Vad blev kvar av Bolotnajatorget? En nystart för den lokala aktivismen i Ryssland

Abstract

[What remains of the Bolotnaya Square? A new beginning for local activism in Russia] With the failure of the Bolotnaya movement to initiate institutional change in Russia, what could the participants, who became aware about their citizens’ voice during the protests, do to sustain the sense of solidarity and to promote democratic participation? Oleg Žuravlev’s article explores the changes experienced by the Russian civil society since the mobilization in 2011–2012, specifically examining local activism. Žuravlev argues that the Bolotnaya movement generated a new set of political collective actions that perceive local communities as a society in miniature rather than as an arena for specific local issues and concerns. While one of the main failures of the mass movement was its inability to articulate specific socio-economic and political demands, the post-Bolotnaya activist groups considers local challenges as long-term political projects, which makes them more diverse, effective and resistant. Publication history: Published original. (Published 8 February 2017) Citation: Žuravlev, Oleg (2017) “Vad blev kvar av Bolotnajatorget? En nystart for den lokala aktivismen i Ryssland”, in Fran perestrojka till Bolotnaja. Utvecklingen av ett ryskt civilsamhalle , special issue of Arkiv. Tidskrift for samhallsanalys , issue 7, pp. 129–164. DOI: https://doi.org/10.13068/2000-6217.7.4