Social Practices of Informal Regional Lobbying in the Conditions of “Core-Periphery” Model
Research Article
How to Cite
Sillaste G.G., Arutyunyan A.S. Social Practices of Informal Regional Lobbying in the Conditions of “Core-Periphery” Model. Humanities of the South of Russia. 2022. Vol. 11. No. 2. P. 27-49. DOI: https://doi.org/10.18522/2227-8656.2022.2.2 (in Russ.).
Abstract
Objective of the study: the article examines the development of the phenomenon of informal lobbying in the regions of globalization and the social practices of regional lobbying in protecting the social interests of regional elites in the context of globalization.
Methodological basis of the research. The nature of interaction between groups is considered from the standpoint of E. Shils' concept of “center-periphery” in conditions of inequality of financial and economic opportunities for the development of regions.
Research results. The transformation of the social structure is analyzed as a factor in the emergence of informal lobbying, which is presented as practices and technologies for promoting social interests by certain regional social and economic groups.
Prospects of the study are connected with the author's attempt to move away from the traditional socio-stratification approach by elements of a social group and to conduct a criterion of socio-economic differentiation of regions by the level of their economic independence in their development, taking into account the criteria of subsidization or, on the contrary, donation of Russian regions. This criterion makes it possible to use the principles of economic sociology in the analysis of informal lobbying as a social phenomenon developing in Russia not only in the field of politics, but also more broadly – in the system of social management of regional development and its sociological diagnostics.
Keywords:
“core-periphery”, subsidized regions, donor regions, informal lobbying, sanctions, social practices
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Is there a future for capitalism. (2015). Collection of articles I. Wallerstein, R. Collins, M. Mann, G. Derlug'yan, K. Calhoun. Trans. from English. In G. Derlug'yan (Ed.). Moscow: Izd-vo Instituta Gajdara. (In Russian).
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Markin, V. V., Voronov, V. V. (2019). Small towns of Russia: expert measurement of state policy. Vlast', 6, 104–109. DOI: https://doi.org/10.31171/vlast.v27i6.6835. (In Russian).
Primakov, E. M. (2016). Russia. Hopes and Worries. Moscow: Centrpoligraf Publ. (In Russian).
Sociological Encyclopedic Dictionary. (1998). In Russian, English, German, French and Czech. Moscow: INFRA-M – NORMA Publ. (In Russian).
Doing More for Less? New Evidence on Lobbying and Government Contracts. Available at: https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/ WP/Issues/2019/08/09/Doing-More-for-Less-New-Evidence-on-Lobbying-and-Government-Contracts-46893.
Fisman, R. (2001). Estimating the Value of Political Connections. American Economic Review, 91 (4), 1095–1102.
Johnson, S., Mitton, T. (2003). Cronyism and capital controls: evidence from Malaysia. Journal of Financial Economics, 67(2), 351–382.
Faccio, M. (2006). Politically Connected Firms. American Economic Review, 96 (1), 369–386.
Goldman, E., Rocholl, J., So, J. (2013). Politically Connected Boards of Directors and The Allocation of Procurement Contracts. Review of Finance, 17, 1617–1648.
Acemoglu, D., Johnson, S., Kermanic, A., Kwak, J., Mitton, T. (2016). The value of connections in turbulent times: Evidence from the United States. Journal of Financial Economics, 121, 368–391.
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Merton, R. K. (1968). Social Theory and Social Structure. Enlarged edition. New York: The Free Press, 1968.
Merton, R. K. (1936). The Unanticipated Consequences of Purposive Social Action. American Sociological Review, 1, 894–904.
Shils, E. (1961). Centre and Periphery. Ignotus P.et al. Personal Knowledge: Essays Presented to Michael Polanyi on his Seventieth Birthday, 11 March 1961. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul.
Article
Received: 22.02.2022
Accepted: 26.05.2022
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Sillaste, G. G., & Arutyunyan, A. S. (2022). Social Practices of Informal Regional Lobbying in the Conditions of “Core-Periphery” Model. Humanities of the South of Russia, 11(2), 27-49. https://doi.org/10.18522/2227-8656.2022.2.2
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