Local Self-Government as an Object of Analysis in Russian Sociology of the Last Third of XX – Early XXI Century

Local Self-Government as an Object of Analysis in Russian Sociology of the Last Third of XX – Early XXI Century


Мaykova E.Yu.

Dr. Sci. (Philos.), Assoc. Prof., Head of the Department of sociology and social technologies, vice-rector for educational work, Tver State Technical University, Tver, Russia. maykova@yandex.ru

Simonova E.V.

Cand. Sci. (Sociol.), Assoc. Prof., Department of sociology and social technologies, Tver State Technical University, Tver, Russia Simonova-E-V@yandex.ru

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Мaykova E.Yu., Simonova E.V. Local Self-Government as an Object of Analysis in Russian Sociology of the Last Third of XX – Early XXI Century. Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya [Sociological Studies]. 2018. No 12. P. 73-83




Abstract

Evolution of the research issues of local self-government in Russian sociology from the last third of the 20th century to the present is traced in the article. Methodology of research – analysis of texts of articles, monographs, dissertations. Three stages of evolution of representations of the national sociologists about local self-government are offered: soviet, post- soviet, modern. Tendencies of research evolution are defined: development of different approaches to the study of local selfgovernment; growth of interdisciplinary research; complex analysis of municipal practice; perception of individuals and local communities as subjects of governance (self-government); formation of the objectsubject area of sociological analysis of self-governing practices. Specifics of the sociological approach to the study of local self-government are shown.


Keywords
Russian sociology; local self-government; evolution of research issues of local selfgovernment; sociological approach to the analysis of local self-government

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