Ideological Change under Vladimir Putin in the Perspective of Social Identity Theory
Journal: Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University)
Year: 2015

Abstract: This article places Russia's recent ideological developments in perspective that is drawn from social identity theory (SIT). The analysis presents examples of all three of identity management strategies that SIT describes--social mobility, social competition, and social creativity--in words and actions of Soviet and Russian leaders from Brezhnev period to present time. During 2012 and 2013 regime adopted new strategy of identity management, for first time in post-Soviet years placing p