Governing the governors: legitimacy vs. control in the reform of the Russian regional executive
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“Normal nationalism”: Alexei Navalny, LiveJournal and “the Other”
This article analyses the LiveJournal blog of the well-known Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny during the period from 2006 to 2012. The blog is analysed through the prism of nationalism and identity construction. The analysis shows that Navalny advocates a “normal” nationalism, which he contrasts with abnormal, radical, and marginal nationalism. He underlines the importance of national rebirth and constructs Russian national identity in connection to a history of victory and greatness. The national identity that Navalny constructs is ethnically Russian. Other ethnic groups, Chechens in particular, are constructed as “Others” who belong outside the boundaries of the Russian imagined community.
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Helge Blakkisrud
Helge Blakkisrud’s main research interests include Russian federalism and centre–region relations, in particular, the development of the instituti...
Jakub M. Godzimirski
Jakub M. Godzimirski has been working on Russian foreign and security policy issues at NUPI for more than 20 years, paying special attention to th...
Julie Wilhelmsen
Julie Wilhelmsen is Research Professor at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs. She holds a PhD in political science and conducts rese...
Elana Wilson Rowe
Dr Elana Wilson Rowe is research professor at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs. Wilson Rowe’s research and expertise areas include...