Роль низовой самоорганизации в развитии периферийной сельской местности: руины или фундамент?

Известия Русского географического общества. 2025. Т. 157. № 4. С. 486–504.

Averkieva K., Куксин Я. К.

The article systematizes the practices of self-organization of the population in rural areas remote from large cities and local development centers. Various practices existing in the institutional framework stipulated by the laws on local self-government (participatory budgeting, territorial public self-government, etc.) are identified, as well as informal and non-institutionalized forms of participation of residents in the development of their territories. Grant projects of state and non-state funds aimed at creating new objects in culture and rural improvement are considered separately. The study is based on the materials of field expeditions to several districts of the Vologda and Nizhny Novgorod regions, within the framework of which in-depth and expert interviews, included and hidden observations were conducted. When generalizing the practices, much attention was paid to what problems they solve, whether they only contribute to maintaining the current level of development of the territories or lead to the emergence of new growth points, new centers for attracting residents. We can talk about the erosion of participatory budgeting mechanisms, since they are largely aimed at solving current problems of improvement and maintenance of infrastructure, in fact, they replace the liquidated powers of local government. And projects aimed at development rely on grant funds or on the resources of the initiators themselves, the presence of which largely depends on a complex combination of local characteristics and the symbolic capital of the area. The article ends with a discussion of the role of new rural (former urban) residents in rural self-organization. The latter actively bring their meanings to the development of territories, which leads to conflicts with indigenous residents and is understood using the concept of "spatiality".

Keywords: социальный капитал, social capital, territorial public self-government, regional periphery, региональная периферия, самоуправление и самоорганизация населения, сельские территории, participation, community self-organization, rural areas, территориальное общественное самоуправление (ТОС), партисипация