élections législatives de 2011 et présidentielles de 2012. (Thesis). RCAAP. Retrieved from https://www.rcaap.pt/detail.jsp?id=oai:repositorio.iscte-iul.pt:10071/8439

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Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):

Santos, Julia Andreevna Batrak dos. “Comportement électoral et mouvements protestataires en Russie lors des élections législatives de 2011 et présidentielles de 2012.” 2014. Thesis, RCAAP. Accessed January 27, 2021. https://www.rcaap.pt/detail.jsp?id=oai:repositorio.iscte-iul.pt:10071/8439.

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

MLA Handbook (7th Edition):

Santos, Julia Andreevna Batrak dos. “Comportement électoral et mouvements protestataires en Russie lors des élections législatives de 2011 et présidentielles de 2012.” 2014. Web. 27 Jan 2021.

Vancouver:

Santos JABd. Comportement électoral et mouvements protestataires en Russie lors des élections législatives de 2011 et présidentielles de 2012. [Internet] [Thesis]. RCAAP; 2014. [cited 2021 Jan 27]. Available from: https://www.rcaap.pt/detail.jsp?id=oai:repositorio.iscte-iul.pt:10071/8439.

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Council of Science Editors:

Santos JABd. Comportement électoral et mouvements protestataires en Russie lors des élections législatives de 2011 et présidentielles de 2012. [Thesis]. RCAAP; 2014. Available from: https://www.rcaap.pt/detail.jsp?id=oai:repositorio.iscte-iul.pt:10071/8439

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

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