Institute of Sociology
of the Federal Center of Theoretical and Applied Sociology
of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Invisible Power in the Russian Small Towns



Invisible Power in the Russian Small Towns // Power and Elites / Ed. by A. Bystrova, A. Duka, D. Tev. Vol. 2. St. Petersburg: Intersotsis, 2015. 326-344 pp.
ISSN 2410-9517

Posted on site: 04.10.16

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The article fcuses on the impact of crime and post-criminal business at the situation in small towns. Representatives of the criminal world and the representatives of post-criminal business cannot be attributed to the urban elite, but in many towns they have worked closely with power structures. The bulk of the information about the crime impact on the urban community was obtained in depth interviews with top leaders in local government, with leading businessmen, directors of enterprises, heads of the media, party activists and regional experts in two towns and one district of the Perm Region, and the towns in the Ivanovo region. Altogether 54 in depth interviews were conducted. Keywords: power, authorities, crime in power, post-criminal business, he article fcuses on the impact of crime and post-criminal business atthe situation in small towns. Representatives of the criminal world and therepresentatives of post-criminal business cannot be attributed to the urbanelite, but in many towns they have worked closely with power structures.The bulk of the information about the crime impact on the urban communitywas obtained in depth interviews with top leaders in local government, withleading businessmen, directors of enterprises, heads of the media, partyactivists and regional experts in two towns and one district of the PermRegion, and the towns in the Ivanovo region. Altogether 54 in depthinterviews were conducted.he article fcuses on the impact of crime and post-criminal business at the situation in small towns. Representatives of the criminal world and the representatives of post-criminal business cannot be attributed to the urban elite, but in many towns they have worked closely with power structures. The bulk of the information about the crime impact on the urban community was obtained in depth interviews with top leaders in local government, with leading businessmen, directors of enterprises, heads of the media, party activists and regional experts in two towns and one district of the Perm Region, and the towns in the Ivanovo region. Altogether 54 in depth interviews were conducted. Keywords: power, authorities, crime in power, post-criminal business,

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