Red Mirror
Red Mirror What explains Putin's enduring popularity in Russia? The main source of Putin's political influence, she finds, lies in how he articulates the shared collective perspective that unites…
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Red Mirror
What explains Putin's enduring popularity in Russia? The main source of Putin's political influence, she finds, lies in how he articulates the shared collective perspective that unites manyRussian citizens. In The Red Mirror, Gulnaz Sharafutdinova uses social identity theory to explain Putin's leadership.
Culminating with the annexation of Crimea in 2014, this strategy of national identity politics is still the essence of Putin's leadership in Russia. Under his tenure, the Kremlin's media machine has tapped into powerful group emotions of shame and humiliation--derived from the Soviet transition in the 1990s--and has politicized national identity to transform these emotions into pride and patriotism. But victimhood-based consolidation is also leading the country down the path of political confrontation and economic stagnation.
To enable a cultural, social, and