Prokhorova, Yu. I., Rumyanskaya, N. S., Blagorodov, A. A., Prokhorov, V. T., & Volkova, G. Yu.
Features of forming the management status of inter-population territories and their population not only as an object, but also as a subject. |
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Scientific Object Identifier: http://s-o-i.org/1.1/TAS-02-130-11
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.15863/TAS.2024.02.130.11
Language: English
Citation: Prokhorova, Yu. I., Rumyanskaya, N. S., Blagorodov, A. A., Prokhorov, V. T., & Volkova, G. Yu. (2024). Features of forming the management status of inter-population territories and their population not only as an object, but also as a subject. ISJ Theoretical & Applied Science, 02 (130), 99-119. Soi: http://s-o-i.org/1.1/TAS-02-130-11 Doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.15863/TAS.2024.02.130.11 |
Pages: 99-119
Published: 28.02.2024
Abstract: The article examines social space that more or less clearly falls outside the system of territorial organization of power - inter-settlement territories, which from the point of view of the government observer are “empty” space. The conditions under which these spaces turn out to be not only “empty” for the power observer, but also invisible, are analyzed, since statistical observations are limited to the level of settlements, which are absent here. Thus, in intersettlement areas there is no object of management (population, enterprises, infrastructure), and the maintenance of the management system becomes meaningless. But, at the same time, these territories remain part of the state, and there is a need to manage them. The practices of such remote control are defined in the article as the “periphery of power.” The latter is by no means an anarchy, but a special type of power practices, formed at the intersection of formal and informal connections, a special type of mobilization of power and law in these spaces. This article examines management practices in relation to “emptiness”, the formation on the periphery of the phenomenon of the population (both formally present and “invisible”) acquiring the status of not only an object, but also a subject of management, the formation of self-governing communities and jointness. The article analyzes the social processes taking place in a space that, from the point of view of power, turned out to be “empty” and has lost its social dimension as a result of the compression of social space. There is nothing left in it that is of interest to the authorities and power agents capable of representing power in the territory. Such space turns into a territory understood as a purely geographical formation, suitable only for political presentation and development within the framework of certain global projects. To manage such a territory, a special regime is emerging, which we have designated as the “periphery of power.” However, the lack of interest of the authorities and formal structures for collecting information in such a territory does not exclude the presence of social processes here that occur outside the boundaries of government reflection. Description of the features of social processes and key actors on the periphery of power is the purpose of this article. During a series of expeditions in the areas of the upper reaches of the river. Lena (2018–2022) it was discovered that a special local order, a partnership, is emerging in this territory, existing next to global projects, but not intersecting with them; he is invisible both to them and to the authorities. For the power of the state, it is only important that in the “emptiness” no other, alternative source of power arises, representing different rules of the game. It is assumed that the presence of large corporations on the territory will make it possible to once again turn it into a social space and revive life here. However, as the study showed, corporations exist in a space that does not overlap with local residents. In order to connect the spaces formed in this locale by authorities at various levels, corporations and the local world, a mediator is needed who could, on the one hand, act in the “emptiness”, that is, not be power, and on the other, be able to mobilize this power. A variant of the appearance and activity of such a mediator, discovered during field research, is described in this work. It seems that he produces that local order that is able to coexist with power, remaining invisible and harmless to it.
Key words: intersettlement territories, social space, “emptiness”, subject of management, periphery of power, social invisibility, social space, spatial compression, “social emptiness”, periphery of power, territory, global law, local order, power, corporations, mediator.
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