Rethinking the Russian State: The Politics of Policymaking

Session Submission Type: Created Panel

Session Description

The papers in this panel invite us to reconceptualize the Russian state and better understand the logic of contemporary state-building in the country using original empirical evidence in policy arenas related to immigration/migration, courts, and domestic violence policy. Papers focus on the importance of emotion, legitimacy, informal politics, gender politics, and state-regional relations, and illuminate the politics of contemporary authoritarian legitimation strategies in Russia.

Sub Unit

• DIVISION 13: The Politics of Communist and Former Communist Countries

Individual Presentations

• Populist Policymaking: Decriminalizing Domestic Violence in Russia - Janet E. Johnson, CUNY-Brooklyn College

• The State of Immigration Control in Russia - Caress Rene Schenk, Nazarbaev University

• Judicial Measures as State Repression under Authoritarian State - Seonhee Kim, Columbia University

• The Co-Construction of Authoritarianism: Emotional Engagement and Politics - Samuel A. Greene, King's College London; Graeme Robertson

Chair

• Ellen Carnaghan Saint Louis University

Discussant

• Gulnaz Sharafutdinova King's College London