Jussi Lassila

The Quest for an Ideal Youth in Putin’s Russia II

The Search for Distinctive Conformism in the Political Communication of Nashi, 2005-2009

Using discourse analysis, this book identifies socio-political factors that created obstacles to Nashi’s communication strategies.

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The so-called Democratic Antifascist Youth Movement “Nashi” represents a crucial case of a post-Orange government-organized formation whose values have broad support in Russian society. Yet, at the same time, in view of the movement’s public scandals, Nashi was also a phenomenon bringing to the fore public reluctance to accept all implications of Putin’s new system. The Russian people’s relatively widespread support for his patriotic policies and conservative values has been evident, but this support is not easily extended to political actors aligned to these values. Using discourse analysis, this book identifies socio-political factors that created obstacles to Nashi’s communication strategies. The book understands Nashi as anticipating an “ideal youth” within the framework of official national identity politics and as an attempt to mobilize largely apolitical youngsters in support of the powers that be. It demonstrates how Nashi’s ambivalent societal position was the result of a failed attempt to reconcile incompatible communicative demands of the authoritarian state and apolitical young.

Jussi Lassila

Dr. Sanna Turoma studied Comparative Literature, Russian, and English in Helsinki and New York. Since 2013, she is Senior Research Fellow in Russian Studies at the Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki. Turoma is the Chair of the Association of Slavists in Finland. Her books include Brodsky Abroad: Empire, Tourism, Nostalgia (University of Wisconsin Press, 2010), and the co-edited volumes Empire De/Centered: New Spatial Histories of Russia and the Soviet Union (Ashgate, 2013) as well as Cultural Forms of Political Protest in Russia (Routledge, 2017). Her papers and co-edited special issues have been published by, among other outlets, Cultural Studies, Eurasian Geography and Economics, and Russian Literature. Dr. Kaarina Aitamurto read religious studies in Helsinki. Since 2017, she is Senior Research Fellow in Russian Studies at the Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki. She is the author of Paganism, Traditionalism, Nationalism: Narratives of Russian Rodnoverie (Routledge, 2016) and a co-editor of Modern Pagan and Native Faiths in Central and Eastern Europe (Acumen, 2013) and Migrant Workers in Russia (Routledge, 2016). Her papers have been published by, among other outlets, the Forum für osteuropäische Ideen- und Zeitgeschichte, Europe-Asia Studies and Journal of Religion in Europe. Dr. Slobodanka Vladiv-Glover studied Russian, French, and German in Melbourne. Since 2013, she has been an Adjunct Associate Professor at Monash University. Vladiv-Glover is a member of the Executive of the Australasian Association for Communist and Postcommunist Studies, North American Association for Serbian Studies and International Dostoevsky Society. Her previous books include Dostoevsky and the Realists (Peter Lang, 2019) and Russian Postmodernism (Berghahn, 2016, with M. Epstein and A. Genis). Her papers have been published by, among other outlets, Angelaki, Studies in East European Thought, The Soviet & Post-Soviet Review, Southeastern Europe/ L’Europe Sud-Est, Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, The European Legacy, and Facta universitatis.

Kirill Postoutenko

Lieferzeit	Lieferzeit 2-3 Werktage.
Vorwort von	Kirill Postoutenko
Seitenzahl	228
Sprache	Englisch
Typ	Paperback
Format	21,0 cm x 14,8 cm
Reihe	Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society
Erscheinungsdatum	01.03.2014
	2. enlarged edition
ISBN	978-3-8382-0415-4
Gewicht	325 g
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"The findings presented here suggest that further studies of Nashi’s rank and file members or regional organizations would provide even greater insights into the evolution of Putinism and youth policy." (Regina Smyth, Anthropology of East Europe Review, no. 31, Spring 2013)