The Designing of the Socio-Political Environment for Local Development: Opportunities and Limitations of the Regional Power

Abstract

The article considers the essential theoretical aspects and some practical features of the transition from the old, regional models of the political system, tested in Russia until 2003, to new ones, which, from the point of view of the country’s leadership, have contributed more to strengthening the stability of the acquired forms of Russian statehood. These models began to be based on a uniform approach to the organization of management in the municipal space of the region-subject. The formation of the municipal political continuum since the start of the implementation of the new concept of nature and the purpose of the local government and its bodies began to occur almost everywhere under the direct patronage of regional government bodies with the participation of the federal center. The configuration of territorial political forces and influences, as well as the correlation of political weight and real possibilities of influence of the main players, dominant and subordinate political figures and the socio-cultural background of regional development determined the dynamics of the arrangement of municipal practices and the attitudes of their participants. The municipal environment turned out to be practically devoid of a political component, but gained political potentiality, which is updated more according to the situation than at the request of local forces and authorities.

Keywords

• local authorities
• social constructionism
• regional governance
• local politics
• quality of management
• political potential
• development of territories