What explains Putin's enduring popularity in Russia? In The Red Mirror, Gulnaz
Sharafutdinova uses social identity theory to explain Putin's leadership. The main source of …

The contributions to this special issue interrogate and revise how social scientists, and in
particular political scientists, study the Russian Federation and the independent states that …

In recent years, we have seen a significant increase of memory politics among far-right
political actors. In public spheres across Europe, discursive repertoires and historical tropes …

How are extensive internet control, surveillance and restricted online anonymity
reconceptualized into virtues of effective state governance, rather than violations of civic …

Drawing on ontological security and recognition scholarships, this paper develops a
theoretical framework for understanding the relationship between changing collective …

According to elite and mass surveys, the late-Soviet sociopolitical and economic order was
largely perceived as the only viable alternative to domestic political and economic status …

According to elite and mass surveys, the late-Soviet sociopolitical and economic order was
largely perceived as the only viable alternative to domestic political and economic status …

Using the Russian president's major public addresses as the main source, Bo Petersson
analyzes the legitimization strategies employed during Vladimir Putin's third and fourth terms …

In this introduction to our special issue on the politics of memory in the post-Soviet space, we
present a four-part analytical framework through which to evaluate recent developments in …

The goal of this introduction to the special issue is threefold. First, we map a nascent
research field on connections between populism and the past and, in so doing, point to gaps …