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This book examines popular perceptions of recent political and psychological changes during Vladimir Putin’s third term, a unique period in the post-Soviet political history of Russia. The contributors analyze recent trends in Russian society and interpret citizens’ views of political power, institutions, and leaders.
List of contents
Part 1: Political Psychological Analysis of Russians' Public Mentality: From Theory to Empirical Data
Chapter 1: The Key Role of Perception as a Mechanism of Mass Political Mentality, Elena Shestopal, Audrey Zverev, Natalia Bokova, and Natalia Smulkina
Chapter 2: Methodology of the Study of Various Political Objects, Elena Shestopal, Alena Zatonskih, Irina Moiseeva, and Ivan Palitai
Part 2: Images of Authorities in Russians' Mentality
Chapter 3: Content of Authorities' Images, Elena Shestopal, Maxim Zhestkov, Svetlana Akhmatnurova, Ignat Bogdan, Svyatoslav Davydov, Vladislav Markov, Ekaterina Muzyka, Svetlana Nesterova, Gadzhibala Ramaldanov, Natalia Smulkina, and Anastasia Trushcheva
Chapter 4: Psychological Structure of Authorities' Images, Elena Shestopal, Ignat Bogdan, Natalia Bokova, and Olga Bukreeva
Chapter 5: Images of Authorities in Different Social Groups, Elena Shestopal, Ekaterina Muzyka, Anna Rogozar, Lira Gazizova, and Maria Suslina
Part 3: Images of Political Institutions
Chapter 6: Image of the Contemporary Russian State, Elena Shestopal and Philip Perzh
Chapter 7: Image of Russia's Parliament, Elena Shestopal and Irina Moiseeva
Chapter 8: Images of Russia's Political Parties, Elena Shestopal, Ivan Palitai, and Alena Zatonskih
Part 4: Images of Russian Leaders
Chapter 9: Certain Psychological Features of Perception of Russian Leaders, Elena Shestopal
Chapter 10: Presidents as Leaders, Elena Shestopal and Natalia Smulkina
Chapter 11: Images of Executive Branch Leaders, Elena Shestopal, Anastasia Trushcheva, and Vladislav Markov
Chapter 12: Leaders of Opposition: Images of A. Navalny, M. Prokhorov, M. Khodorkovsky, A. Kudrin, Elena Shestopal and Svyatoslav Davydov
Chapter 13: Regional Leaders: Governors, Elena Shestopal and Elena Yakovleva
Chapter 14: Political Leaders of Russia's Parliament, Elena Shestopal and Irina Moiseeva
Postscript: 2014: The End of the Time of Troubles?, Elena Shestopal
About the author
Elena Shestopal is professor and chair of the Department of Sociology and Psychology at Moscow State University.
Summary
This book examines popular perceptions of recent political and psychological changes during Vladimir Putin's third term, a unique period in the post-Soviet political history of Russia. The contributors analyze recent trends in Russian society and interpret citizens' views of political power, institutions, and leaders.
