Corporation and municipal authorities: how a partnership model of interaction is achieved
Research Article
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Chirikova A.E. Corporation and municipal authorities: how a partnership model of interaction is achieved. Vlast i Elity (Power and Elites). 2023. Vol. 10. No. 1. P. 190–230. DOI: https://doi.org/10.31119/pe.2023.10.1.7 (in Russ.).
Abstract
In the proposed article, on the example of a singleindustry town in the Ural region, a balanced model of relations between local authorities and a large company (corporation or holding) is considered, which seriously surpasses the municipal authorities with its financial and social power. We called this model a partnership model, describing the conditions under which it can be formed. The main one is the presence of adequate leaders in power and strategic players in the cityforming company M. The study conducted in 2020 was supplemented by us with materials received in 2023, which made it possible to judge the current situation in a time perspective. The study included 26 interviews with key government and business figures conducted in 2020, as well as several interviews with experts conducted in 2023. The main research conclusion is that the established partnership model of interaction allows key players to more effectively solve their problems and achieve social goals. Both sides of the interaction see the partnership model as an effective tool for maintaining social and political stability. It is possible that under the sanctions regime, such a model will allow the town to cope with all the difficulties more successfully than if the interaction between the two parties was oppressive or indifferent. But whether this will actually happen — time will tell.
Keywords:
company, corporation, municipal government, partnership model of interaction, image of the future, socio-economic situation and sanctions
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9. Chirikova A.Ye., Ledyayev V.G. Top-menedzhment gradoobrazuyushchikh predpriyatiy i legislatury malykh gorodov: persony imeyut znacheniye [Top management of town-forming enterprises and legislatures of small towns: Persons matter], Politicheskaja jekspertiza: POLITJeKS [Political Expertise: POLITEX], 2022, 18(1), pp. 4–22. https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu23.2022.101. (In Russian)
10. Chirikova A.Ye., Ledyayev V.G, Ryabova O.V. Monogoroda Srednego Urala: vlast’, liderstvo, effektivnost’ [Monotowns of the middle urals: power, leadership, efficiency], Vlast’ i elity [Powes and Elites], 2020, 7(1), pp. 123–162. https://doi.org/10.31119/pe.2020.7.1.5. (In Russian)
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18. Harding A. The History of Community Power // Theories of Urban Politics / ed. by J.S. Davies, D.L. Imbroscio. London: Sage, 2009. P. 27–39.
19. Laruelle M. Urban Regimes in Russia’s Northern Cities: Testing a Concept in a New Environment // Arktik. 2020. Vol. 73, no. 1. P. 53–66. https://doi.org/10.14430/arctic69933.
20. MartinezFernandes C., Wu C.T., Schartz L., Taira N., VargesHernandes V. The Shrinking Mining City: Urban Dynamics and Contested Territory // International Journal of Urban and Regional Research. 2012. Vol. 36, no. 2. P. 245–260. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468–2427.2011.01094.x.
21. Phillimore P., Bell P. Trust and Risk in a German Chemical Town // Ethnos. 2005. Vol. 70, no. 3. P. 311–334. https://doi.org/10.1080/00141840500294367.
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Received: 05.06.2023
Accepted: 15.08.2023
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Chirikova, A.E. 2023. Corporation and municipal authorities: how a partnership model of interaction is achieved. Vlast i Elity (Power and Elites). 10, 1 (Aug. 2023), 190–230. DOI:https://doi.org/10.31119/pe.2023.10.1.7.
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