Varieties of Russian Activism

Jeremy Morris is Professor of Global Studies at Aarhus University. He is author most recently of Everyday Post-Socialism: Working-Class Communities in the Russian Margins. Andrei Semenov is Senior Researcher at the Sociological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences. His work appears in Russian Politics, Social Movements Studies, and Post-Soviet Affairs. Regina Smyth is Professor of Political Science at Indiana University. She is author most recently of Elections, Protest, and Authoritarian Regime Stability: Russia 2008–2020.

Acknowledgments
1. Everyday Activism: Tracking the Evolution of Russian State and Society Relations, by Jeremy Morris, Andrei Semenov, and Regina Smyth
Introduction to Part 1: The Building Blocks of Everyday Activism: Identity, Networks, and Social Trust
2. Cultural Production as Activism: National Theaters, Philharmonics, and Cultural Organizations in Russia's Regional Capitals, by Katie L. Stewart
3. The Promotion of Minority Languages in Russia's Ethnic Republics: Social Media and Grassroots Activities, by Guzel Yusupova
4. From Neighbors to Activists: Shared Grievances and Collective Solutions, by Regina Smyth, Madeline McCann, and Katherine Hitchcock
Introduction to Part 2: Organizational Roles in Mobilization for Activism: Communication, Cooperation, and Conjunction
5. Social Activism in the Russian Orthodox Church, by John P. Burgess
6. The River of Urban Resistance: Renovation and New Civic Infrastructures in Moscow, by Anna Zhelnina
7. Activists and Experiential Entanglement in Russian Labor Organizing, by Jeremy Morris
8. Skateboarding Together: Generational Civic Activism and Non-Transition to Politics in Sosnovyi Bor, by Anna A. Dekalchuk and Ivan S. Grigoriev
Introduction to Part 3: Institutional Environment and Opportunity Structures for Urban Activism
9. Policy Activism in Urban Governance: The Case of Master Plan Development in Perm, by Eleonora Minaeva
10. Urban Planning and Civic Activism, by Carola Neugebauer, Andrei Semenov, Irina Shevtsova, and Daniela Zupan
11. Manipulating Public Discontent in Russia: The Role of Trade Unions in the Protests against Pension Reform, by Irina Meyer-Olimpieva
12. Active Urbanites in an Authoritarian Regime: Aleksei Navalny's Presidential Campaign, by Jan Matti Dollbaum, Andrei Semenov, and Elena Sirotkina
13. Why Grassroots Activism Matters, by Jeremy Morris, Andrei Semenov, and Regina Smyth
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