Survey Research on Contemporary Russian Elites

Session Submission Type: Panel

Brief Description

This panel uses data from a seven-wave, repeated cross-sectional survey of Russian elites conducted between 1993 and 2016 to shed light on crucial questions related to the foreign policy and domestic politics of Putin’s Russia. Two papers explore elite attitudes on issues of nationalism, threat perceptions, national identity, and imperialism. The third paper uses survey data to explore the ways in which elite attitudes toward the electoral process have changed since authoritarianism has been consolidated in Russia.

Sub Unit

• Politics/Law

Chair

• William Zimmerman, U of Michigan

Papers

• Elites and Uncertainty in Putin’s Russia - Sharon Werning Rivera, Hamilton College

• Tracking the Link between Russian Elites' Perceptions and the Scope of National Interests - Kirill Kalinin, Stanford University

• Imperial and Ethnic Nationalism: A Dilemma of the Russian Elite - Michael Komin, NRU Higher School of Economics St. Petersburg (Russia)

Discussant

• Brian D. Taylor, Syracuse U