IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/taf/ceasxx/v60y2008i1p49-66.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Do Russians see their future in Europe or the CIS?

Author

Listed:
  • Richard Rose
  • Neil Munro

Abstract

Historic differences between Russian elites about where the country's future lies are here addressed by examining what the Russian public thinks, using data from the New Russia Barometer survey. More than two thirds see the country's future with the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and less than one third see it with Europe. Alternative explanations for these differences are tested statistically. The most important influences making Russians look to the near abroad are traditional identities, national pride and age. Although cosmopolitan contacts of individuals with the West encourage people to be pro-European, Russians are likely to continue to view their world as a CIS space. However, this does not indicate a popular demand to re-establish Imperial dominance but rather a durable commitment among most Russians to a Eurasian rather than European view of the world.

Suggested Citation

  • Richard Rose & Neil Munro, 2008. "Do Russians see their future in Europe or the CIS?," Europe-Asia Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 60(1), pages 49-66.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:ceasxx:v:60:y:2008:i:1:p:49-66
    DOI: 10.1080/09668130701760323
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10.1080/09668130701760323
    Download Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1080/09668130701760323?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. William H. Thornton & Songok Han Thornton, 2008. "Russia Turns East," Journal of Developing Societies, , vol. 24(4), pages 439-463, October.
    2. Libman, Alexander & Obydenkova, Anastassia, 2017. "Why Is the ‘Post-Soviet’ Regionalism Post-Soviet? Historical Legacies and Regional Integration in Eurasia," MPRA Paper 83506, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    3. Kochtcheeva Lada V, 2010. "Russia's Response to Globalization: Europeanization, Americanization and Self-Determination," New Global Studies, De Gruyter, vol. 4(2), pages 1-35, November.
    4. Vinokurov, Evgeny, 2012. "EDB Eurasian Integration Yearbook 2012," MPRA Paper 49179, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    5. Vinokurov, Evgeny & Libman, Alexander, 2012. "Eurasia and Eurasian Integration: Beyond the Post-Soviet Borders," MPRA Paper 49182, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    6. Alexander Libman & Anastassia Obydenkova, 2013. "Informal governance and participation in non-democratic international organizations," The Review of International Organizations, Springer, vol. 8(2), pages 221-243, June.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:taf:ceasxx:v:60:y:2008:i:1:p:49-66. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Chris Longhurst (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.tandfonline.com/ceas .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.