Unpacking ‘Traditional Values’ in Russia’s Conservative Turn: Gender, Sexuality and the Soviet Legacy
2023; Routledge; Volume: 76; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1080/09668136.2023.2215484
ISSN1465-3427
AutoresAlexandra Novitskaya, Valerie Sperling, Lisa McIntosh Sundstrom, Janet Elise Johnson,
Tópico(s)Political Conflict and Governance
ResumoAbstractAbstractWe argue for analytically separating women's and LGBTQ+ rights and differentiating the degrees of sexism and LGBTQ-phobia in Russia to better understand its conservative turn in the 2010s. Comparing Putin's speeches to domestic audiences (1999–2020) with public opinion, we identify a somewhat conservative trend regarding women's rights and a far more conservative one on LGBTQ+ rights. While Russia made a sharper conservative turn in summer 2021, we find that until 2020, state discourse and public opinion on these topics mostly echoed Soviet approaches, suggesting that the conservative 'turn' amounted more to a 'return' than to a novel development. This work was supported by Norges Forskningsråd: [Grant Number 300997]; Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada: [Grant Number Grant 435-2020- 0487]; University of British Columbia: Work-Learn Student Funding Program.Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Additional informationNotes on contributorsAlexandra NovitskayaAlexandra Novitskaya, Russian Studies Workshop, Robert F. Byrnes Russian and East European Institute, Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies, Indiana University Bloomington, 4038 Global and International Studies Building, 355 North Eagleson Ave., Bloomington, IN 47405, USA. Email: alnovi@iu.eduValerie SperlingValerie Sperling, Department of Political Science, Clark University, 950 Main Street, Worcester, MA 01610, USA. Email: vsperling@clarku.eduLisa McIntosh SundstromLisa McIntosh Sundstrom, Faculty of Arts, Department of Political Science, The University of British Columbia, C425–1866 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, Canada. Email: lisa.sundstrom@ubc.caJanet Elise JohnsonJanet Elise Johnson, Department of Political Science, Brooklyn College, City University of New York, 3401 James Hall, Brooklyn, NY 11210, USA. Email: johnson@brooklyn.cuny.edu
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