Acknowledgments

1. Everyday Activism: Tracking the Evolution of Russian State and Society Relations, by Jeremy Morris, Andrei Semenov, and Regina Smyth

Introduction to Part 1: The Building Blocks of Everyday Activism: Identity, Networks, and Social Trust

2. Cultural Production as Activism: National Theaters, Philharmonics, and Cultural Organizations in Russia's Regional Capitals, by Katie L. Stewart

3. The Promotion of Minority Languages in Russia's Ethnic Republics: Social Media and Grassroots Activities, by Guzel Yusupova

4. From Neighbors to Activists: Shared Grievances and Collective Solutions, by Regina Smyth, Madeline McCann, and Katherine Hitchcock

Introduction to Part 2: Organizational Roles in Mobilization for Activism: Communication, Cooperation, and Conjunction

5. Social Activism in the Russian Orthodox Church, by John P. Burgess

6. The River of Urban Resistance: Renovation and New Civic Infrastructures in Moscow, by Anna Zhelnina

7. Activists and Experiential Entanglement in Russian Labor Organizing, by Jeremy Morris

8. Skateboarding Together: Generational Civic Activism and Nontransition to Politics in Sosnovyi Bor, by Anna A. Dekalchuk and Ivan S. Grigoriev

Introduction to Part 3: Institutional Environment and Opportunity Structures for Urban Activism

9. Policy Activism in Urban Governance: The Case of Master Plan Development in Perm, by Eleonora Minaeva

10. Urban Planning and Civic Activism, by Carola Neugebauer, Andrei Semenov, Irina Shevtsova, and Daniela Zupan

11. Manipulating Public Discontent in Russia: The Role of Trade Unions in the Protests against Pension Reform, by Irina Meyer-Olimpieva

12. Active Urbanites in an Authoritarian Regime: Aleksei Navalny's Presidential Campaign, by Jan Matti Dollbaum, Andrei Semenov, and Elena Sirotkina

13. Why Grassroots Activism Matters, by Jeremy Morris, Andrei Semenov, and Regina Smyth

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