title: Top management of town-forming enterprises and legislatures of small towns: Persons matter
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metadata.value: Chirikova, Alla E.
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metadata.name: dc.contributor.author
metadata.value: Ledyaev, Valeri G.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2022-06-30T19:07:26Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2022-06-30T19:07:26Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2022-03
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.citation
metadata.value: Chirikova A. E., Ledyaev V. G. Top management of town-forming enterprises and legislatures of small towns: Persons matter. Political Expertise: POLITEX, 2022, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 4–22.
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu23.2022.101
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/37046
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metadata.value: The article presents the outcomes of an empirical study in three small towns of the Russian
  Federation in 2012–2015 and 2019–2020. The main empirical material was obtained through
  in-depth interviews (101 interviews in total) with the main actors of local politics. The study
  showed that in all communities the leadership of town-forming enterprises has a substantial
  potential to influence decision-making process. However, the degree and nature of their
  involvement in urban politics varies significantly — from active involvement to leaving. In
  both cases, the interests of enterprises were taken into account by the leadership of the
  legislatures, which either directly consisted of representatives of the enterprises, or from the
  very beginning positioned itself as their partner. When the local representative government
  is headed by representatives of big business, the possibilities for exercising control over the actions of the executive branch increase. The study showed that town legislatures are a platform
  for reconciling the interests of big business and the executive branch, without which
  the participation of big business in the local political processes would be behind the scene
  and informal. The possibility of turning the legislature into a platform for coordinating interests
  directly depends on the personal qualities of town and business leaders, their authority
  and understanding of the importance of cooperation. In the absence of this, the legislature
  will not be able to successfully participate in the elaboration of the community development
  strategy. The study showed that the company’s desire to coordinate its actions with the executive
  branch does not necessarily lead to a clear dominance of the company over municipal
  structures, and the real partnership between the two main participants in urban politics largely
  depends on the personal factor.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: ru
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Political Expertise: POLITEX;Volume 18; Issue 1
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: small town
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: legislature
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: town-forming enterprise
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: top management
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Russia
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Top management of town-forming enterprises and legislatures of small towns: Persons matter
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: Article
metadata.lang: en_GB
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