Urban Communities as Interest Groups in Local Politics: A Conceptual Analysis

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Urban communities are one the varieties of interest groups in local politics. The study examines the channels and the possibilities of their influence on the political agenda formation. The resources of interaction communities with other political subjects are analyzed. The success of communities in protecting group interests is assessed in terms of factors of two types - internal, reflecting the state and resource base on the communities themselves, and external, primarily institutional. The influence practices in the urban communities on local politics, as well as the degree and barriers to participation in the political processes in large cities in modern Russia are revealed.

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Alexey I. Kolba

Kuban State University

Author for correspondence.
Email: alivka2000@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7663-8890

Doctor of Political Sciences, Full Professor of the Department of Public Policy and Public Administration

149, Stavropolskaya st., Krasnodar, Russian Federation, 350040

Elvira V. Orfanidi

Kuban State University

Email: elviravictorovna@gmail.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-5833-882X

Applicant of the Department Public Policy and Public Administration

149, Stavropolskaya st., Krasnodar, Russian Federation, 350040

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