Problems of Values Orientations Actualization in Hybrid Democracies: Russian Case

• Main Author: D V Zhuravlev
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University) 2016-12-01
• Series: RUDN Journal of Political Science
• Subjects: гибридный режим; демократия; демократические ценности
• Online Access: http://journals.rudn.ru/political-science/article/view/13989

This article discusses the problems of democratic values implementation in the Russian hybrid regime. In particular, the article analyzes the impact of the political leadership various aspects on the democratization process, shows the data of representative sample of public opinion regarding the value patterns. With the help of discourse analysis, the author comes to the conclusion that there is a negative impact of state control over the public sphere in the process of a democratic regime formation, as well as there is a need of active inclusion of civil society, including the scientific community, in the process of formulating the democratic values’ orientations.