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December Protests in Moscow through the Lenses of Historical Analogies
https://doi.org/10.32609/0042-8736-2012-2-151-157
Abstract
Analyzing mass protest movements in different countries this paper argues that protests against electoral fraud in Moscow in December 2011 do not represent "Russian Spring", "Orange Revolution", or a new version of Perestroika. Rather they have more in common with the Progressive movement that fought political corruption in the U.S. during the early part of the 20th century. The author notes that protest movement can provide new chances for institutional reforms and social development but only if main elite groups are ready to cooperate in elaboration of new more open and more transparent "rules of the game".
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A. Yakovlev
National Research University Higher School of Economics
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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Yakovlev A. December Protests in Moscow through the Lenses of Historical Analogies. Voprosy Ekonomiki. 2012;(2):151-157. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.32609/0042-8736-2012-2-151-157
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