Representative authority in Russian municipalities: composition of the deputy corpus
Research Article
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Completed within the framework of the state assignment “Multi-level policy in the modern world: institutional and socio-cultural dimensions”, topic registration number 124021400020-6
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Vitkovskaya T.B. Representative authority in Russian municipalities: composition of the deputy corpus. Vlast i Elity (Power and Elites). 2024. Vol. 11. No. 3. P. 100-117. DOI: https://doi.org/10.31119/pe.2024.11.3.4 (in Russ.).
Abstract
The article is about the composition and structure of the deputy corps of representative bodies of local self-government in modern Russia. The informal internal structure of the deputy collective is shown — the division of the deputy corps into segments: employees of municipal budgetary institutions, employees of municipal unitary enterprises, representatives of small private business, representatives of large business. The circumstances that constitute the context of the election and deputy activities of representatives of different segments are explained. The causes and consequences of the independence / dependence of the segments of assemblies on the executive power are revealed. The article is written based on the materials of an empirical study of power in five Russian municipalities, and a database containing information on the professional and corporate composition of representative bodies of local self-government of these municipalities (Berezovsky, Verkhny Tagil, Gubakha, Kushva, Chusovoy). The author sees the study of the composition of local assemblies and its effects on local politics as a relevant scientific task, and the study of the sectors of the municipal deputy corps as a step towards its solution.
Keywords:
local self-government, representative body of local self-government, local elite, municipal deputy, municipal deputy corps
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6. Panov P.V. City councils of small and medium-sized cities of the Sverdlovsk region: potential for autonomy in relations with the Head of the city. Vestnik Permskogo federal’nogo issledovatel’skogo centra. 2019. No. 3. P. 95–107. https://doi.org/10.7242/2658-705X/2019.3.10 (In Russ.)
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9. Chirikova A.E. In-depth interviews as a method of analyzing local political processes. Metodologija i teorija issledovanij lokal’noj politiki: Sb. nauch. statej. [Methodology and theory of local policy research: Collection of scientific articles] Perm’, 2014. P. 25–35. (In Russ.)
10. Chirikova A.E., Ledjaev V.G. Local elites: Does the executive branch always dominate over the representative branch in small towns in Russia? Sociologija i obshhestvo: social’noe neravenstvo i social’naja spravedlivost’. Materialy V Vserossijskogo sociologicheskogo kongressa [Sociology and society: social inequality and social justice. Proceedings of the V All-Russian sociological congress]. Ed. by Mansurov, V. A. Ekaterinburg, Okt. 19–21, 2016, Russian Society of Sociologists, Moscow, Russia. P. 5383–5395. (In Russ.)
11. Chirikova A.E., Ledjaev V.G. Top management of city-forming enterprises and legislatures of small cities: individuals matter. Politicheskaja jekspertiza: POLITJeKS. 2022. Vol. 18, no. 1. P. 4–22. https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu23.2022.101 (in Russ.)
12. Shkel’ S.N. Why deputies don’t rebel: the political potential of assemblies in small cities of the Republic of Bashkortostan. Ars Administrandi. 2018. No. 4. P. 667–686. https://doi.org/10.17072/2218-9173-2018-4-667-686 (in Russ.)
13. Buckley N., Reuter O. J., Rochlitz M., Aisin A. Staying Out of Trouble: Criminal Cases Against Russian Mayors. Comparative Political Studies. 2022. Vol. 55, no. 9. P. 1539–1568. https://doi.org/10.1177/00104140211047399
14. Reuter O., Buckley N., Shubenkova A., Garifullina G. Local Elections in Authoritarian Regimes: An Elite-Based Theory with Evidence from Russian Mayoral Elections. Comparative Political Studies. 2016. Vol. 49, no. 5. P. 662–697. https://doi.org/10.1177/0010414015626439
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Received: 03.09.2024
Accepted: 28.12.2024
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Vitkovskaya, T.B. 2024. Representative authority in Russian municipalities: composition of the deputy corpus. Vlast i Elity (Power and Elites). 11, 3 (Dec. 2024), 100-117. DOI:https://doi.org/10.31119/pe.2024.11.3.4.
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