Избирательный цикл 2011-2012 годов через призму ценностных и идейных противоречий общества (часть i)

The article analyses the hypothetical reasons behind the aggravation of political situation in the country during the 2011-2012 election cycle. Based on the author`s special typology involving ideological vector and perceptions of power, the study describes groups of society that caused a surge in protest activity and the shortage of votes of the “party of power” during the parliamentary elections. The author shows that the aggravation was due to stable value and ideological orientations of the society resulted from the polarization of a number of groups that were previously part of the common value consensus of the Putin era. The study emphasizes a shift of the protest movement to the left, towards the extension of the left democratic component at the expense of the liberal one. There is a new generation of leaders of the street protest activity. The “protest winter” resulted in a forecast of the further evolution of political system and the appearance of new political forces and ideological trends.