Document Type
Honors Project
Abstract
This thesis explores the themes and tropes of democracy that appear in Russian Presidents' Federal Assembly Addresses from 2008-2013. Based on its analysis of these important political texts, the thesis argues that Presidents Medvedev and Putin's democratic discourse places more value on economic security as a marker of citizens' ability to participate in society than on Western liberal values such as free speech, fair elections, etc. Additionally, the thesis suggests that this conception of democracy as a regime defined by the values of economic security and socio-political stability is fueled by a sense of nostalgia for the Soviet era.
Recommended Citation
Kennedy, Mary, ""Like Building a Human Being": The Construction of Democracy in Contemporary Russia" (2014). Political Science Honors Projects. 47.
https://digitalcommons.macalester.edu/poli_honors/47
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