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“Framing” and “Screening” the Gulag “框定”和“筛选”古拉格
IF 0.9 4区 社会学 Q2 Social Sciences Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.1525/cpcs.2022.1552439
Daria Khlevnyuk
The victory in the Great Patriotic War has become the cornerstone myth of Russian politics and identity. Whether there is an international or an internal conflict, the war history is invoked in political speeches and media propaganda. Soviet repressions, on the contrary, are rarely used by the state memory politics. Many scholars claim that the two memories are opposing: one is heroic and “nationalist,” the other is tragic and “cosmopolitan.” A study of regional memory politics and activism shows, however, that the interrelation between the two is more complicated. Rarely do they come in a direct conflict. Instead, depending on the local history and politics, the conflict is either subtle and leads to the “screening” of the repressions history, or it leads to the “framing” of the repressions narratives.
卫国战争的胜利已经成为俄罗斯政治和身份认同的基石神话。无论是国际冲突还是国内冲突,战争史都会在政治演讲和媒体宣传中被引用。相反,苏联的镇压很少被国家记忆政治所使用。许多学者声称,这两种记忆是对立的:一种是英雄的、“民族主义的”,另一种是悲剧的、“世界主义的”。然而,一项关于区域记忆政治和行动主义的研究表明,两者之间的相互关系更为复杂。它们很少发生直接冲突。相反,根据当地的历史和政治,这种冲突要么是微妙的,导致对镇压历史的“筛选”,要么导致对镇压叙事的“框架”。
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引用次数: 1
Strengths and Vulnerabilities of Surviving Asian Communist Regimes from a Historical, Regional, and Holistic Approach 从历史、区域和整体的角度看幸存的亚洲共产主义政权的优势和弱点
IF 0.9 4区 社会学 Q2 Social Sciences Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.1525/cpcs.2022.1697969
T. Vu
In this article, I propose a historically grounded, regionally framed, and holistically constructed framework and make three interrelated claims about the strengths and vulnerabilities of surviving communist regimes in Asia. First, these regimes’ resilience today has historical origins in the communist revolutions that founded not only the regimes but also modern nations and states. This foundation provided these regimes with ideological, symbolic, and organizational assets that are now deployed to continue their dominance. Second, these regimes have been evolving together, have come to each other’s assistance at critical times, and have continued special relationships today; therefore, their strengths and vulnerabilities must be examined historically and regionally. Finally, in contrast to much existing scholarship that focuses only on resilience, I argue that factors contributing to their resilience also contain the very seeds of their vulnerabilities. I highlight three such factors, including extensive state control of resources, ruling parties’ ability to manipulate ideologies, and their formidable organizations—these three together carry not only their strengths but also their specific vulnerabilities today.
在这篇文章中,我提出了一个基于历史的、区域框架的和整体构建的框架,并对亚洲现存共产主义政权的优势和弱点提出了三个相互关联的主张。首先,这些政权今天的韧性有共产主义革命的历史根源,这些革命不仅建立了这些政权,而且建立了现代民族和国家。这个基础为这些政权提供了意识形态上的、象征上的和组织上的资产,这些资产现在被用来继续他们的统治地位。第二,这些制度一直在共同发展,在关键时刻相互援助,并在今天继续保持特殊关系;因此,必须从历史和区域角度审视它们的优势和弱点。最后,与许多只关注复原力的现有学术相反,我认为,促进他们复原力的因素也包含了他们脆弱的种子。我强调了三个这样的因素,包括国家对资源的广泛控制,执政党操纵意识形态的能力,以及他们强大的组织——这三个因素结合在一起不仅具有优势,而且具有当今特定的弱点。
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引用次数: 3
No Limit on Terms Served? 服务期限没有限制?
IF 0.9 4区 社会学 Q2 Social Sciences Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.1525/cpcs.2023.1815211
Ekaterina Paustyan
This article aims to explain the tenure of incumbent governors in Russia studying what conditions have accounted for their reappointment and dismissal in the period of 2008–12. Qualitative comparative analysis of 32 cases reveals that the ability of incumbent governors to deliver high voting results at national elections has not been necessary for their reappointment. In turn, low economic performance of the regions was one of the sufficient conditions accounting for gubernatorial reappointment, while regions’ high economic performance was one of the sufficient conditions leading to their dismissal. These results suggest that instead of prioritizing governors’ political loyalty over regions’ economic performance, President Medvedev replaced incumbents in Russia’s wealthiest regions, regardless of their performance, in order to establish federal control there.
本文旨在解释俄罗斯现任行长的任期,研究在2008 - 2012年期间,是什么条件导致了他们的连任和解职。对32个案例的定性比较分析表明,现任州长在全国选举中取得高投票结果的能力并不是他们连任的必要条件。反过来,地区经济表现不佳是导致省长连任的充分条件之一,而地区经济表现优异则是导致其被免职的充分条件之一。这些结果表明,梅德韦杰夫总统没有将州长的政治忠诚置于地区的经济表现之上,而是撤换了俄罗斯最富裕地区的现任官员,而不管他们的表现如何,以便在那里建立联邦控制。
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引用次数: 0
The Presence of Maoism in Mexico 毛主义在墨西哥的存在
IF 0.9 4区 社会学 Q2 Social Sciences Pub Date : 2021-12-01 DOI: 10.1525/j.postcomstud.2021.54.4.176
Daniel Lemus-Delgado
During the Cold War, the influence of Maoism as a third way of establishing a new international order inspired several Latin American guerrilla groups, including some in Mexico. This article analyzes the influence of Maoism in Mexico in particular, and pays specific attention to how Florencio Medrano, a peasant leader, was motivated by Maoist thought to establish the Rubén Jaramillo Proletarian Neighborhood, a self-governing neighborhood, and how this site was considered a critical factor for his development as a guerrilla. In the continuing debate over the relationship between agency and structure, the life and work of Florencio Medrano evidences how both social context and personal history influenced his aspirations and demands. By conducting an analysis of primary and secondary sources, this article analyzes some elements of Maoist thought and its diffusion in Latin America in the context of the Cold War. In addition, the article explains the political formation of Florencio Medrano in the Mexican post-revolutionary period, examines Maoist influences on his political formation and participation in pro-communist organizations, and reviews Maoist influence on the organization of the Rubén Jaramillo Neighborhood. Finally, the conclusions emphasize how the peasant origins of Medrano gave rise to his particular understanding of Maoism.
冷战期间,毛主义作为建立新国际秩序的第三种方式的影响激发了几个拉美游击队,包括墨西哥的一些游击队。本文特别分析毛主义在墨西哥的影响,并特别关注农民领袖Florencio Medrano如何受到毛主义思想的激励,建立自治社区rub Jaramillo无产阶级社区,以及这个地方如何被视为他发展为游击队的关键因素。在关于代理和结构之间关系的持续争论中,Florencio Medrano的生活和工作证明了社会背景和个人历史是如何影响他的愿望和要求的。通过对一手资料和第二手资料的分析,本文分析了毛主义思想的一些要素及其在冷战背景下在拉丁美洲的传播。此外,本文亦解释Florencio Medrano在后墨西哥革命时期的政治形成,检视毛主义对其政治形成及参与亲共组织的影响,并检视毛主义对rub Jaramillo社区组织的影响。最后,结论强调了梅德拉诺的农民出身如何使他对毛主义产生了独特的理解。
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引用次数: 0
Coronavirus Pandemic Response and Voter Choice 冠状病毒大流行应对与选民选择
IF 0.9 4区 社会学 Q2 Social Sciences Pub Date : 2021-12-01 DOI: 10.1525/j.postcomstud.2021.54.4.197
Josip Glaurdić, Christophe Lesschaeve, Michal Mochtak
Does the public perception of governments’ coronavirus pandemic responses actually make a difference to their electoral fortunes? In this research note, we answer that question by presenting the preliminary results of a survey of more than 3,000 voters in Croatia and Serbia conducted on a dedicated mobile app and web platform directly preceding parliamentary elections that took place in these two countries during the summer of 2020. This survey was part of our larger project tracking political competition, public discourse, and conspiracy theories in Southeast Europe during the coronavirus pandemic. The preliminary findings presented in this research note demonstrate Croatian and Serbian voters were rationally retrospective and rewarded parties in power based on evaluations of their crisis management performance. We also find evidence of voters who have personally witnessed the health consequences of the coronavirus being more likely to support the parties in power. We believe this is evidence of the coronavirus pandemic increasing affected citizens’ expectations of and trust in national governments where those governments respond strongly to the pandemic’s first wave, as was the case in both Croatia and Serbia.
公众对政府应对冠状病毒大流行的看法真的会影响他们的选举命运吗?在这份研究报告中,我们通过对克罗地亚和塞尔维亚3000多名选民进行调查的初步结果来回答这个问题,该调查是在2020年夏天这两个国家举行议会选举之前在一个专门的移动应用程序和网络平台上进行的。这项调查是我们追踪冠状病毒大流行期间东南欧政治竞争、公共话语和阴谋论的更大项目的一部分。本研究报告中提出的初步调查结果表明,克罗地亚和塞尔维亚选民理性地回顾并根据对危机管理绩效的评估奖励执政党。我们还发现,有证据表明,亲眼目睹冠状病毒对健康造成影响的选民更有可能支持执政党。我们认为,这是冠状病毒大流行日益影响公民对国家政府的期望和信任的证据,这些政府对大流行的第一波做出了强有力的反应,克罗地亚和塞尔维亚就是这种情况。
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引用次数: 2
Survival or Crisis? Funding Distribution from Grant-Making Foundations to Grassroots Social Organizations in China 生存还是危机?基金会对中国基层社会组织的资金分配
IF 0.9 4区 社会学 Q2 Social Sciences Pub Date : 2021-12-01 DOI: 10.1525/j.postcomstud.2021.54.4.137
Min Ji, Hua Pang
The 2008 Wenchuan earthquake increased the need for disaster relief and reconstruction projects in China. This disaster created an upsurge of Chinese grant-making foundations, which then increased funding expectations. Many grassroots social organizations (SOs) in China believed that going forward, this level of funding would continue. However, the majority of grassroots SOs in China are currently facing an existential crisis. Their survival is being threatened by a shortage of funding from both local and foreign grant-making foundations. This research uses an empirical analysis of grant-making foundations and in-depth interviews, as well as observational evidence accumulated over a 10-year period, to explore the distribution of funding from foundations to grassroots SOs in China. The findings show that there are a limited number of Chinese grant-making foundations and that the foundations that exist do not include grassroots SOs in their funding scheme.
2008年汶川大地震增加了中国对救灾和重建项目的需求。这场灾难引发了中国资助基金会的热潮,进而提高了资助预期。很多中国的草根社会组织认为,今后这种资助水平还会持续下去。然而,中国大多数基层社会组织目前正面临着生存危机。它们的生存正受到来自本地和外国资助基金会的资金短缺的威胁。本研究通过对资助基金会的实证分析和深度访谈,以及近10年的观察证据,探讨基金会对中国基层社会组织的资助分配情况。调查结果表明,中国的资助基金会数量有限,现有的基金会没有将基层社会组织纳入资助计划。
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引用次数: 1
The Extended Family 大家庭
IF 0.9 4区 社会学 Q2 Social Sciences Pub Date : 2021-12-01 DOI: 10.4324/9780203006696-6
Rafał Smoczyński, T. Zarycki
After World War II, Polish nobility was commonly considered an obsolete social group because of the post-1945 confiscation of their properties and the decline of their legal and political privileges. From a formal point of view, the Polish nobility had ceased to exist. However, this group did not simply vanish. For this reason, we should not speak of the disintegration of the former noble milieu but rather its reorganization. To expand deliberation on these “reorganization strategies” with the use of appropriate sociological tools, this article analyzes major social actors in contemporary Poland who use their noble legacies in their collective identity-building practices.
第二次世界大战后,波兰贵族通常被认为是一个过时的社会群体,因为1945年后他们的财产被没收,法律和政治特权下降。从正式的角度来看,波兰贵族已经不复存在。然而,这一群体并没有简单地消失。因此,我们不应谈论前贵族环境的解体,而应谈论其重组。为了利用适当的社会学工具扩大对这些“重组战略”的思考,本文分析了当代波兰的主要社会行动者,他们在集体身份建设实践中使用了自己的崇高遗产。
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Killing Politics Softly 温和地扼杀政治
IF 0.9 4区 社会学 Q2 Social Sciences Pub Date : 2021-12-01 DOI: 10.1525/j.postcomstud.2021.54.4.54
Paul Shields
Early propaganda studies in authoritarian countries argue that state media works to legitimize the regime through indoctrination and persuasion. However, recent scholarship shows that citizens in authoritarian countries—in states like China, Syria, Russia, and Kazakhstan—can be unconvinced by state propaganda. How, then, does the way in which citizens experience unconvincing propaganda shape their political beliefs? How might unpersuasive propaganda contribute to authoritarian stability? Given the lack of alternative theories of propaganda, this article proposes a new hypothesis based on a reception study that interviewed 24 Russian citizens from Krasnoiarsk Krai after they watched items from Russian state television. The article theorizes that unconvincing state propaganda in Russia can reinforce a preexisting cynical attitude toward politics—an attitude that makes the collective action necessary for bottom-up reform hard to contemplate, let alone organize in an authoritarian context.
早期对专制国家的宣传研究认为,国家媒体通过灌输和说服来使政权合法化。然而,最近的学术研究表明,专制国家的公民——比如中国、叙利亚、俄罗斯和哈萨克斯坦——可能不相信政府的宣传。那么,公民所经历的缺乏说服力的宣传是如何塑造他们的政治信仰的呢?缺乏说服力的宣传如何有助于专制的稳定?鉴于缺乏替代的宣传理论,本文提出了一个基于接受研究的新假设,该研究采访了24名来自克拉斯诺亚尔斯克地区的俄罗斯公民,他们观看了俄罗斯国家电视台的节目。这篇文章的理论是,在俄罗斯,缺乏说服力的国家宣传会强化先前存在的对政治的愤世嫉俗态度——这种态度使得自下而上的改革所需的集体行动难以想象,更不用说在威权主义背景下组织起来了。
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引用次数: 3
Migration and Soft Power 移民与软实力
IF 0.9 4区 社会学 Q2 Social Sciences Pub Date : 2021-12-01 DOI: 10.1525/j.postcomstud.2021.54.4.98
Vanessa Ruget, Burul Usmanalieva
This article explores how Kyrgyz labor migrants in Russia view their host country’s government and its influence in Kyrgyzstan, including through the Eurasian Economic Union. Results suggest that migrants have nuanced, pragmatic pro-Russian views. They understand Kyrgyzstan’s dependency on Russia and admire the efficiency of Russia’s government. Yet, they also disapprove of its high levels of corruption and of its disregard for individual rights. Our work contributes to the literature on the diffusion of norms through migration; it also sheds light on Russia’s soft power in Central Asia at a time when rivalry with China is growing in the region.
本文探讨了俄罗斯的吉尔吉斯斯坦劳工移民如何看待东道国政府及其在吉尔吉斯斯坦的影响力,包括通过欧亚经济联盟。研究结果表明,移民有着微妙而务实的亲俄观点。他们了解吉尔吉斯斯坦对俄罗斯的依赖,并钦佩俄罗斯政府的效率。然而,他们也不赞成它的高度腐败和对个人权利的漠视。我们的工作有助于通过移民传播规范的文献;它还揭示了俄罗斯在中亚的软实力,而此时该地区与中国的竞争正在加剧。
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Policing Protest in Russia 俄罗斯警察抗议
IF 0.9 4区 社会学 Q2 Social Sciences Pub Date : 2021-12-01 DOI: 10.1525/j.postcomstud.2021.54.4.74
Gerald M. Easter
As Russia’s post-communist regime descends deeper into authoritarianism, protest politics has become a regular feature of the political landscape. As such, President Putin increasingly faces the “dictator’s dilemma”: How much coercion to deploy against protesters without incurring a social backlash against the regime? That question more generally is now part of analytical consideration in comparative scholarship on social movements and contentious politics. This article contributes to the comparative discussion, first, through an elaboration of an original conceptual typology of protest-policing strategies, applicable to democratic and authoritarian regime types. Second, the article applies this conceptual scheme to Russia to illustrate the variant protest-policing strategies employed during the post-communist period. The research explains how Putin’s authoritarian regime responded to the challenge of the dictator’s dilemma by enacting protest-policing reforms. Inspired by policing trends in the Western democracies, these reforms entail a shift from confrontation-based to containment-based tactics. The article shows variation and adaptation in the way protesters were policed across Russia’s transition from unconsolidated democracy to consolidated authoritarianism. Finally, the article suggests the consequences of protest-policing reform for the ruling regime.
随着俄罗斯后共产主义政权更深地陷入威权主义,抗议政治已成为政治景观的常规特征。因此,普京总统越来越多地面临“独裁者的困境”:在不引发社会对政权的强烈反对的情况下,对抗议者施加多大的胁迫?这个问题现在更普遍地成为社会运动和有争议的政治的比较学术分析考虑的一部分。本文有助于比较讨论,首先,通过对适用于民主和专制政权类型的抗议警务策略的原始概念类型的阐述。其次,本文将这一概念方案应用于俄罗斯,以说明后共产主义时期不同的抗议警察策略。该研究解释了普京的独裁政权如何通过实施抗议警察改革来应对独裁者困境的挑战。受西方民主国家警务趋势的启发,这些改革需要从以对抗为基础的策略转变为以遏制为基础的策略。这篇文章展示了在俄罗斯从不巩固的民主过渡到巩固的威权主义期间,抗议者受到监管的方式的变化和适应。最后,文章提出了抗议警务改革对执政政权的影响。
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