TY - JOUR

T1 - Navalny's Trade Unions between Socioeconomic and Political Demands

AU - Kulaev, M.

N1 - Export Date: 21 October 2024 Адрес для корреспонденции: Kulaev, M.; Department of the Prob. of Interdisc. Synthesis in the Field of Social Sciences and Humanities, Russian Federation; эл. почта: maxim.kulaev@gmail.com

PY - 2024/9/25

Y1 - 2024/9/25

N2 - The article examines Alexei Navalny's trade unions that emerged in 2018-2019 and ceased their activities in 2021-2022. These unions were supposed to contribute to the development of Navalny's movement and the integration of labor protests into the political movement. The article considers Navalny's unions as an attempt to unify socioeconomic and political demands and addresses factors hindering this unification. The article utilizes Ernesto Laclau's theory of populism with some modifications. While Laclau's works usually neglect organizational issues and repertoires of protest, this analysis also focuses on organizational structures and repertoires of Navalny's unions. The article demonstrates that Navalny's unions became servicing organizations which cannot be conducive to populism. Repression, the servicing model of organizations, the ability of the existing political system to satisfy some social demands from below and the adherence of trade unions and employees to repertoires of complaint-making, hindered the development of Navalny's trade unions and populism in Russia. © Maksim Kulaev, 2024.

AB - The article examines Alexei Navalny's trade unions that emerged in 2018-2019 and ceased their activities in 2021-2022. These unions were supposed to contribute to the development of Navalny's movement and the integration of labor protests into the political movement. The article considers Navalny's unions as an attempt to unify socioeconomic and political demands and addresses factors hindering this unification. The article utilizes Ernesto Laclau's theory of populism with some modifications. While Laclau's works usually neglect organizational issues and repertoires of protest, this analysis also focuses on organizational structures and repertoires of Navalny's unions. The article demonstrates that Navalny's unions became servicing organizations which cannot be conducive to populism. Repression, the servicing model of organizations, the ability of the existing political system to satisfy some social demands from below and the adherence of trade unions and employees to repertoires of complaint-making, hindered the development of Navalny's trade unions and populism in Russia. © Maksim Kulaev, 2024.

KW - Navalny

KW - populism

KW - protests

KW - trade unions

UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/78ac8579-2116-37c7-9602-418f79eea14f/

U2 - 10.30965/24518921-00903004

DO - 10.30965/24518921-00903004

M3 - статья

VL - 9

SP - 402

EP - 426

JO - Russian Politics

JF - Russian Politics

SN - 2451-8913

IS - 3

ER -