Patterns of Political Identity in Illiberal Segment of the Russian Civil Society (Case of Saint Petersburg)

Student: Nakliutskaia Anna

Faculty: Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences

Educational Programme: Comparative Politics of Eurasia (Master)

Year of Graduation: 2020

This paper is aimed at defining the diversity of illiberal segment in Russian civil society. In the first chapter, it is enclosed the theoretical and conceptual framework of key terms such as political identity, illiberal civil society and social movements. It is paid attention to the peculiarities of civil society in Russia and mainly focused on depicting the landscape of political identity of those activists who belong to the illiberal segment. On the basis of the conclusions from the first chapter, it was possible to define controversial topics. Q-methodology used in the research let me identify a range of opinions and major patterns of political identity in Saint-Petersburg among the illiberal civil society.

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