The Emergence and Development of LGBT Protest Activity in Russia

This book draws on social movement theories and rich empirical data to analyze LGBT protest activity in Russia. It offers a critical examination of the conditions under which LGBT protest activity arises and declines in authoritarian states - including state repression and socio-political discrimination of LGBT people; policy changes that negatively affect the LGBT community; and the motivations of the activists themselves. The author argues that a combination of political opportunity structures, resources, and activists' perceptions establish necessary conditions for protesting. If any of these factors are negatively affected, then LGBT activists would not be motivated to protest. The volume concludes with a discussion of the implications of Russian LGBT activism in hostile conditions.

This book will be of interest to scholars engaged in human rights, social movement studies, gender studies, LGBT rights, and post-Soviet politics and societies.

Integrates theoretical analyses with empirical data from interviews with Russian LGBT activists Takes into account the influence of culture and ideology on the emergence of new movements such as LGBT activism Proposes a novel, holistic theoretical framework to analyse LGBT protest activity in Russia

Autorentext
Radzhana Buyantueva is a postdoctoral researcher of Le Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique affiliated with the Centre d Etude de la Vie Politique at the Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium. She has a Ph.D. in Politics from Newcastle University, UK.

Inhalt

1. Russian LGBT Movement and Protest Activity.- 2. Factors Affecting LGBT Protest Activity in Authoritarian Regimes.- 3. Establishment of Necessary Conditions for LGBT Protest Activity in Russia.- 4. Emergence of LGBT Protest Activity in Russia.- 5. Development of LGBT Protest Activity in Russia.- 6. Russian LGBT Protest Activity at the Crossroads.- 7. Conclusion.