Evaluating 's Sustainability: Autonomy, Agency and Activism

Maya Atwal

Europe-Asia Studies, 2009, vol. 61, issue 5, 743-758

Abstract: This article explores the development of the Russian youth movement Nashi and its relationship with the state with the purpose of assessing the movement's long-term sustainability. Establishing a link between activists' political autonomy and their potential ability to sustain the movement without state support, this article examines the validity of the assumption that Nashi is simply an extension of the state, which the state can unilaterally direct as it sees fit. It contends that despite the movement's allegiance to the incumbent regime and its utilisation of state resources, Nashi activists have become increasingly politically autonomous and therefore capable of sustaining the movement in their own right.

Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1080/09668130902904878

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