Patriotic disunity: limits to popular support for militaristic policy in Russia

Bækken, Håvard

doi:10.1080/1060586x.2021.1905417

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“…In addition to the spatial (cross-country) dimension, our discussion involves drawing comparisons across time. Unlike much of the literature on post-Soviet Russian patriotism, which can effectively be categorized as foregrounding either the 1990s (Oushakine, 2009) or the Putin years (Sperling, 2009;Laruelle, 2009;Goode, 2018;Baekken, 2021), our analysis bridges the two eras. Drawing on survey questions asked consistently across three decades, beginning in the mid-1990s, we highlight a patriotism that has been surprisingly stable and largely impervious to the changes over this period in Russia's internal and external environments.…”

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A Blind and Militant Attachment: Russian Patriotism in Comparative Perspective

Alexeev

Pyle

2022

SSRN Journal

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A Blind and Militant Attachment: Russian Patriotism in Comparative Perspective

Alexeev

Pyle

2022

SSRN Journal

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“…Much of the writing on post-Soviet Russian patriotism draws on similar distinctions, and unlike the ICG, downplays the hold over the population of the more malign variety. Baekken (2021), for instance, explores the success of state-led efforts to inculcate a "military patriotism" in Russian society, concluding that while it appeals to some, the public, on balance, "seems to be at odds with the state's conception of patriotism as 'blind ' and state-oriented ... [and instead prefers] patriotic sentiment 'untainted' by political life and less dependent on military tropes." Goode (2016) develops a similar point, contrasting Russians' "love for the Motherland," which is genuine and private, with "being patriotic," which is inauthentic and performative in its support of regime initiatives, including foreign aggression.…”

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A blind and militant attachment: Russian patriotism in comparative perspective

Alexeev

Pyle

2023

Post-Soviet Affairs

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Much of the literature on patriotic sentiment in post-Soviet Russia leans on the results of public opinion surveys administered to Russian citizens. Absent a comparison group, such evidence, while helpful, can leave one adrift in trying to assess the significance of any particular polling result. Here, we draw on a shared set of questions from multiple waves of the Inter-national Social Survey Program's National Identity and Role of Government modules, as well as the World Values Survey, to benchmark the responses of Russians to those of citizens in a diverse group of middle and high income countries. This exercise highlights that while Russians are not unusual in the degree to which they have a benign attachment to and/or pride in their country, they stand out for espousing a patriotism that has remained consistently blind and militant since at least the mid-1990s. We speculate as to the underlying cause and highlight a potential consequence: the nature of Russian patriotism has lowered the cost to the Russian leadership of military aggression.

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“…Типичное мнение: среди российской элиты патриотическая легитимация регулирует конкуренцию, определяет границы приемлемой публичной политики и обеспечивает доступ к покровительству режима (Goode 2021). Российской власти приписывается склонность к «милитаризации патриотизма» (Baekken 2021).…”

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Patriotism in the Political Discourse of the Union State of Belarus and Russia

Bakhlova,

Bakhlov

2024

Vestnik MGIMO-universiteta

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The article delves into the nuanced challenge of crafting a cohesive unionwide patriotic agenda amidst escalating global tensions fueled, in part, by value conflicts. It scrutinizes the emergence of a patriotic discourse intricately woven into the institutional fabric of the Union State, the Russian Federation, and the Republic of Belarus, primarily steered by top political leadership at the domestic level. The overarching aim is to delineate the enduring themes and prevailing narratives within the political elites' patriotic discourse within the Union State, while exploring its potential conceptualization as a coordinating discourse to further integration objectives and as a countermeasure of "anti-soft power" against external value threats emanating from the collective West. Methodologically, the study draws upon discursive neo-institutionalism, employing qualitative content analysis of speeches delivered by the respective presidents of the two countries as its primary analytical approach.In the conclusions, the paper underscores the remarkable alignment between Russian and Belarusian stances on patriotic issues, particularly concerning their ideological underpinnings. Both underscore the imperative of safeguarding and preserving historical memory and traditional values as the cornerstone of their discourse. However, the analysis also sheds light on the conceptual complexities inherent in articulating sovereignty values by both participating countries. The practical implications underscore the necessity of further solidifying a shared socio-cultural space, harmonizing historical policies within both nations and within the Union State framework, and stimulating a "demand for integration" through the practical implementation of the principal directives outlined in the 2021 package of integration decisions.

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Patriotic disunity: limits to popular support for militaristic policy in Russia

Cited by 15 publications

References 31 publications

A Blind and Militant Attachment: Russian Patriotism in Comparative Perspective

A Blind and Militant Attachment: Russian Patriotism in Comparative Perspective

A blind and militant attachment: Russian patriotism in comparative perspective

Patriotism in the Political Discourse of the Union State of Belarus and Russia

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