Tsepilova O.D. Ot institucionalizacii k politizacii: sravnitel’nyj analiz vozniknoveniya i razvitiya zelyonyh partij Zapadnoj Evropy i politicheskogo kryla zelenogo dvizheniya Rossii [Stages of institutionalization of the environmental protest movement in post-perestroika Russia], Vlast’ i elity [Power and Elites], 2023, 10 (2): 211–233. (In Russian)

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Abstract

Within the framework of the mobilization and institutional approaches, the analysis of the development of the protest environmental movement of post-perestroika Russia is carried out. Special attention is paid to the role of the state structure in encouraging and restraining environmental protest activity. There are six stages in the development of the movement, which have differences in the use of institutional practices. The rootedness and effectiveness of using these practices to achieve the set goals are evaluated. The study revealed that in Russia the process of institutionalization of the environmental protest movement was fragmented, having no stable characteristics. Meanwhile, involvement in various institutional practices at all stages of the movement’s development, without exception, from the beginning of Perestroika to the present, contributed to the formation of an ecological protest community into a single whole; strengthened the consolidation of its participants; and ultimately helped the core of the green movement to survive. Today, the protest environmental movement, trying to preserve its identity and basic values, is in search of new forms of existence, effective tactics and a long-term development strategy. At the same time, in the search for public consensus in the difficult international and internal situation in the country, changes in the structure of political opportunities are possible. The vector of development of the protest environmental movement can be changed in two directions: the political agenda will be practically closed to the greens; purely environmental activities in solving acute environmental problems, including in conventional, strictly regulated forms of protest will be allowed.