POLITICAL ABSENTEEISM: CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES Cover Image

АБСЕНТЕИЗМ В ПОЛИТИКЕ: ПРИЧИНЫ И ПОСЛЕДСТВИЯ
POLITICAL ABSENTEEISM: CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES

Author(s): Kseniya Igorevna Arinina
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Political Theory, Civil Society, Electoral systems, Politics and society, Crowd Psychology: Mass phenomena and political interactions
Published by: Казанский (Приволжский) федеральный университет
Keywords: Absenteeism; electoral activity; elections; Russian absenteeism; political alienation; self-alienation;

Summary/Abstract: This article concerns voluntary abstention from vote among citizens, which has become a palpitating problem in many states around the globe. An analysis of the subjective and objective reasons for absenteeism and its possible consequences for the political system of a state is presented. A differentiation between haphazard and protest absentees is provided. The particular characteristics of absenteeism in modern Russia and the grounds for the low interest of Russian citizens in politics are studied. A conclusion is made that self-alienation has a decisive impact on the level of political activity in the Russian Federation.

  • Issue Year: 156/2014
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 214-220
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Russian