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The Quest for an Ideal Youth in Putin's Russia I

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This book analyzes the dubious role of the Democratic Antifascist Youth Movement "Nashi" in contemporary Russia. Part of the Putinist project of political stabilization, Nashi mobilizes young Russi...
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This book analyzes the dubious role of the Democratic Antifascist Youth Movement "Nashi" in contemporary Russia. Part of the Putinist project of political stabilization, Nashi mobilizes young Russians through its emotional appeal, skillful use of symbolic politics, and promise of professional self-realization.
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Price: $46.00
Pages: 260
Publisher: Ibidem Press
Imprint: Ibidem Press
Series: Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society
Publication Date: 22 July 2014
Trim Size: 8.27 X 5.83 in
ISBN: 9783838205786
Format: Paperback
BISACs:

POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship, HISTORY / Modern / 21st Century, HISTORY / Russia / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European

Mijnssen clarifies the role that historical consciousness plays in the construction of security politics against domestic and external enemies as well as the translation of these constructions into concrete actions with precise conceptual thinking and clear language. This is an excellent study!
Ivo Mijnssen is a doctoral researcher at the Basel Graduate School of History. He currently holds a Gerda Henkel Foundation Scholarship.

Preface
Foreword by Jeronim Perović
I. Introduction
II. Background and Context
III. Russia's Youth, the Orange Revolution, and Nashi
IV. Remember! Nashi and the Bronze Soldier
V. Seliger: The Foundry of Modernization
VI. Conclusions
Bibliography
Index
Appendix I: Brochure "Neobyknovennyi Fashizm"
Appendix II: Instruction Manual "Neskol'ko Neudobnykh Voprosov Rossiiskoi Vlasti"