«Идеальный» президент глазами российских и французских студентов

Касамара Валерия Александровна; Сорокина Анна Андреевна

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«Идеальный» президент глазами российских и французских студентов

Общественные науки и современность. 2012. № 1. С. 5-15.

The authors compare the normative views of Russian and French students concerning the President of the country. The research is based on 200 interviews conducted in Moscow and in Paris. In the majority of cases students offered similar key features of an ideal president. However, the research shows that the category of an ideal president has different meaning among the young of Russia and France. So similar at fi rst glance, the images of the ideal French and Russian leaders, in fact, refl ect the different national views on the personal qualities which are necessary for the head of modern state.

Priority areas: sociology humanitarian

Language: Russian

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Keywords: students political perceptions features of political leader image of an "ideal" president Russian students French students charismatic leader

Pride and Shame in Collective Memory of Russian and American Youths

Kasamara V., Sorokina A., Maximenkova M. Nationalities Papers: The Journal of Nationalism and Ethnicity. 2018. Vol. 46. No. 5. P. 823-843.

The article examines collective attitudes of American and Russian students towards their

countries’ events they are either proud, or ashamed of. Basing on the quantitative questionnaire

and the in-depth interview with the students of leading Russian and American universities the

authors identify the major differences in these views: time localization, contents structure, either

hard or soft power prevailing. The research stresses that the perceptions of the past have been

one of the core components of national identity and may have an impact on citizens’ political

behaviour in the present. Thus sharp contradictions in assessments of today’s younger generation

and their understanding of the past might influence the relations between Russia and the USA in

the future.

Added: Dec 9, 2016

Сила слова старца: механизм осуществления харизматической власти

Дубовка Д. Г. Антропологический форум. 2017. Т. 33. С. 37-64.

The article considers Weber’s theory of charismatic power as an interpretive model for the examination of religious beliefs. Traditionally, academic thought has interpreted the source of the power as either a leader’s personal characteristics or constructive actions performed by his / her group. Instead of searching for the causes of charismatic authority, I am interested in ways of performing charismatic authority and techniques for its realisation. My fieldwork was conducted in a remote Russian village with an Orthodox community, devoted to a spiritual elder (starets). Through careful ethnography, I will describe the post-Soviet conditions that have transformed a collective farm into a religious group, the group’s organisational characteristics, and the process by which the leader’s charisma is routinised. The main goal of the article is to analyse the communicative practices of the community. I suggest that many of the presuppositions on which our everyday face-to-face communication is based would not hold in a case in which an interlocutor, according to believers, had superhuman abilities (e.g., the ability to predict the future). Thus, the micro level of interactions can change the whole structure of a community. My primary perspective for the reconsideration of charismatic authority is a perspective drawn from linguistic anthropology.

Added: Jan 12, 2018

Rebuilt Empire or a New Collapse: Geopolitical Visions of Russian Students

Kasamara V., Sorokina A. Europe-Asia Studies. 2017. Vol. 69. No. 2. P. 262-285.

This paper presents findings from in-depth interviews (N = 136) conducted among students at leading Russian universities. Qualitative analysis reveals a three-way divide in how the students imagine Russia’s future. The largest group is optimistic about Russia, seeing it as a global power. A second, smaller group expects Russia to decline in the coming years, while the third group is undecided and unwilling to make forecasts. The paper considers the arguments of the ‘optimists’ and ‘pessimists’, who respectively backed and criticized Crimea’s incorporation into Russia. The paper highlights the association between support for the annexation and optimism about Russia’s future.

Added: Dec 7, 2015

Ритуалы в медиатизированном обществе

Черных А. И. Политическая теория и политический анализ. WP14. Высшая школа экономики, 2012. № 03.

Added: May 3, 2012

Экономическая активность населения России в 1990-е гг.

Гимпельсон В. Е. Проблемы рынка труда. WP3. Высшая школа экономики, 2002. № 01.

Added: Mar 26, 2013

Непосредственные вопросы

Вып. 1. М.: Некоммерческая исследовательская служба «Среда», 2011.

Added: Feb 7, 2013

Социальный капитал и экономические представления российских и китайских студентов

Татарко А. Н. Психология образования в поликультурном пространстве. 2012. Т. 17. № 1. С. 47-55.