Embedded Activism 2.0: Re-shaping the Space for Civil Society in Russia and China

Irina Fedorenko

Europe-Asia Studies, 2019, vol. 71, issue 8, 1367-1389

Abstract: NGOs have been seen as an integral part of civil society and a necessary feature of democratic transition. It has been argued that depoliticised NGOs in China ‘embedded’ in existing political structures would eventually bring about democratic changes through incremental actions, as they did in post-Soviet Russia. Both countries, however, recently witnessed the shrinking of political and legal space for public participation, especially for foreign-funded civil society organisations. This article analyses the impact of the NGO laws on civil society in Russia and China to update the embedded activism hypothesis. It draws on empirical data to describe the strategies that the NGOs use to adapt and how the future of the sector is perceived by young people in both countries.

Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1080/09668136.2019.1635995

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