Authoritarian Legitimating Narratives Are Not Costless Tools: A Comparative Study of Protests in Russia and Ukraine

• In Event: New Research on Social Movements, Electoral Mobilization and Protests

Brief Overview

This paper demonstrates that protests in authoritarian regimes can arise from the perceived betrayal of regime-promoted narratives, such as promises of democratization and reform, drawing on original interviews from Russia and Ukraine.

Author

• Burcu Degirmen Dysart, DePaul University