Representative authority in Russian municipalities: composition of the deputy corpus

The article is about the composition and structure of the deputy corps of representative bodies of local self-government in modern Russia. The informal internal structure of the deputy collective is shown — the division of the deputy corps into segments: employees of municipal budgetary institutions, employees of municipal unitary enterprises, representatives of small private business, representatives of large business. The circumstances that constitute the context of the election and deputy activities of representatives of different segments are explained. The causes and consequences of the independence / dependence of the segments of assemblies on the executive power are revealed. The article is written based on the materials of an empirical study of power in five Russian municipalities, and a database containing information on the professional and corporate composition of representative bodies of local self-government of these municipalities (Berezovsky, Verkhny Tagil, Gubakha, Kushva, Chusovoy). The author sees the study of the composition of local assemblies and its effects on local politics as a relevant scientific task, and the study of the sectors of the municipal deputy corps as a step towards its solution.

local self-government, representative body of local self-government, local elite, municipal deputy, municipal deputy corps