The City of Sevastopol as Part of Russia: Problems of Adaptation and Possibilities of Socio-Political Development (Based on Qualitative Research Materials)
Journal: Journal of Siberian Federal University Humanities & Social Sciences
Year: 2016

Based on the data obtained during a field survey in June 2015, the article focuses on a number of socio-political problems the city of Sevastopol faced after its accession to the Russian Federation. The author provides examples of the difficulties that arose in the process of Sevastopol citizens' adaptation to a new institutional environment. These are the problems of split in managerial elite, party system instability, local self-government disruption, rejection of a set of educational innovati