Land and freedom: urban regimes and protest communities in Siberian cities

Research Article
Acknowledgments
The study is being conducted within the framework of the project “How is a protest created? Spaces, symbols and leaders of protest communities in Siberian cities” No. 18-011-0866, supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research
How to Cite
Pustovoyt Y.A. Land and freedom: urban regimes and protest communities in Siberian cities. Vlast i Elity (Power and Elites). 2018. Vol. 5. No. 5. P. 295-330. DOI: https://doi.org/10.31119/pe.2018.5.11 (in Russ.).

Abstract

The study is aimed at studying the interaction of power groups and protest communities, considered whithin the framework of the concept of urban political regimes. Two main types of urban political regimes are highlighted: the regime of “control” and the regime of “coordination”. On the basis of a comparison of protest activities in the cities of Siberia, observations and interviews with activists of the protest movement, and the results of the September 9 elections, preliminary conclusions about the relationship between the city’s political regime and protest activity were made. The public is becoming an influential subject and it is able to unite and defend its interests so far only in large, industrial, independent, university cities. Here, power coalitions are oriented rather economic than political goals, there is some balance of power of elites, there is opposition between regional and city authorities, and some relative level of economic well-being has been achieved.
Keywords:
urban regime, elitism, pluralism, political elite, city, protest community, Siberia

Author Biography

Yury A. Pustovoyt, Siberian Institute of Management – the branch of RANEPA, Novosibirsk, Russia
Candidate of Political Science, associate professor, Department of Political Science and technology

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