Managing Collective Action: Government-Sponsored Community Initiatives in Russia

Leonid Polishchuk, Alexander Rubin and Igor Shagalov

Europe-Asia Studies, 2021, vol. 73, issue 6, 1176-1209

Abstract: Russian authorities have been increasingly willing to facilitate apolitical collective action to deal with day-to-day problems. A case in point is community self-organisation, known as ‘territorial self-management’ (TSM), supported by local administrations through cost-sharing and other means. We use a unique dataset on TSM in the city of Kirov to study the causes and consequences of this phenomenon. TSM accommodates a mix of cultural traits in a given society, combining social capital and awareness of public problems with a scepticism about political participation and a preference for government patronage. TSM increases approval of local government in the supported communities but can also spark broader collective action that restores the agency relation between society and government.

Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1080/09668136.2021.1935466

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