Investigating the democratic effects of state-sponsored youth participation in Russia :
نام عام مواد
[Thesis]
نام نخستين پديدآور
Atwal, Maya
عنوان اصلي به قلم نويسنده ديگر
Nashi and the Young Guard of United Russia
وضعیت نشر و پخش و غیره
نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره
University of Birmingham
تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره
2011
یادداشتهای مربوط به پایان نامه ها
جزئيات پايان نامه و نوع درجه آن
Ph.D.
کسي که مدرک را اعطا کرده
University of Birmingham
امتياز متن
2011
یادداشتهای مربوط به خلاصه یا چکیده
متن يادداشت
This study investigates the relative impact of state sponsorship on the democratic effects of participation in the case of two Russian youth organisations - Nashi and the Young Guard, which were established with Kremlin support in 2005. In doing so this study questions the assumption that state involvement necessarily has a corrosive influence on participation and asserts the value of studying state-sponsored participatory initiatives. It concludes that the potential democratic effects of state-sponsored participation should not be disregarded solely on the basis of state involvement for two reasons: Firstly, the impact of state sponsorship on the democratic effects of participation is shaped by other factors, including the socio-political environment and the agency of participants. The state may have a vested interest in supporting some positive democratic effects of participation to further its own aims. Secondly, there are limits to the state's power to determine the democratic effects of participation. In particular, the state is unable to control the significance attached to participation by those involved. Without rejecting scholarly work on the Kremlin's questionable democratic credentials or on the pro-regime youth movements' numerous negative tendencies, this study contends that there is much more to these Kremlin-sponsored youth movements than existing portrayals allow.
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موضوع مستند نشده
AI Indexes (General)
موضوع مستند نشده
JA Political science (General)
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