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The political economy of Russian higher education: why does Putin support research universities?

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This article argues that Vladimir Putin's regime launched support programs for the leading Russian universities in 2005 because of a perceived threat of the political mobilization of youth, similar to the one that triggered “color revolutions” in Serbia, Georgia, and Ukraine. The support programs created cleavages in the university community, covered an attack on university autonomy, and made the containment of possible anti-regime student mobilization a part of an implicit agreement between the regime and the universities. The historical coincidence of the “demographic hole,” which caused a shrinkage of the higher education market, and high oil prices, which provided the necessary resources for the regime, made this implicit agreement possible. The article contributes to the research on authoritarianism, youth mobilization, authoritarian backlash after the color revolutions, and the development of research universities in Russia.

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  • Natalia Forrat, 2016. "The political economy of Russian higher education: why does Putin support research universities?," Post-Soviet Affairs, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 32(4), pages 299-337, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rpsaxx:v:32:y:2016:i:4:p:299-337
    DOI: 10.1080/1060586X.2015.1051749
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    1. Israa Medhat Esmat, 2023. "Neoliberal reform discourse in Egyptian higher education," Palgrave Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 10(1), pages 1-10, December.
    2. Mikhail Gershman & Galina Kitova, 2017. "Assessing Government Support for Research and Innovation in Russian Universities," Journal of the Knowledge Economy, Springer;Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET), vol. 8(3), pages 1067-1084, September.
    3. Shchepetylnykova, Liz & Oleksiyenko, Anatoly V., 2024. "What comes after post-Soviet? Towards a new concept of de-Sovietization in higher education and research," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 106(C).

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