CONCEPTUALIZATION OF POLITICAL PROTEST: THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS AND RUSSIAN PRACTICE

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Main Author: Vladimir O. Krotkov
Format: Article
Language:Russian
Published: Moscow Region State University Editorial Office 2021-01-01
Series:Вестник Московского государственного областного университета
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Online Access:http://evestnik-mgou.ru/en/Articles/View/1073
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spelling doaj-77a6e8e252274a2cb5e00e84b64d18f42021-06-08T12:42:54ZrusMoscow Region State University Editorial OfficeВестник Московского государственного областного университета2224-02092021-01-01210.18384/2224-0209-2021-2-1073CONCEPTUALIZATION OF POLITICAL PROTEST: THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS AND RUSSIAN PRACTICEVladimir O. Krotkov0State Academic University for the Humanities<!DOCTYPE html><html><head></head><body><p class="w_txt_td" style="text-align: justify;"><em><strong>Aim.</strong></em> Identification of the determinants that define political protest, as well as consideration of Russian political practice related to political manifestation based on the proposed methodology.</p><p class="w_txt_td" style="text-align: justify;"><strong><em>Methodology.</em> </strong>The article analyzes various methodological approaches that conceptualize political protest. In particular, the attributive qualities of the theories of relative deprivation, communicative behavior and resource mobilization, as well as the communicative concept are revealed. In addition, the analysis focuses on modern political actionism, which is inextricably linked with the virtualization and networking of public practices. Accordingly, the aspects that reveal the postmodern specifics of political protest are touched upon.</p><p class="w_txt_td" style="text-align: justify;"><em><strong>Results.</strong></em> The main methodological approaches that interpret the phenomenon of political protest in connection with regime consolidation are defined. In the example of the Russian case, characterized by protest manifestation, its features are analyzed on the basis of the relevant methodology. The basic conclusion is that the present-day domestic protest practices are determined and developed according to imperatives and in line with a set of scientific approaches.</p><p class="w_txt_td" style="text-align: justify;"><em><strong>Research implications.</strong></em> The results are mostly practical in nature, as they explain the motives and logic of the contemporary political protest development in Russia. The political elite can reconsider the political situation and take a set of measures aimed not so much at damping the protest, but at creating socio-economic conditions for the development of social strata (especially young people) and channeling political energy into a conventional channel.</p></body></html>http://evestnik-mgou.ru/en/Articles/View/1073political protestscientific methodspostmodernpolitical regimeactionism
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CONCEPTUALIZATION OF POLITICAL PROTEST: THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS AND RUSSIAN PRACTICE
Вестник Московского государственного областного университета
political protest
scientific methods
postmodern
political regime
actionism
author_facet Vladimir O. Krotkov
author_sort Vladimir O. Krotkov
title CONCEPTUALIZATION OF POLITICAL PROTEST: THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS AND RUSSIAN PRACTICE
title_short CONCEPTUALIZATION OF POLITICAL PROTEST: THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS AND RUSSIAN PRACTICE
title_full CONCEPTUALIZATION OF POLITICAL PROTEST: THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS AND RUSSIAN PRACTICE
title_fullStr CONCEPTUALIZATION OF POLITICAL PROTEST: THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS AND RUSSIAN PRACTICE
title_full_unstemmed CONCEPTUALIZATION OF POLITICAL PROTEST: THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS AND RUSSIAN PRACTICE
title_sort conceptualization of political protest: theoretical foundations and russian practice
publisher Moscow Region State University Editorial Office
series Вестник Московского государственного областного университета
issn 2224-0209
publishDate 2021-01-01
description <!DOCTYPE html><html><head></head><body><p class="w_txt_td" style="text-align: justify;"><em><strong>Aim.</strong></em> Identification of the determinants that define political protest, as well as consideration of Russian political practice related to political manifestation based on the proposed methodology.</p><p class="w_txt_td" style="text-align: justify;"><strong><em>Methodology.</em> </strong>The article analyzes various methodological approaches that conceptualize political protest. In particular, the attributive qualities of the theories of relative deprivation, communicative behavior and resource mobilization, as well as the communicative concept are revealed. In addition, the analysis focuses on modern political actionism, which is inextricably linked with the virtualization and networking of public practices. Accordingly, the aspects that reveal the postmodern specifics of political protest are touched upon.</p><p class="w_txt_td" style="text-align: justify;"><em><strong>Results.</strong></em> The main methodological approaches that interpret the phenomenon of political protest in connection with regime consolidation are defined. In the example of the Russian case, characterized by protest manifestation, its features are analyzed on the basis of the relevant methodology. The basic conclusion is that the present-day domestic protest practices are determined and developed according to imperatives and in line with a set of scientific approaches.</p><p class="w_txt_td" style="text-align: justify;"><em><strong>Research implications.</strong></em> The results are mostly practical in nature, as they explain the motives and logic of the contemporary political protest development in Russia. The political elite can reconsider the political situation and take a set of measures aimed not so much at damping the protest, but at creating socio-economic conditions for the development of social strata (especially young people) and channeling political energy into a conventional channel.</p></body></html>
topic political protest
scientific methods
postmodern
political regime
actionism
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