Anti-Corruption Mobilisation in Siberia: The Role of Universities

Olena Nikolayenko

Europe-Asia Studies, 2022, vol. 74, issue 7, 1231-1253

Abstract: Universities have long been seen as hotbeds of student activism. Yet institutions of higher education differ in their capacity to serve as mobilising structures. This study argues that history of activism, quality of education and local political climate influence a university’s potential to foster student protest engagement. Using a case study approach, the essay traces how a configuration of structural and cultural factors at three universities in western Siberia shaped Russian students’ involvement in the 2017 anti-corruption protests. At the same time, it demonstrates how universities in contemporary Russia are used as an instrument of authoritarian control to suppress anti-regime mobilisation.

Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1080/09668136.2022.2063261

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