DOI: 10.25136/2409-7144.2020.6.33190

Abstract: The subject of this article is the city protection movement in Barnaul. On the background of strengthening of authoritarian trends in political life of the country, takes place reorientation of the vector of civil activity from solution of the political problems of federal scale towards the local social issues. Namely the local public movements become an important element in the society of separate cities that allow the interaction between civil activists, society, and municipal authorities. The advancement of Internet and social networks greatly contributed to broadening of the audience of city protection communities, growth of opportunities for their influence upon public consciousness and government authorities. Assessment of the size, publication activity and staff composition of the city mono-problem communities in social networks in the key method for studying the city public movements. The research determined the presents of a number of organizations in Barnaul oriented toward the general questions (preservation of historical center of the city, protection of park zones, etc.), as well as solution of particular problems. The author also underlines a large portion of youth (below 30 years of age) among the members of city protection communities. Despite the fact that currently the social database is restricted, members of the communities actively participate in city life, using the Internet as an environment for public self-presentation and channel for communication with population, government, and mass media.

DOI: 10.25136/2409-7144.2017.5.22988

Abstract: This work is devoted to the main theoretical and methodological aspects of the concept of electoral authoritarianism in both foreign and domestic contexts and the study of electoral behavior of citizens both in the theoretical aspect and on the example of the upcoming presidential election in 2018. The aim of this work is to study the electoral activity of the population of modern Russia. The subject of the study is the electoral activity of the population of the Russian Federation in conditions of electoral authoritarianism. The work used a number of methods of scientific research, such as: analysis, synthesis, a method of sociological analysis. The authors pay special attention to typological features of electoral authoritarianism, their own definition and signs of electoral authoritarianism are given. In the work, the connection between political technologies and instruments used in regimes of a similar type – co-optation, repression, legitimation, electoral clientelism, and the electoral behavior of citizens, is distinguished through the synthesis of foreign experience. Based on the methods of scientific research it was found that the decrease in the level of electoral activity of citizens is due to the lack of representation of all groups of the electoral process during the elections. The scientific novelty of the work consists in a comprehensive analysis of the theoretical aspects of the concept of electoral authoritarianism by the example of the electoral process in the Russian Federation, the generalization of the results in the form of some conclusions: electoral clientelism leads to the unrepresentation of large groups of voters, which increases the level of social tension and the level of protest sentiments; the policy of populism is applied to a limited number of persons, does not provide sufficient legitimation of power and should be applied to a wider range of voters. Theoretical propositions and conclusions of the work can be used to further study and search for political technologies and tools that stimulate the electoral activity of the population of modern Russia.

DOI: 10.25136/2409-7144.2019.12.31410

Abstract: The subject of this research is variety of the forms of political participation of citizens on the Internet. The article uses the materials of Russian and foreign political scientists and sociologists referring to the problems and trends of development of relationships of political actors in the Internet environment. Relevance of the study consists in analytics of the conventional and non-conventional forms of political participation, which values is reflected in mobilization potential. Special attention is given to the modern Internet phenomenon, characterized by the growth of trolling and slacktivism as the means of spreading destructive political values and cyberterrorism. Research methodology includes the secondary data analysis, which reveal distinctness of the models of network politics, forms of Internet communication and types of relationship between its participants. It is underlined that new conditions on the existence of politics generate problems and tasks in the area of organization of the more effective political participation. It necessitates the freedom of dialogue between citizens and the government on the Internet, proliferation of democratic values and rule of law, as well as countering cyberterrorism through refraining from hierarchical system of government towards more flexible and ramified.