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Laboratory for Comparative Social Research

The Laboratory for Comparative Social Research (LCSR) was established in the Higher School of Economics, a National Research University, in November 2010 when professors Ronald Inglehart and Eduard Ponarin were awarded a mega-grant from the Russian government. The focus of our research is on comparative studies of social change – the analysis of cross-sectional and longitudinal data based on World Values Survey (WVS) data. LCSR is the only official partner and representative of the World Values Survey and European Values Survey in Russia, as well as a partner of the Eurasian monitor.

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Book
Electoral Integrity and Political Regimes Actors, Strategies and Consequences

Zavadskaya M., Garnett H. A.

L.: Routledge, 2018.

Article
Temporary Employment, Informal Work and Subjective Well-Being Across Europe: Does Labor Legislation Matter?

Karabchuk T., Soboleva N.

Journal of Happiness Studies. 2019. P. 1-23.

Book chapter
Imperial and ethnic nationalism: A dilemma of the Russian elite

Ponarin E., Komin M.

In bk.: Russia Before and After Crimea. Edinburgh University Press, 2018. P. 50-67.

Working paper
Sensitivity of Goodness-of-Fit Indices to Lack of Measurement Invariance with Categorical Indicators and Many Groups

Sokolov B.

Sociology. SOC. Высшая школа экономики, 2019. No. 86.

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Illustration for news: Second day of the Conference “Social Inequality and Polarization Value: A Cross-Country Perspective”

Second day of the Conference “Social Inequality and Polarization Value: A Cross-Country Perspective”

In this article we describe the second day of the International Conference “Social Inequality and Polarization Value: A Cross-Country Perspective”.

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Illustration for news: First day of the International conference "Social Inequality and Polarization of Values" was successfully held in St. Petersburg

First day of the International conference "Social Inequality and Polarization of Values" was successfully held in St. Petersburg

The International Conference “Social Inequality and Value Polarization: a Cross-Country Perspective”, organized by the Laboratory for Comparative Social Eesearch and the HSE Department of Sociology, held its first presentations on September 16.

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Illustration for news: Program of the International Workshop “Social Inequality and Value Polarization: A Cross-Country Perspective” is published online

Program of the International Workshop “Social Inequality and Value Polarization: A Cross-Country Perspective” is published online

The Laboratory for Comparative Social Research and Department of Sociology of the Higher School of Economics – Saint Petersburg invite you to visit the International Workshop “Social Inequality and Value Polarization: A Cross-Country Perspective” which will be held on September, 16-18, 2019 in Saint Petersburg. Program of the Workshop is available on the LCSR website.

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Illustration for news: Ronald Inglehart turns 85!

Ronald Inglehart turns 85!

Laboratory for Comparative Social Research staff congratulates LCSR co-founder and chief research fellow Ronald Inglehart on his birthday!

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Graduation Ceremony 2019

We are glad to congratulate our graduates with successful defenses of their master's theses and the culmination of a learning marathon that each student has worked hard to complete. The staff of Master’s programme wishes them good luck and great success in their further careers. 

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Illustration for news: Returning to Moscow for a Double Degree Programme

Returning to Moscow for a Double Degree Programme

Inspired by her exchange experience in Moscow during her undergraduate studies, French student Marion Jacquart decided to do her Master’s at the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences in Paris because it has a double degree agreement with HSE University. As she finishes her programme in Comparative Social Research in Moscow, where she has been based for the last year doing research for her Master’s thesis on feminism, she shared her experience and impressions with the HSE News Service.

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Illustration for news: CfP: LCSR announces Special Issue «Happiness and Subjective Well-being in Russia»

CfP: LCSR announces Special Issue «Happiness and Subjective Well-being in Russia»

LCSR and Journal "Monitoring of Public Opinion: Economic and Social Changes" announce special issue call for papers «Happiness and Subjective Well-being in Russia» (Volume 1, 2020). Guest editors: Eduard Ponarin (PhD, LCSR head), Anna Almakaeva (PhD, LCSR deputy head) and Natalia Gashenina (PhD, Public Opinion Foundation – FOM). Manuscripts should be submitted in Russian or in English by the 31st of July 2019.

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Illustration for news: Hanspeter Kriesi gave a talk on political consequences of the Great Recession

Hanspeter Kriesi gave a talk on political consequences of the Great Recession

Main goal of his report was an attempt to review in general terms the main results of the project “Political Conflict in Europe in the Context of the World Economic Crisis”.

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Illustration for news: Ronald Inglehart gave a talk on the roots of authoritarianism

Ronald Inglehart gave a talk on the roots of authoritarianism

Ronald Inglehart (LCSR HSE, University of Michigan) gave a talk at the 9th LCSR International Workshop “Comparative Social Research” with report “From an Authoritarian Personality to an Authoritarian Reflex: Evolving Views on a Sustainable Phenomenon.”

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Illustration for news: Christian Welzel opened 9th LCSR International Workshop with talk on MGCFA

Christian Welzel opened 9th LCSR International Workshop with talk on MGCFA

Within the framework of the 9th LCSR International Workshop “Comparative Social Research” with an honorary report on the topic “Measurement Equivalence? A Tale of False Obsessions and a Cure” was made by Christian Welzel (LCSR HSE, Leufana University Luneburg).

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Publications 2018

In English

  1. Almakaeva, A., Welzel, C., & Ponarin, E. (2018). Human Empowerment and Trust in Strangers: the Multilevel Evidence. Social Indicators Research 139(3), 923-962. DOI: 10.1007%2Fs11205-017-1724-z.
  2. Bessudnov, A., & Shcherbak, A. (2018). Ethnic hierarchy in the Russian labour market: A field experiment. SocArXiv papers. DOI: 10.31235/osf.io/2qzus.
  3. Brunkert, L.J., Kruse, S., & Welzel, C. (2018). A tale of culture-bound regime evolution: the centennial democratic trend and its recent reversal. Democratization, 1-22. DOI: 10.1080/13510347.2018.1542430.
  4. Chmel, K., Savin, N., & Michael, X.D.C. Making Politics Attractive: Political Satire and Exposure to Political Information in New Media Environment in Russia. Working Papers by NRU Higher School of Economics. Series: Political Science, WP BRP 63/PS/2018.
  5. Dollbaum, J.M., Semenov, A., & Sirotkina, E. (2018). A Top-Down Movement with Grass-Roots Effects? Alexei Navalny’s Electoral Campaign. Social Movement Studies, 1-8. DOI: 10.1080/14742837.2018.1483228.
  6. Electoral Integrity and Political Regimes Actors, Strategies and Consequences / ed. by Zavadskaya, M., & Garnett, H.A. L.: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2018.
  7. Firat, R., Kwon, H.W., & Hitlin, S. (2018). A Novel Measure of Moral Boundaries: Testing Perceived In-group/Out-group Value Differences in a Midwestern Sample. Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World 4, 1-11. DOI: 10.1177/2378023118818741.
  8. Foa, R., Inglehart, R.F., Ponarin, E., & Karabchuk, T. (2018). Set-Point Theory and Societal Collapse: The Case of Russia. Journal of Happiness Studies 19(6), 1639-1656. DOI: 10.1007/s10902-017-9888-4.
  9. Golosov, G.V., & Tkacheva, T. (2018). Let My People Run: Pre-Election Resignations of Russia's Governors, 2013-2015. Problems of Post-Communism 65(4), 243-252. DOI: 10.1080/10758216.2017.1351305.
  10. Gureev, A.S., Ananieva, E.D., Rubanovich, A.V., Inglehart, R.F., Ponarin, E.D., & Borinskaya, S.A. (2018). Association of MAOA-uVNTR Polymorphism with Subjective Well-Being in Men. Russian Journal of Genetics 54(5), 562-567. DOI: 10.1134/S1022795418050058.
  11. Kravtsova, M., Oshchepkov, A.Y., & Welzel, C. The Shadow of the Family: Historical Roots of Social Capital in Europe. Working Papers by NRU Higher School of Economics. Series: Sociology, WP BRP 82/SOC/2018.
  12. Mavletova, A.M., Gavrilov, K.A., & Tholmogorova, T. (2018). Gamifying a web survey among adolescents: effects on understanding of risk, risk calculation, and ratio-bias. Journal of Risk Research, 1-14. DOI: 10.1080/13669877.2018.1501592.
  13. Mavletova, A.M., Couper, M.P., & Lebedev, D.V. (2018). Grid and Item-by-Item Formats in PC and Mobile Web Surveys. Social Science Computer Review 36(6), 647-668. DOI: 10.1177/0894439317735307.
  14. Mitrokhina, E. (2018). Executive Constraints and Economic Growth in Autocracies. Bulletin of Perm University. Political Science 12(4), 106-121. DOI: 10.17072/2218-1067-2018-4-106-121.
  15. Nemirovskaya, A. (2018). The Standard of Living and Revolutions in Russia, 1700–1917 by Boris Mironov (review). Ab Imperio 19(3), 436-442. DOI: 10.1353/imp.2018.0072.
  16. Ponarin, E., & Komin, M. Imperial and ethnic nationalism: A dilemma of the Russian elite. Russia Before and After Crimea. Edinburgh University Press, 2018. P. 50-67.
  17. Ponarin, E., & Komin, M. (2018). The Russian elite's imperial nationalism and the Russian society: The emergence of a grand consensus. Sociology Compass 12(12), 1-16. DOI: 10.1111/soc4.12641.
  18. Savin, N., Kashirskikh, O.N., & Mavletova, A.M. (2018). Fragility of Strong Media-Effects in Authoritarian Environment (Evidence from Russia). European Journal of Communication, 1-18. DOI: 10.1177/0267323118775305.
  19. Shirokanova, A., & Silyutina, O. (2018). Internet Regulation Media Coverage in Russia: Topics and Countries. WebSci'18 Proceedings of the 10th ACM Conference on Web Science. N.Y.: ACM, 2018. P. 359-363. DOI: 10.1145/3201064.3201102.
  20. Shirokanova, A., & Silyutina, O. (2018). Internet Regulation: A Text-based Approach to Media Coverage. Digital Transformation and Global Society Third International Conference, DTGS 2018, St. Petersburg, Russia, May 30 – June 2, 2018. Revised Selected Papers, Part I. Iss. 858. Cham: Springer, 2018. P. 181-194. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-02843-5_15.
  21. Sokolov, B. (2018). The Index of Emancipative Values: Measurement Model Misspecifications. American Political Science Review 112(2), 395-408. DOI: 10.1017/S0003055417000624.
  22. Sokolov, B., Inglehart, R.F., Ponarin, E., Vartanova, I., & Zimmerman, W. (2018). Disillusionment and Anti-Americanism in Russia: From Pro-American to Anti-American Attitudes, 1993–2009. International Studies Quarterly. DOI: 10.1093/isq/sqy013.
  23. Vliert, E. van de, Welzel, C., Shcherbak, A., Fischer, R., & Alexander, A.C. (2018). Got Milk? How Freedoms Evolved From Dairying Climates. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 1-18. DOI: 10.1177/0022022118778336.
  24. Yusupova, G., & Ponarin, E. (2018). Social Remittances in Religion: Muslim Migrants in Russia and Transformation of Islamic Practices. Problems of Post-Communism  65(3), 188-200. DOI: 10.1080/10758216.2016.1224552.
  25. Zavadskaya, M., & Garnett, H.A. Electoral Integrity and Political Regimes Actors, Strategies and Consequences. L.: Routledge, 2018.

In Russian

  1. Алмакаева А.М., Мавлетова А.М. Модернизационные процессы в России: ожидать ли сдвига в сторону эмансипативных ценностей? // Мониторинг общественного мнения: Экономические и социальные перемены. 2018. № 6. С. 91-112. DOI: 10.14515/monitoring.2018.6.05.
  2. Волченко О.В., Алмакаева А.М. Динамика социального капитала в России // Мониторинг общественного мнения: Экономические и социальные перемены. 2018. № 4. С. 273-292. DOI: 10.14515/monitoring.2018.4.13.
  3. Гуреев А.С., Ананьева Е.Д., Рубанович А.В., Инглхарт Р.Ф., Понарин Э.Д., Боринская С.А. Ассоциация uVNTR-аллелей гена MAOA с субъективной оценкой благополучия у мужчин // Генетика. 2018. Т. 54, № 5. С. 556-562. DOI: 10.7868/S0016675818050065.
  4. Ломакин И.В. Продолжая Кона: гендер, семья, занятость. Специальная секция VIII Грушинской социологической конференции // Мониторинг общественного мнения: экономические и социальные перемены. 2018. № 3. С. 364-373. DOI: 10.14515/monitoring.2018.3.20.
  5. Немировский В., Немировская А., Булатова Т.А. Страх как фактор социокультурных деформаций жизненного мира россиян // Вестник Института социологии. 2018. № 24. С. 95-114. DOI: 10.19181/vis.2018.24.1.499.
  6. Немировский В., Немировская А.В. Социальная конкурентоспособность: шансы на успех у молодежи и взрослых // Социологический журнал. 2018. Т. 24. № 2. С. 135-149. DOI: 10.19181/socjour.2018.24.2.5848.
  7. Соколов Б.О., Корсунова В.И. Нестрогий байесовский подход к проверке допущения об измерительной инвариантности: иллюстрация на примере ценностей выбора // Социология: методология, методы, математическое моделирование. 2018. № 46. С. 7-43.
  8. Терентьев Е.А., Мавлетова А.М., Косолапов М.С. Интервьюирование с помощью компьютерных технологий в лонгитюдных обследованиях домохозяйств // Мониторинг общественного мнения: экономические и социальные перемены. 2018. № 3. С. 47-64. DOI: 10.14515/monitoring.2018.3.03.
  9. Широканова А.А. Установки в отношении социального обеспечения в Польше и России: результаты Европейского социального исследования // Журнал Белорусского государственного университета. Социология. 2018. № 1. С. 135-143.
  10. Щербак А.Н., Ухватова М.В. От «красного пояса» – к «библейскому»: исторические предпосылки сдвигов в политической географии России // Общественные науки и современность. 2018. № 6. С. 98-113. DOI: 10.31857/S086904990000379-8.

Publications of Associate Researchers 2016

In English

  1. Ignácz, Z.S. (2018). The Remains of the Socialist Legacy: The Influence of Socialist Socialization on Attitudes toward Income Inequality. Societies 8(3), 1-33. DOI: 10.3390/soc8030062.

Publications 2017

In English

  1. Aymaliev, I.V. (2017). Corporate Motivations for Donating to the Police in Bulgaria.  East European Politics and Societies and Cultures 20(10), 1-37. DOI: 10.1177/0888325417710080.
  2. Chmel, K., Demin, A., & Kazantcev, K. (2017). Dictators’ Behavior Under Conditions of Economic Sanctions Cumulative Effect. Working Papers by NRU Higher School of Economics. Series: Political Science, WP BRP 50/PS/2017.
  3. Foa, R.S., Inglehart, R., Ponarin, E., & Karabchuk, T. (2017). Set-Point Theory and Societal Collapse: The Case of Russia.  Journal of Happiness Studies 18(3), 1-18. DOI: 10.1007/s10902-017-9888-4.
  4. Inglehart, R.F., Ponarin, E., & Inglehart, R.C. (2017). Cultural Change, Slow and Fast: The Distinctive Trajectory of Norms Governing Gender Equality and Sexual Orientation. Social Forces 95(4), 1313-1340. DOI: 10.1093/sf/sox008.
  5. Kostenko, V., Ponarin, E., Shteiwi, M., Strebkova, O. (2017). Historical Legacies and Gender Attitudes in the Middle East. ERF Working Paper Series. J1. No. 1105. Economic Research Forum, 2017.
  6. Kravtsova, M., Oshchepkov, A., & Welzel, C. (2017). Values and Corruption: Do Postmaterialists Justify Bribery?  Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology 48(2), 225-242. DOI: 10.1177/0022022116677579.
  7. Kruse, S., Ravlik, M., & Welzel, C. (2017). The Legitimacy Puzzle: Why So Many People Confuse the Absence of Democracy with Its Presence. World Values Research 9(2), 1-30.
  8. Kistler, D., Thöni, C., & Welzel, C. (2017). Survey Response and Observed Behavior: Emancipative and Secular Values Predict Prosocial Behaviors. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology 48(4), 461-489. DOI: 10.1177/0022022117696799.
  9. Soboleva, N. (2017). Perceptions of Gender Equality in Post-Crisis Europe.  European Journal of Government and Economics 6(1), 59-77.
  10. Sirotkina, E., & Zavadskaya, M. (2017). How to Get Away with Murder in Russia: Political Support in the Times of Crisis. Evidence from the Survey Experiment. Working Papers by NRU Higher School of Economics. Series: Political Science, WP BRP 47/PS/2017.
  11. Welzel, C. (2017). A Tale of Culture-Bound Regime Evolution: The Centennial Democratic Trend and Its Recent Reversal. V-Dem Users Working Papers Series 2017:11, 1-33.
  12. Welzel, C., Inglehart, R., & Kruse, S. (2017). Pitfalls in the Study of Democratization: Testing the Emancipatory Theory of Democracy. British Journal of Political Science 47(2), 463-472. DOI: 10.1017/S0007123415000605.
  13. Welzel, C., & Kirsch, H. (2017). Democracy Misunderstood: Authoritarian Notions of Democracy around the Globe. World Values Research 9(1), 1-29.

In Russian

  1. Волченко О.В. Измерение практик использования Интернета в социальных науках: обзор основных методов // Информационное общество. 2017. № 1. С. 47-54.
  2. Карабчук Т.С., Кечетова А.П. Количество детей и семейные ценности: существуют ли когортные различия в Европе? // Мониторинг общественного мнения: экономические и социальные перемены. 2017. № 5. С. 251-270. DOI: 10.14515/monitoring.2017.5.14.
  3. Корсунова В.И. Публичные досуговые практики в России: статусные различия и структурные особенности // Мониторинг общественного мнения: экономические и социальные перемены. 2017. № 5. С. 194-213. DOI: 10.14515/monitoring.2017.5.11.
  4. Костенко В.В. Гендерные установки мигрантов-мусульман в Западной Европе: многоуровневый неиерархический анализ // Мониторинг общественного мнения: экономические и социальные перемены. 2017. № 1. С. 97-120.
  5. Костенко В.В. Проблемы гендерного неравенства на Арабском Востоке // Азия и Африка сегодня. 2017. № 9 (722). С. 61-67.
  6. Ломакин И.В. Выйти из тени: заметки с Форума полевых интервьюеров // Мониторинг общественного мнения: экономические и социальные перемены. 2017. № 5. С. 354-360. DOI: 10.14515/monitoring.2017.5.20.
  7. Мавлетова А.М. Использование параданных в опросах для корректировки и оптимизации полевых работ в адаптивном дизайне // Мониторинг общественного мнения: экономические и социальные перемены. 2017. № 5. С. 105-119. DOI: 10.14515/monitoring.2017.5.07.
  8. Мальцева Д.В., Широканова А.А., Моисеев С.П., Брик Т. Сетевой анализ биографических интервью: возможности и ограничения // Телескоп: журнал социологических и маркетинговых исследований. 2017. № 1. С. 29-36.
  9. Поплавская А.А., Соболева Н.Э. Удовлетворенность различными аспектами работы мужчин и женщин в России // Мониторинг общественного мнения: экономические и социальные перемены. 2017. № 5. С. 271-288. DOI: 10.14515/monitoring.2017.5.15.
  10. Сироткина Е.В., Карандашова С.А. Лояльность элит и выборы глав регионов: роль предвыборных конфликтов в исходе голосования // Полис. Политические исследования. 2017. № 6. С. 76-91. DOI: https://doi.org/10.17976/jpps/2017.06.06.
  11. Стребкова О.Н., Понарин Э.Д., Костенко В.В. Проверка измерительной инвариантности: случай порядковых переменных (на примере гендерного эгалитаризма в арабских странах) // Социология: методология, методы и математическое моделирование. 2017. № 44. С. 7-36.
  12. Ткачева Т.Ю. Мал золотник, да дорог. Зачем сравнительной политологии российские регионы? // Политическая наука. 2017. № 4. С. 284-295.
  13. Турченко М.С., Завадская М.А. Каузальный механизм vs нагромождение фактов? Критерии оценки причинно-следственных связей в case studies // Полис. Политические исследования. 2017. № 2. С. 134-146. DOI: 10.17976/jpps/2017.02.09.
  14. Щербак А.Н. Как происходит изначальный выбор институтов? Критика концепции «случайности развития» и структурный подход. Препринт М-54/17. СПб.: Издательство Европейского университета в Санкт-Петербурге, 2017.
  15. Щербак А.Н. Как происходит изначальный выбор институтов? Критика концепции «случайного развития» и структурный подход // Общественные науки и современность. 2017. № 5. С. 149-164.
  16. Щербак А.Н. Влияние внешней политики на национальную политику СССР // Полития: Анализ. Хроника. Прогноз. 2017. № 3. С. 99-116.

Publications 2016

In English

  1. Semenov, A., Lobanova, O., & Zavadskaya, M. (2016). When Do Political Parties Join Protests? A Comparative Analysis of Party Involvement in “For Fair Elections” Movement. East European Politics 32(1), 81-104. DOI: 10.1080/21599165.2015.1121870.
  2. Shcherbak, A., & Sych, K. (2016). Trends in Russian Nationalities Policy: A Structural Perspective. Problems of Post-Communism. DOI: 10.1080/10758216.2016.1225264.
  3. Kostenko, V., Kuzmichev, P., & Ponarin, E. (2016). Attitudes towards Gender Equality and Perception of Democracy in the Arab World. Democratization 23(5), 862-891. DOI: 10.1080/13510347.2015.1039994.
  4. Foa, R.S., & Nemirovskaya, A. (2016). How State Capacity Varies within Frontier States: A Multicountry Subnational Analysis. Governance 29(3), 411-432. DOI: 10.1111/gove.12190.
  5. Inglehart, R.F., & Welzel, C. (2016). Misconceptions of Measurement Equivalence.Time for a Paradigm Shift. Comparative Political Studies 49(8), 1068-1094. DOI: 10.1177/0010414016628275.
  6. Alexander, A.C., Inglehart, R., & Welzel, C. (2016). Emancipating Sexuality: Breakthroughs into a Bulwark of Tradition. Social Indicators Research 129(2), 909-935. DOI: 10.1007/s11205-015-1137-9.
  7. Yusupova, G., & Ponarin, E. (2016). Social Remittances in Religion. Muslim Migrants in Russia and Transformation of Islamic Practices. Problems of Post-Communism, 1-13. DOI: 10.1080/10758216.2016.1224552.

In Russian

  1. Лопатина С.Л., Костенко В.В., Понарин Э.Д. Дело не в исламе: отношение к абортам, разводам и добрачному сексу в девяти постсоветских государствах // Журнал социологии и социальной антропологии. 2016. Т. XIX. № 3. С. 95-115.
  2. Соболева Н.Э. Деловая этика в представлении бизнес-элиты как фактор социокультурной мобилизации (на примере слушателей программ MBA) // Общественные науки и современность. 2016. № 6. С. 67-81.
  3. Волченко О.В., Широканова А.А. Применение многоуровневого регрессионного моделирования к межстрановым данным (на примере генерализованного доверия) // Социология: методология, методы, математическое моделирование. 2016. № 43. C. 7-62.

Publications of Associate Researchers 2016

In English

  1. Karabchuk, T. (2016). The Subjective Well-Being of Women in Europe: Children, Work and Employment Protection Legislation. Mind & Society 15(2), 219-245. DOI: 10.1007/s11299-016-0194-3.
  2. Marchenko, A. (2016). Civic Activities in Eastern Europe: Links with Democratic Political Culture. East European Politics 32(1), 12-27. DOI: 10.1080/21599165.2015.1130698.
  3. Bystrov, E. (2016). Religiosity, Nationalism and Fertility among Jews in Israel Revisited. Acta Sociologica 59(2), 171-186. DOI: 10.1177/0001699316628615.
  4. Hövermann, A., Groß, E.M., & Messner, S.F. (2016). Institutional Imbalance, Integration into Non-economic Institutions, and a Marketized Mentality in Europe: A Multilevel, Partial Elaboration of Institutional Anomie Theory. International Journal of Comparative Sociology 57(4), 231-254. DOI: 10.1177/0020715216667452.
  5. Foa, R.S., & Mounk, Y. (2016). The Danger of Deconsolidation. The Democratic Disconnect. Journal of Democracy 27(3), 5-17. DOI: 10.1353/jod.2016.0049.
  6. Firat, R.B., & Glanville, J.L. (2016). Measuring Diversity in Voluntary Association Membership. A Comparison of Proxy and Direct Approaches. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly 46(1), 218-230. DOI: 10.1177/0899764016661776.
  7. Firat, R.B. (2016, August). Discrimination and Well-Being: The Moderating Effects of Agentic Value Orientations. Social Indicators Research, 1-28. DOI: 10.1007/s11205-016-1425-z.
  8. Alexander, A.C., Inglehart, R., & Welzel, C. (2016). Emancipating Sexuality: Breakthroughs into a Bulwark of Tradition. Social Indicators Research 129(2), 909-935. DOI: 10.1007/s11205-015-1137-9.
  9. Sirotkina E., & Karandashova, S. (2016). How Multilevel Elite Loyalty Strengthens Electoral Authoritarianism: Evidence from Gubernatorial Elections in Russia. Working Papers by NRU Higher School of Economics. Series: Political Science, WP BRP 36/PS/2016.

In Russian

  1. Фабрикант М.С. Возможности и последствия националистического поворота: какое будущее станет новым прошлым? // Общественные науки и современность. 2016. № 1. С. 129-140.
  2. Фабрикант М.С. Модель-ориентированный подход к отсутствующим значениям: множественная импутация в многоуровневой регрессии посредством R (на примере анализа опросных данных) // Социология: методология, методы, математическое моделирование. 2015. № 41. С. 7-29.

Publications 2015

In English

  1. Alexander, A.C., &  Welzel, C. (2015). Eroding Patriarchy: The Co-evolution of Women’s Rights and Emancipative Values. International Review of Sociology 25(1), 144-165. DOI: 10.1080/03906701.2014.976949.
  2. Inglehart,R.F., Puranen, B., & Welzel, C.(2015). Declining Willingness to Fight for One’s Country: The Individual-level Basis of the Long Peace. Journal of Peace Research 52(4), 418-434. DOI: 10.1177/0022343314565756.
  3. Inglehart, R.F. (2015). Measuring Сulture and Сultural Сhange: An Introduction. Harrison, L. & Yasin, E. (eds.). Culture Matters II: Focus on Russia. New York: Lexington Books.
  4. Inglehart, R.F., & Norris, P. (2015). French Translation of Sacred and Secular: Religion and Politics Worldwide. Bruxelles: Editions Université.
  5. Inglehart, R.F. (2015). Insecurity and Xenophobia: Comment on Paradoxes of Liberal Democracy. Perspectives on Politics 13(2), 468-470. DOI: 10.1017/S153759271500033X.
  6. Kosals, L., & Maksimova, A. (2015). Informality, Crime and Corruption in Russia: A Review of Recent Literature. Theoretical Criminology 19(2), 278-288. DOI: 10.1177/1362480615581099.
  7. Kostenko, V.V., Kuzmuchev, P.A., &  Ponarin, E.D. (2015). Attitudes towards Gender Equality and Perception of Democracy in the Arab World. Democratization 23(5), 1-28. DOI: 10.1080/13510347.2015.1039994.
  8. Meylakhs, P., Friedman S.R., Mateau-Gelabert, P., Sandoval, M., & Meylakhs, N. (2015). Taking Care of Themselves: How Long-term Injection Drug Users Remain HIV and Hepatitis C  Free. Sociology of Health & Illness 37(4), 626-641. DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.12226.
  9. Scherbak, A.N. (2015). Does Milk Matter? Genetic Adaptation to Environment: The Effect of Lactase Persistence on Cultural Change. Working Papers by NRU Higher School of Economics. Series: Sociology, WP BRP 64/SOC/2015.
  10. Shcherbak, A. (2015). Nationalism in the USSR: A Historical and Comparative Perspective . Nationalities Papers: The Journal of Nationalism and Ethnicity 43(6), 866-885. DOI: 10.1080/00905992.2015.1072811.
  11. Swader, C.S., & Vorobeva, I.D. (2015). Receiving Gifts for Sex in Moscow, Kyiv, and Minsk: A Compensated Dating Survey. Sexuality & Culture 19(2), 321-348. DOI: 10.1007/s12119-014-9269-7.
  12. Vecchione, M., Welzel C., et al. (2015). Personal Values and Political Activism: A Cross-National Study. British Journal of Psychology 106(1), 84-106. DOI: 10.1111/bjop.12067.
  13. Welzel, C., & Delhey, J. (2015). Generalizing Trust: The Benign Force of Emancipation. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology 46(7), 875-896. DOI: 10.1177/0022022115588366.
  14. Lytkina, E. (2015). Anomie And Alienation In The Post-Communist Area: A Reapplication Of The Middleton Scale In Russia And Kazakhstan. Working Papers by NRU Higher School of Economics. Series: Psychology, WP BRP 32/PSY/2015.
  15. Shirokanova, A. (2015). Protestant Work Ethic Among the Muslims: Changeable Empirical Evidence. Working Papers by NRU Higher School of Economics. Series: Sociology, WP BRP 60/SOC/2015.
  16. Shirokanova, A. (2015). A Comparative Study of Work Ethic among Muslims and Protestants: Multilevel Evidence. Social Compass 62(4), 615-631. DOI: 10.1177/0037768615601980.

In Russian

  1. Алмакаева А.М., Доманов А.О. Доверие международным организациям как показатель интеграционных настроений // Евразийская экономическая интеграция. 2015. № 2(27).
  2. Карабчук Т., Миронова А., Ремезкова В. Работа или второй ребенок: о чем говорят данные РМЭЗ-ВШЭ?  // Вопросы экономики. 2015. № 6. С. 81-105.
  3. Лыткина Е.И. Социальная структура в трех теориях аномии // Вестник Томского государственного университета. Философия. Социология. Политология. 2015. Т. 29. № 1. С. 176-184.
  4. Немировская А.В. Ожидаемая модернизация регионов Дальневосточного федерального округа // Социологические исследования. 2015. № 2. С. 41-48.
  5. Тульчинский Г.Л., Сунгуров А.Ю., Щербак А.Н., Акопов С.В., Инглхарт Р.Ф., Вельцель К.П., Малинова О.Ю. Политическая культура / Рук.: Г.Л. Тульчинский; под общ. ред.: Г.Л. Тульчинский. М.: Юрайт, 2015.

Publications of Associate Researchers 2015

In English

  1. Firat, R.B., & Boyer, P. (2015). Coalitional Affiliation as a Missing Link between Ethnic Polarization and Well-being: An Empirical Test from the European Social Survey. Social Science Research 53, 148-161. DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2015.05.006.
  2. Fabrykant, M., & Magun, V. (2015). Grounded and Normative Dimensions of National Pride in Comparative Perspective. Working Papers by NRU Higher School of Economics. Series: Sociology, WP BRP 62/SOC/2015.
  3. Bartolini, S., & Sarracino, F. (2015). The Dark Side of Chinese Growth: Declining Social Capital and Well-Being in Times of Economic Boom. World Development 74, 333-351. DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2015.05.010.
  4. Hövermann, A., Groß, E., Zick, A., & Messner, S. (2015). Understanding the Devaluation of Vulnerable Groups: A Novel Application of Institutional Anomie Theory. Social Science Research 52, 408-421. DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2015.03.001.
  5. Hövermann, A., Zick, A., & Messner, S. (2015). Anomie, Marketization, and Prejudice toward Purportedly Unprofitable Groups: Elaborating a Theoretical Approach on Anomie-Driven Prejudices. Acta Sociologica 58(3), 215-231. DOI: 10.1177/0001699315587988.
  6. Rapp, C., & Ackermann, K. (2015). The Consequences of Social Intolerance on Non-violent Protest. European Political Science Review 8(4), 567-588. DOI: 10.1017/S1755773915000211.
  7. Rotondi, V., & Stanca, L. (2015). The Effect of Particularism on Corruption: Theory and Empirical Evidence. Journal of Economic Psychology 51, 219-235. DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2015.09.008.
  8. Sarracino, F., & Sabatini, F. (2015). Online Social Networks and Trust. Research Papers by Economics and Econometrics Research Institute, MPRA Paper No. 62506.
  9. Sabatini, F., & Fiorillo, D. (2015). Structural Social Capital and Health in Italy. Economics and Human Biology 17, 129-142. DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2015.02.004.
  10. Sabatini, F., & Yamamura, E. (2015). The Impact of the Media on Voters` Attitude toward Junichiro Koizumi and his Policy. Japan and the World Economy 34-35, 24-32. DOI: 10.1016/j.japwor.2015.03.003.
  11. Sabatini, F. (2015). Book Review: Immigrant Networks and Social Capital. By Carl L. Bankston III. Immigration and Society series. Cambridge and Malden, MA.: Polity Press, 2014. Journal of Economic Literature 53(2), 371-374.
  12. Wilkes, R. (2015). Political Conflict Photographs and Their Keyword Texts. Journalism Studies 17(6), 703-729. DOI: 10.1080/1461670X.2015.1006908.

Alexander, A., Welzel, C., & Inglehart, R. (2013). Rising Support for Reproductive Freedoms: Emancipatory Breakthroughs into a Bulwark of Tradition. Working Papers by NRU Higher School of Economics. Series: Sociology, WP BRP 30/SOC/2013.

Bessudnov, A. (2014). Parental Occupational Status And Labour Market Outcomes In Russia. Working Papers by NRU Higher School of Economics. Series: Sociology, WP BRP 36/SOC/2014.

Bessudnov, A., & Makarov, A. (2013). Gender Differences in Mathematical Performance and the School Context: Evidence from Russia. Working Papers by NRU Higher School of Economics. Series: Education, WP BRP 11/EDU/2013.

Chmel, K., Demin, A., & Kazantcev, K. (2017). Dictators’ Behavior Under Conditions of Economic Sanctions Cumulative Effect. Working Papers by NRU Higher School of Economics. Series: Political Science, WP BRP 50/PS/2017.

Chmel, K., Savin, N., & Michael, X.D.C. (2018). Making Politics Attractive: Political Satire and Exposure to Political Information in New Media Environment in Russia. Working Papers by NRU Higher School of Economics. Series: Political Science, WP BRP 63/PS/2018.

Fabrykant, M., & Magun, V. (2015). Grounded and Normative Dimensions of National Pride in Comparative Perspective. Working Papers by NRU Higher School of Economics. Series: Sociology, WP BRP 62/SOC/2015.

Foa, R., Nemirovskaya, A., & Mostovova, E. (2012). Internal Empires I: Social Institutions of the Frontier. Working Papers by NRU Higher School of Economics. Series: Sociology, WP BRP 09/SOC/2012.

Gryaznova, O. (2013). Factors Affecting Welfare Attitudes in Different Types of Welfare States: Personal Interests and Values. Working Papers by NRU Higher School of Economics. Series: Sociology, WP BRP 18/SOC/2013.

Inglehart, R., Foa, R., Ponarin, E., & Welzel, C. (2013). Understanding the Russian Malaise: The Collapse and Recovery of Subjective Well-being in Post-communist Russia. Working Papers by NRU Higher School of Economics. Series: Sociology, WP BRP 32/SOC/2013.

Inglehart, R., Welzel, C., & Puranen, B. (2013). Reinventing the Kantean Peace: The Emerging Mass Basis of Global Security. Working Papers by NRU Higher School of Economics. Series: Sociology, WP BRP 28/SOC/2013.

Inglehart, R.F., Borinskaya, S., Cotter, A., Harro, J., Inglehart, R.C., Ponarin, E., & Welzel, C. (2013). Genes, Security, Tolerance and Happiness. Working Papers by NRU Higher School of Economics. Series: Sociology, WP BRP 31/SOC/2013.

Kravtsova, M., Oshchepkov, A., & Welzel C. (2014). Corruption and Docial Values: Do Postmaterialists Justify Bribery? Working Papers by NRU Higher School of Economics. Series: Sociology, WP BRP 34/SOC/2014.

Kravtsova, M., Oshchepkov, A.Y., & Welzel, C. (2018). The Shadow of the Family: Historical Roots of Social Capital in Europe. Working Papers by NRU Higher School of Economics. Series: Sociology, WP BRP 82/SOC/2018.

Lazarev, Y. (2011). Land, Votes, and Violence: Political Effects of the Insecure Property Rights over Land in Dagestan. Working Papers by NRU Higher School of Economics. Series: Political Science, WP BRP 01/SOC/2011.

Lazarev, Y.A., Sobolev, A.S., Soboleva, I.V., & Sokolov, B. (2012). Trial by Fire: a Natural Disaster’s Impact on Attitudes toward the Government in Rural Russia. Working Papers by NRU Higher School of Economics. Series: Political Science, WP BRP 04/PS/2012.

Lytkina, E. (2015). Anomie and Alienation in the Post-Communist Area: A Reapplication of the Middleton Scale in Russia and Kazakhstan. Working Papers by NRU Higher School of Economics. Series: Psychology, WP BRP 32/PSY/2015.

Magun, V., & Rudnev, M. (2013). Basic Human Values of Russians: Both Different from and Similar to Other Europeans. Working Papers by NRU Higher School of Economics. Series: Sociology, WP BRP 23/SOC/2013.

Magun, V., Rudnev, M., & Schmidt, P. (2012). Within and Between-Country Value Diversity in Europe: Latent Class Analysis. Working Papers by NRU Higher School of Economics. Series: Sociology, WP BRP 06/SOC/2012.

Rudnev, M. (2013). Value Adaptation to a New Social Environment: Impacts from Country of Birth and Country of Residence on Values of Intra-European Migrants. Working Papers by NRU Higher School of Economics. Series: Sociology, WP BRP 13/SOC/2013.

Savelyev, Y. (2014). Modernization and Variations in Emancipative Values in European Societies in 1995-2008: Test of Inglehart’s Socialization Hypothesis. Working Papers by NRU Higher School of Economics. Series: Sociology, WP BRP 48/SOC/2014.

Shcherbak, A. (2012). Does Culture Matter? The Impact of Tolerance on Economic Modernization in a Comparative Perspective. Working Papers by NRU Higher School of Economics. Series: Sociology, WP BRP 05/SOC/2012.

Shcherbak, A. (2013). Nationalism in the USSR: A Historical and Comparative Perspective. Working Papers by NRU Higher School of Economics. Series: Sociology, WP BRP 27/SOC/2013.

Shcherbak, A. (2015). Does Milk Matter? Genetic Adaptation to Environment: The Effect of Lactase Persistence on Cultural Change. Working Papers by NRU Higher School of Economics. Series: Sociology, WP BRP 64/SOC/2015.

Shcherbak, A. (2016). The Recipe for Democracy? The Spread of European Diet and Political Change. Working Papers by NRU Higher School of Economics. Series: Sociology, WP BRP 70/SOC/2016.

Shirokanova, A. (2015). Protestant Work Ethic Among the Muslims: Changeable Empirical Evidence. Working Papers by NRU Higher School of Economics. Series: Sociology, WP BRP 60/SOC/2015.

Sirotkina E., & Karandashova S. (2016). How Multilevel Elite Loyalty Strengthens Electoral Authoritarianism: Evidence from Gubernatorial Elections in Russia. Working Papers by NRU Higher School of Economics. Series: Political Science, WP BRP 36/PS/2016.

Sirotkina, E., & Zavadskaya, M. (2017). How to Get Away with Murder in Russia: Political Support in the Times of Crisis. Evidence from the Survey Experiment. Working Papers by NRU Higher School of Economics. Series: Political Science, WP BRP 47/PS/2017.

Swader, C., & Kosals, L. (2013). Post-Socialist Anomie through the Lens of Economic Modernization and the Formalization of Social Control. Working Papers by NRU Higher School of Economics. Series: Sociology, WP BRP 17/SOC/2013.

Welzel, C., & Inglehart, R. (2013). Evolution, Empowerment and Emancipation: How Societies Ascend the Utility Ladder of Freedoms. Working Papers by NRU Higher School of Economics. Series: Sociology, WP BRP 29/SOC/2013.

Zelikova, J. (2013). Successful Aging: A Cross-National Study of Subjective Well-being Later in Life. Working Papers by NRU Higher School of Economics. Series: Sociology, WP BRP 21/SOC/2013.

Zhirkov, K. (2014). Development, Culture, and Attitudes to America: Country-Level Predictors of Anti-Americanism. Working Papers by NRU Higher School of Economics. Series: Sociology, WP BRP 35/SOC/2014.

Zhirkov, K., Verkuyten, M., & Weesie J. (2012). World Politics and Support for Terrorism within Muslim Populations: Evidence from Muslim Countries and Western Europe. Working Papers by NRU Higher School of Economics. Series: Sociology, WP BRP 08/SOC/2012.

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Article
Kriesi H., Malet G.
Economic Shocks and the Cost of Ruling: Evidence from Italy
Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties. 2019. P. 1-20.

Do voters punish governments more severely during international economic crises or do they discount exogenous shocks as they recognize the government’s limited “room of manoeuvre”? The current literature provides conflicting answers to this question. This study argues that in such contexts citizens’ economic perceptions are less likely to predict their sanctioning behavior but that, nonetheless, governments experience a higher cost of ruling. We show that in the paradigmatic case of Italy, government popularity during the Great Recession, while being hardly explained by economic evaluations, suffers a stronger decline as a function of time in office. We account for this increased cost of ruling by economic policy debates and other political events, such as cabinet crises and large-scale scandals.

Article
Foa R., Nemirovskaya A.
Frontier Settlement and the Spatial Variation of Civic Institutions
Political Geography. 2019. Vol. 73. No. August 2019. P. 112-122.

This article considers the “territoriality” of civic institutions. Is the “frontier thesis” – according to which areas of new settlement exhibit higher levels of individualism, political activism, and civic organisation – a description only of the western United States, or is it a manifestation of a more generalisable phenomenon found in other global frontier regions? In order to do this, we examine data on the nature of civic institutions in frontier zones in four countries: Brazil, Russia, Canada and the USA. Taking a wide range of survey items, we find that voluntary activity, social trust, tolerance of outgroups, and civic protest are not unique to the American historical experience, but generalised legacies of frontier life. We suggest that the experience of settlement is conducive to the formation of norms of community solidarity and cooperation, and this observation should encourage a new wave of comparative frontier studies.

Article
Mavletova A. M., Lynn P.
Item Nonresponse Rates and Panel Conditioning in a Longitudinal Survey among Youth
Field Methods. 2019. Vol. 31 . No. 2. P. 95-115.

The article examines two important aspects of data quality in self-completion surveys of young people, taking advantage of a unique data source: Understanding Society: the United Kingdom Household Longitudinal Study. Young persons aged 10–15 are asked to complete a self-administered paper questionnaire at annual intervals. The number of completed interviews varies over waves from 4,049 to 5,020. Data are also collected from parents, providing important explanatory covariates for our analysis. Stronger parent-child relationship and higher mother’s involvement in education were associated with lower item nonresponse rate and lower inconsistency throughout waves. We also found some evidence for a negative panel conditioning effect with an increase of social desirability bias and measurement errors in the subsequent waves. There was a higher level of inconsistent responses and a higher probability of social desirability bias throughout waves in more sensitive items.

Working paper
Kravtsova M., Oshchepkov A. Y.
Market and Network Corruption
Economics/EC. WP BRP. Высшая школа экономики, 2019. No. 209.
Economists tend to reduce all corruption to impersonal market-like transactions, ignoring the role of social ties in shaping corruption. In this paper, we show that this simplification substantially limits the understanding of corruption. We distinguish between market corruption (impersonal bribery), and network (or parochial) corruption which is conditional on the social connections between bureaucrats and private agents. We argue, both theoretically and empirically, that these types of corruption have different qualities. Using data from the Life in Transition Survey (LiTS) which covers all post-socialist countries we show, first, that the correlation between market and network corruption is weak, which implies that ignoring network corruption leads not only to an underestimation of the overall scale of corruption but also biases national corruption rankings. Secondly, in line with theoretical expectations, we find that network corruption is more persistent over time, less related to contemporary national socio-economic and institutional characteristics and has stronger historical roots than market corruption. Yet, network corruption, unlike bribery, is not able to ‘grease the wheels’ and is not associated with political instability. Lastly, we show that the decline in bribery which was observed in almost all post-socialist countries in the period from 2010 to 2016 was accompanied by rising network corruption in many of them, which has important policy implications.
Working paper
Sokolov B.
Sensitivity of Goodness-of-Fit Indices to Lack of Measurement Invariance with Categorical Indicators and Many Groups
Sociology. SOC. Высшая школа экономики, 2019. No. 86.
Using Monte Carlo simulation experiments, this paper examines the performance of popular SEM goodness-of-fit indices, namely CFI, TLI, RMSEA, and SRMR, with respect to a specific task of measurement invariance testing with categorical data and many groups (10-50 groups). Study factors include the number of groups, the level of non-invariance in the data, and the absence/presence of model misspecifications other than non-invariance. In sum, the study design yields a total of 81 conditions. All simulated data sets are analyzed using two popular SEM estimators, MLR and WLSMV. The main contribution of this paper to the methodological literature on cross-cultural survey research is that it produces revised guidelines for evaluating the goodness of fit of invariance MGCFA models with many groups.
Article
Немировский В., Nemirovskaya A.
Social Competitiveness of the Youth and Their Perceptions of the Socio-Cultural Environment (Based on Research in a Large Siberian Region)
Journal of Siberian Federal University. Series: Humanities & Social Sciences. 2019. Vol. 12. No. 2. P. 206-216.

The purpose of the article is to analyze the social competitiveness of young people in the context of their ideas about their socio-cultural environment. The socio-cultural environment in the study is represented by the respondents’ perceptions about the predominance of a certain type of society at three levels: Russia as a whole, the region, the enterprise (educational institution). The social competitiveness of young people has only scarcely been studied by sociologists. In the article, this phenomenon is seen as the ability of social actors to achieve their goals in a society in the conditions of competition with other people. The empirical basis of this research is a representative survey, conducted in 2016 in the Krasnoyarsk Territory using formalized interviews among 1000 respondents. The article shows that the most competitive youth are those who perceive their socio-cultural macro environment (Russian society) as either pre-industrial, feudal or industrial, capitalistic one. It is established that there are two opposing in their meaning forms of the moral and value environment of the young people in the region, each of which ensures the high social competitiveness of a certain part of the youth. In particular, the socio-cultural environment of the competitiveness of young people corresponds to the contemporary state of Russian society. On the contrary, many adult actors continue to live in the socio-cultural context of the past era. It is concluded that the socio-cultural environment of the activity is specific for various social actors, and the identification of mechanisms of determination of social success is a promising area for further research.

Article
Karabchuk T., Soboleva N.
Temporary Employment, Informal Work and Subjective Well-Being Across Europe: Does Labor Legislation Matter?
Journal of Happiness Studies. 2019. P. 1-23.

Taking the individual data from the European Social Survey of 2004 and 2010, the authors of this paper investigate how employment type (permanent, temporary or informal employment) affects subjective well-being in respect to employment protection legislation across European countries. Our study outcomes are in line with previous research disclosing the negative impact of being temporally or informally employed on subjective well-being. The additional contribution of this study is the rigorous analysis of how employment protection legislation (EPL) moderates this effect by applying the multilevel modeling approach for 27 countries. In countries with strict EPL temporary and informal workers are significantly less satisfied with their lives than permanent employees. In countries with liberal EPL no significant decreasing effect from temporary or informal employment on people’s subjective well-being was found.

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Tkacheva T., Golosov G. V.
United Russia’s Primaries and the Strength of Political Machines in the Regions of Russia: Evidence from the 2016 Duma Elections
Europe-Asia Studies. 2019. Vol. 71. No. 5. P. 824-839.

The primary elections of United Russia party serve as a tool for party organization and voter mobilization. In the run-up to the 2016 national legislative elections, the strength of United Russia’s regional political machines was tested in a massive campaign of intra-party elections. This study traces the history United Russia’s primaries in 2007-2011, which allows for arriving at a better understanding of the multiple roles played by quasi-democratic institutions in an authoritarian political context. On the basis of these findings, we employ United Russia’s capacity to mobilize voter turnout in primary elections as an indirect indicator of the strength of party-controlled political machines. Our analysis of the results of the 2016 Duma elections in 83 regions of Russia demonstrates voter turnout in the spring 2016 party primaries of United Russia to a significant extent explain cross-regional variation in party success.

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Костенко В. В., Понарин Э. Д., Стребкова О. Н.
Влияние исторических процессов на гендерные установки в странах Арабского Востока
Восток. Афро-Азиатские общества: история и современность. 2019. № 2. С. 126-146.

: This paper focuses on transformations of gender attitudes in a set of Arab societies covered by the Arab Barometer. We analyze age and cohort differences in thirteen countries using generalized additive modeling (GAM). We argue that stagnation or even retrogression of gender attitudes revealed by our analysis in some societies may be caused partly by an ideological shift of the 1970sand 1980s, from largely secular and socialist-oriented national movements of the 1950s and 1960s to the more conservative period often associated with the rise of political Islam. On the other hand, the youngest cohorts in those societies that have long promoted conservative gender attitudes are getting somewhat more liberal, although they remain slightly less gender egalitarian compared to other societies.

We test our assumptions using the example of Yemen. The current territory of that country used to exist in 2 separate states between 1967 and 1990: the South supported by the Soviet Union and the North influenced by Saudi Arabia and the Western bloc. We trace the support for gender egalitarianism across generations in the two parts of Yemen and show that the secular socialist ideology made a profound imprint on the attitudes of a whole generation and made those who were in their twenties back in the 1960s more egalitarian than the young people these days. The same is true, to varying extent, for the other countries of the region that had some socialist experience.

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Корсунова В. И., Волченко О. В.
Использование интернета и культурное потребление в странах Европы: сравнительный анализ
Мониторинг общественного мнения: Экономические и социальные перемены. 2019. № 4. С. 106-129.

This paper analyzes the relationship between internet use and cultural consumption in Europe. Much research was made in order to disentangle the impact of internet upon everyday life. At the same time, the results of these studies differ. On the one hand, internet is reported as a substitution for traditional forms of social interactions. On the other hand, plethora of papers report positive effects of internet on social activity and leisure, and define online practices as a part of emerging cultural capital. Along with it, the relationship between online-practices and corresponding offline-practices still lacks research. In this work we use the example of cultural practices of cinema, concerts and opera attendance to reveal the impact of internet use for cultural purposes. In particular, we analyzed the relationship of downloading/watching films online and downloading/listening to music online. Using Eurobarometer 79.2 data we found that online music and film consumption is positively related to corresponding offline activities. At the same time, this relationship is moderated by other social features such as age, size of the area where the respondent lives and also by the level of country development.

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