Contradictions of centralization: Four models of interaction between Russian rural communities and government and agribusiness

Ch. 4. P. 58–79.

Nikulin A., Alexander Kurakin

The chapter addresses the controversies of power centralization observed in the interaction of Russian rural communities with the government and large agribusinesses. The expansion of large agribusiness companies is able to increase the effectiveness of rural production. Moreover, local communities and Introduction 7 households are often unable to make use of power opportunities and are ready to accept someone else assuming power and responsibility. They often do not resist the power of agribusinesses and are ready to delegate their rights, and therefore to support power centralization. At the same time, the sustainability of rural economic development is often undermined in the medium term. Overall, it demonstrates deficiencies of centralized power

Keywords: сельские сообщества, агробизнес, rural communities, agribusiness

Publication based on the results of: The challenges of making a choice in contemporary consumer markets (2022)

In book

The Ambivalence of Power in the Twenty-First Century Economy: Cases from Russia and beyond

L.: UCL Press, 2022.