URBAN POLITICAL REGIMES: THE TYPOLOGY, REASONS FOR FORMATION AND POSSIBILITIES OF THE ACTORS // BSU bulletin. Economy and Management. - 2017. №3. . - С. 9-16.

URBAN POLITICAL REGIMES: THE TYPOLOGY, REASONS FOR FORMATION AND POSSIBILITIES OF THE ACTORS

Публикация подготовлена в рамках поддержанного РГНФ и Правительством Новосибирской области научного проекта №16-13-54003

DOI: 10.18101/2304-4446-2017-3-9-16 UDK: 321.728

The article deals with the reasons for formation and development of various asso- ciations of political actors in cities of modern Russia. Based on Clarence Stone’s approach we define “urban political regime”, elicit its main criteria (monopoly— polyarchy, personalism—impersonality) and identify two main types of regimes: "control" and "coordination." Having considered the "critical" empirical case of es- tablishing "control" regime in a large industrial center (Novokuznetsk), we formu- late a hypothesis on the reasons for its formation: urban scale, dominance of the ma- terials sector in economy and organization of the coalition based on "administra- tive" arena. To test the hypothesis, we have analyzed the situation in a city with op- posite characteristics (Novosibirsk), and further compared the cities with high in- dustrial potential, close to Novokuznetsk, and the large cities with specific economy, close to Novosibirsk. At this stage of the study, the hypothesis has been confirmed: reduction of the diversity of economic actors and urban scale leads to establishing a "control" regime, and increase, on the contrary — to establishing a “coordination” regime. The presence of several independent economic, ideological, power and ad- ministrative centers with comparable resources forces actors to reckon with each other's interests and develop impersonal "rules of the game".

urban political regime, elitism, pluralism, political elite, district, me- tropolis, capital.