Konstantinov Power and the People

The State and Peripheral Communities in the Russian Far North
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-3-031-38306-9
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 375 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Progress in Mathematics

This book discusses state-periphery relations from the view-point of a reindeer husbandry community in the Russian Far North (Murmansk Region). The time is the current period of Putin-led Russia. The analysis is based on the premise that the mode of current top-power governance can be described as  selective de-centralization . Below a certain level of state power interests, conflicts get resolved in favour of local communities. That gains support for the supreme leadership, and reproduces a Soviet-like reality. Termed  sovkhoism , the latter holds the Soviet state-farm ( sovkhoz ) as creating an ideal socio-economic environment. When issues are of significant interest to superior power, selection favours cavalier bypassing of people-friendly concerns. At this level, power acts in an authoritarian mode, favouring the interests of state power structures in conjunction with the upper tiers of the loyal oligarchate. It is shown how this governing mode containssignificant potential for escalating centre vs. periphery tensions.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Konstantinov, Yulian

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. Introductory.- Chapter 2. Reindeer Husbandry Statistics.- Chapter 3. Actors and Tensions in the Reindeer Husbandry Part of Murmansk Region.- Chapter 4. ‘Urban’ (‘commuting’) reindeer husbandry in Murmansk Region.- Chapter 5. Summing up and conclusions.- Chapter 6. Epilogue: War and Lithium.

Über Autor(innen)

Yulian Konstantinov  is Chair of Bulgarian Society for Regional Cultural Studies, NGO, Sofia, Bulgaria.