The Role of Political Leadership in a Hybrid Regime: The Case Study of Alexei Navalny’s Team

• Authors: Agnieszka Miarka

Abstracts

EN

The article aims to explain Navalny’s team’s political strategy after his arrest, focusing on the activity before the State Duma elections. This is an important issue from the point of view of the impact of leadership on a political organization in a system evolving from a hybrid regime to an authoritarian regime. As confirmed by the author’s research, the organization adapts to new conditions without a leader. Still, it is predestined to disintegrate and reduce the effectiveness of implementing the updated political strategy.

Keywords

EN

hybrid regime; Alexei Navalny; non-systemic opposition; political strategy; Russia

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
• Journal: Polish Political Science Yearbook
• Year: 2024
• Issue: 1(53)
• Pages: 35-54

Dates

published

2024

Contributors

author

Agnieszka Miarka

• University of Silesia in Katowice (Poland)

• https://orcid.org/0000000228511676

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Identifiers

DOI

10.15804/ppsy202403

Biblioteka Nauki

31343173