Abstract


POLITICAL PARTIES IN RUSSIA AND RACISM
Political space is an area where political-ideological discourses becomes concrete. Political ideology reflects the elements of the political culture or the political world view of othe community. In this respect, political ideologies existing in any level or in apparent or latent way in a country demonstrate the internal political dynamics by historical political, socio-economic and cultural aspects of the following society. In the contemporary Russian Federation, the political parties continue to its activities "feeding" nationalist or racist elements and “fed” from this ideology. Mentioned rhetoric existing almost on all sides of the political spectrum, and is expressed in various ways as "Russian people", "Russian nation", "the Russian race" and s. This study aims to exemine the properties of the nationalist elements in the Russian society on the basis of party programs. In this study, are choosen political parties effectively operating in the periods of elections and between them, having the ideological aspect more clearly and distinctly, and with enough members and electorate. First of all, information is given about the main political parties, then political programs are examined in terms of their point of view to the country's development, political system, community, nation and religion issues.

Keywords
Political Party, Political Ideology, Nationalism, Russism, Racism



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