The New Russian Nationalism Imperialism, Ethnicity and Authoritarianism
the new russian nationalism
- This was done to control for stereotypes associating certain ethnic
groups with specific occupations and, by extension, their income
and marital eligibility.
- Specifically, a list experiment is employed that involves a random
splitting of the sample into two parts. One of the two parts was
given a list of four innocuous things with which average people
may agree or disagree, and was asked only to give the number of
things they agreed with on the list. The other part of the sample
was given the same list plus one extra item, the statement that the
incorporation of Crimea has been too expensive, and also asked to
give the number of things they agreed with on the list. Importantly,
respondents never had to say which of the specific items they agreed
with; all that was recorded was the overall number of things they
agreed with. The difference in the average number of items agreed
with between the first and second parts of the sample amounts
to a calculation of the percentage of the population agreeing that
Crimea was too costly. More details are available from the authors
upon request.
- Previous research focusing on the pre- 2013 period has found eco-
nomic performance to be strongly linked to popular support for
Putin (Colton and Hale 2009; Treisman 2011b).
- Popular support for Putin was not considered low as of 2013, as our
survey showed he was still outpacing potential rivals.
