12 March 2015
10:00 Europe/Oslo
Event
Backing the USSR 2.0: Dynamic State Identity and Public Support for Expansionist Nationalism in Russia
Based on the NEORUSS/ROMIR public opinion surveys in Russia in 2013 and 2014, Mikhail Alexseev examines the preferences of ethnic Russians and ethnic non-Russians in the Russian Federation for territorial boundaries of their state.
Language: English
C.J. Hambrosplass 2 D
Seminar
Prospective group position in a prospective state – or dynamic state identity – arguably explains why territorial preferences differ among ethnic Russians, ethnic non-Russian Slavs, and the non-Slavs, while also explaining why all ethnic groups in Russia strongly support Putin’s expansionist policies in Crimea. At the same time, the findings in 2014 also indicate that the annexation of Crimea potentially reduces Russia’s public support for further territorial expansion.
Mikhail Alexseev is Professor (political science) at San Diego State University, California. He is an internationally recognized authority on migration, ethnopolitical conflict, and post-Soviet Russia.
Program 10:00–11:30:
Professor Mikhail Alexseev:"Backing the USSR 2.0: Dynamic State Identity and Public Support for Expansionist Nationalism in Russia"
Q & A
Chair: Helge Blakkisrud, NUPI.
12 March 2015
10:00 Europe/Oslo
Language: English
C.J. Hambrosplass 2 D
Seminar