Youth Politics in Putin's Russia: Producing Patriots and Entrepreneurs by Julie

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Drawing on Soviet political forms but responding to 21st-century disenchantments with the neoliberal state, these projects seek to produce not only patriots, but volunteers, entrepreneurs, and activists.

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Julie Hemment provides a fresh perspective on the controversial nationalist youth projects that have proliferated in Russia in the Putin era, examining them from the point of view of their participants and offering provocative insights into their origins and significance. The pro-Kremlin organization Nashi ("Ours") and other state-run initiatives to mobilize Russian youth have been widely reviled in the West, seen as Soviet throwbacks and evidence of Russia's authoritarian turn. By contrast, Hemment's detailed ethnographic analysis finds an astute global awareness and a paradoxical kinship with the international democracy-promoting interventions of the 1990s. Drawing on Soviet political forms but responding to 21st-century disenchantments with the neoliberal state, these projects seek to produce not only patriots, but also volunteers, entrepreneurs, and activists.

Author Biography

Julie Hemment is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Massachusetts and author of Empowering Women in Russia: Activism, Aid, and NGOs (IUP, 2007).

Table of Contents

Introduction1. Collaborative Possibilities, New Cold War Constraints: Ethnography in the Putin Era2. Nashi in Ideology and Practice: The Social Life of Sovereign Democracy3. Seliger 2009: "Commodify Your Talent"4. From Komsomoltsy-Dobrovoltsy to Entrepreneurial Volunteers: Technologies of Kindness5. "Arousing" Patriotism: Satire, Sincerity, and Geopolitical PlayConclusionNotesReferencesIndex

Review

Hemment's research counters the larger myth of an all-powerful state pulling the strings of civic activism. She skillfully weaves together a complex picture from multiple encounters and collaborations of what does and does not motivate Russia's young future leaders, many of whom are thoughtfully struggling with what they want out of life and how that may contribute to improving the lives of those around them. * Russian Review *This fascinating book presents a highly original account of the similarities between youth policies in Russia and around the world, and gives us a novel, grounded analysis of Russian provincial youth. It is a welcome and major contribution to the study of comparative youth policies. * American Ethnologist *In this important contribution to the anthropology of postsocialist state, Julie Hemment explores the terrain of state-run youth projects in Vladimir Putin's Russia, providing a sophisticated, elaborated, and differentiated account of highly controversial projects initiated by the Kremlin in the 2000s analyzed in the context of global neoliberal forces and trends. * American Anthropologist *Hemment's book makes a strong case for the importance of continuing to think, listen, and work with one another across conventional divides, both conceptual and geopolitical. Hemment argues that it is intellectually necessary and politically imperative to challenge a resurgent Cold War rhetoric. Her book points to a way forward on both fronts.

Review Quote

"This fascinating book presents a highly original account of the similarities between youth policies in Russia and around the world, and gives us a novel, grounded analysis of Russian provincial youth. It is a welcome and major contribution to the study of comparative youth policies." --American Ethnologist

Details ISBN0253017726 Author Julie Hemment Short Title YOUTH POLITICS IN PUTINS RUSSI Language English ISBN-10 0253017726 ISBN-13 9780253017727 Media Book Format Hardcover Year 2015 Imprint Indiana University Press Subtitle Producing Patriots and Entrepreneurs Place of Publication Bloomington, IN Country of Publication United States Illustrations 10 b&w illus. Publisher Indiana University Press Series New Anthropologies of Europe (Hardcover) Publication Date 2015-09-14 UK Release Date 2015-09-14 AU Release Date 2015-09-14 NZ Release Date 2015-09-14 US Release Date 2015-09-14 Translator Marianne Kamp Edited by Marianne Kamp Birth 1955 Affiliation Univ Of Illinois At Urbana-champaign, Usa Position Associate Director Qualifications Ph.D. Pages 272 Alternative 9780253017796 DEWEY 305.2350947 Audience Undergraduate We've got this

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