| Article |
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| Article name |
The Discourse of Power in the Plane of Political Socialization: a Content Analysis of the Rhetoric of the President of the Russian Federation and Parliamentary Parties |
| Authors |
Yushkov I.P. Postgraduate Student, General History, Political Science and Regional Studies department, ilya.yushkov.97@mail.ruBakhlova O.V. Doctor of Political Sciences, Professor, General History, Political Science and Regional Studies department, olga.bahlova@mail.ru |
| Bibliographic description |
Yushkov I. P., Bakhlova O. V. The discourse of power in the plane of political socialization: a content analysis of the rhetoric of the President of the Russian Federation and parliamentary parties // Transbaikal State University Journal. 2025. Vol. 31, no. 4. P. 105–113. DOI: 10.21209/2227-9245-2025-31-4-105-113 |
| Category |
Politology |
| DOI |
323.2:329.8 |
| DOI |
10.21209/2227-9245-2025-31-4-105-113 |
| Article type |
Original article |
| Annotation |
The relevance of the study is determined by the fact that the civic identity formation in young people
retains the status of a strategic priority of Russian state policy, while the discursive practices of power after
2022 began to have a more pronounced mobilization character. The object of the research is the public political
discourse of the Russian Federation in the period 2020–2025, represented by the messages of the President
of the Russian Federation to the Federal Assembly and the program and public texts of parliamentary parties.
The purpose of the work is to identify the value-ideological accents of official rhetoric and to determine their
role in the processes of political socialization. To achieve this goal, the following tasks are solved: to review
theoretical approaches to the study of political socialization and the discourse of power; to conduct a content
analysis of the texts of presidential messages and program documents of parliamentary parties; to give a comparative
interpretation of the thematic dominants dynamics and the consistency degree of value orientations.
The methodology is based on qualitative discourse analysis and elements of quantitative content analysis. The
empirical base consists of the texts of the messages of the President of the Russian Federation for 2020–2024,
his speeches at key political forums, as well as the programs of parliamentary parties. The units of analysis
were semantic categories: “patriotism”, “citizenship”, “traditional values”, “sovereignty”, “historical memory”,
“social justice” and “unity”. The study revealed a stable framework of values that forms an integrative agenda.
It has been established that in 2020–2021, the discourse was dominated by a socio-humanistic tone, whereas
after 2022 there was a noticeable ideologization and increased mobilization appeals focused on the protection
of spiritual and moral guidelines and national sovereignty. The comparative analysis demonstrates the existence
of a value consensus between the rhetoric of state power and the programmatic attitudes of parliamentary
parties, while maintaining some variability in the emphasis. It is concluded that the official discourse performs a
system-forming function in the process of political socialization, constructing the framework of civil norms and
behavioral models. The long-term effectiveness of this configuration depends on a balanced combination of
value consolidation with the development of dialogical forms of civic participation. |
| Key words |
political socialization, patriotism, citizenship, discourse of power, consolidation of society, historical
memory, identity, sovereignty, parliamentary parties, traditional values |
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