This important book analyzes the dubious role of the so-called Democratic Antifascist Youth Movement `Nashi´ in contemporary Russia. Part and parcel of the Putinist project of political stabilization, Nashi dominates state-sponsored youth politics in Russia, communicating demands from official discourse to a young audience. Idealizing the past, present, and future of Putin`s Russia, Nashi mobilized young Russians through its emotional appeal, skillful use of symbolic politics and the promise for professional self-realization. However, the movement`s impact remains limited – mostly due to its internal contradictions. Based on original and meticulous research, Ivo Mijnssen skillfully picks apart the dynamics underlying Nashi`s influence and furthers a deeper understanding of state-sponsored youth politics in early 21st century Russia.
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Ivo Mijnssen
Ivo Mijnssen, M.A., is a doctoral researcher at the Basel Graduate School of History. He currently holds a Gerda Henkel Foundation Scholarship and is working on his dissertation “Life in the Hero City: The Post-War Generation During the Brezhnev Era.” He studied at Brown University, the University of Basel, and at Stanford University. He contributed a chapter to the collected volume Identities and Politics during the Putin Presidency (ibidem-Verlag, 2009) and writes for various newspapers and websites about Russia.
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Jeronim Perovic
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| Foreword by | Jeronim Perovic |
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260
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PDF
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English
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01.02.2014
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978-3-8382-6368-7
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"[B]oth volumes succeed admirably in providing insightful portraits of the language, politics, and agenda of Russia’s youth movements during the Putin years." The Russian Review (vol. 72, no. 4, Oct. 2013) on (Mijnssen (2012): "The Quest for an Ideal Youth in Putin´s Russia I" (ISBN 978-3-8382-0368-3) and Lassila (2012): "The Quest for an Ideal Youth in Putin´s Russia II" (ISBN 978-3-8382-0415-4))
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