2026/2027

Управление городами и городская политика на постсоветском пространстве

Статус: Маго-лего

Кто читает: Департамент политологии и международных отношений

Где читается: Санкт-Петербургская школа социальных наук

Охват аудитории: для своего кампуса

Преподаватели: Шевцова Ирина Константиновна

Язык: русский

Кредиты: 3

Контактные часы: 20

Программа дисциплины

Аннотация

This course examines post-Soviet urban politics and the role of large cities in political governance in post-Soviet countries. The course is focused on application of political science and sociology theories to the analysis of political processes in post-Soviet cities. The following topics are included in the course: (1) Modernization, neoliberalism, and modern urban development, (2) Cities and multilevel governance in post-Soviet states, (3) Actors of urban politics, urban coalitions, and regimes, (4) Types of cities and their political and governmental characteristics, (5) Urban space transformation and urban policy tools in context of political regime, (6) Effects of inequality and differences in urban development, “just city” in the post-Soviet space.

Цель освоения дисциплины

• To develop the skills of analyzing political processes on a local level in post-Soviet states using the tools of political science and sociology
• To learn the factors influencing the dynamics of urban development in post-Soviet cities
• To introduce tendencies of urban development and key actors of urban politics in post-Soviet cities

Планируемые результаты обучения

• Is able to analyze local politics and urban development using theories and methods of political science and sociology
• Knows core political, social, and economic actors and their coalitions included in urban politics in post-Soviet cities
• Knows core tendencies of urban development in the post-Soviet space
• Is able to explain core tendencies of urban development in the post-Soviet space
• Is capable of analyzing a role of large cities in multi-level governance in post-Soviet countries

Содержание учебной дисциплины

• Topic 1. Cities and modernization: developing of modern cities in post-Soviet space
• Topic 2. Cities and markets: neoliberal approach and market-led development in post-Soviet cities (the instances of Moscow and Astana)
• Topic 3. Urban political economy: urban regimes and coalitions in post-Soviet cities
• Topic 4. Redistribution politics and urbanism in post-Soviet cities
• Topic 5. Multilevel governance and post-Soviet cities
• Topic 6. Capitals vs periphery: political and governmental characteristics
• Topic 7. Urban inequality and the concept of “just city”
• Topic 8. Effects of spatial urban development
• Topic 9. The multiple transitions and urban conflict in post-Soviet cities (part 1)
• Topic 10. The multiple transitions and urban conflict in post-Soviet cities (part 2)

Элементы контроля

• Final essay
  A final essay is focused on one of the topics included in the course syllabus. The use of artificial intelligence to generate content is strictly prohibited.
• In-class participation
  In-class participation includes participation in every seminar discussion and answering the questions on all reading assignments. The grade is calculated as an average of all grades received on seminars

Промежуточная аттестация

• 2026/2027 2nd module
  0.6 * Final essay + 0.4 * In-class participation

Список литературы

Рекомендуемая основная литература

• Annegret Haase, Dieter Rink, Katrin Grossmann, Matthias Bernt, & Vlad Mykhnenko. (2014). Conceptualizing Urban Shrinkage. Environment and Planning A, 7, 1519.
• Geyer, H. S. (2011). International Handbook of Urban Policy. Cheltenham, U.K.: Edward Elgar Publishing. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=409124
• Gregory Andrusz, Michael Harloe, & Ivan Szelenyi. (1996). Cities After Socialism : Urban and Regional Change and Conflict in Post-Socialist Societies. Wiley-Blackwell.
• Jacobs, J. (1992). The Death and Life of Great American Cities. New York: Vintage. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1280725
• Kresl, P. K., & Ietri, D. (2017). Creating Cities/building Cities : Architecture and Urban Competitiveness. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1663216
• Legal Support for Participative Decision-Making as Part of ‘Service’ Model of Urban Governance in Russia. (2019). Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.C11A11C1
• Nefedova, T., & Treivish, A. (2003). Differential urbanisation in Russia. Tijdschrift Voor Economische En Sociale Geografie (Journal of Economic & Social Geography), 94(1), 75–88. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9663.00238
• Parker, S. (2015). Urban Theory and the Urban Experience : Encountering the City (Vol. Second edition). Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=978361
• Schröder, P. (2010). “Urbanizing” Bishkek: interrelations of boundaries, migration, group size and opportunity structure. Central Asian Survey, 29(4), 453–467. https://doi.org/10.1080/02634937.2010.537143
• Weber, R. (2002). Extracting Value from the City: Neoliberalism and Urban Redevelopment. Antipode, 34(3), 519–540. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8330.00253

Рекомендуемая дополнительная литература

• Keebaik Sim, Woo-Sung Hwang, & Myung-Ryu Choi. (2019). Building a New Smart City: Integrating Local Culture and Technology. Journal of Digital Convergence, 17(9), 193–198. https://doi.org/10.14400/JDC.2019.17.9.193
• Ledyaev, V., & Chirikova, A. (2019). Governors and local elites in Russia: patterns of interaction. European Politics & Society, 20(3), 315–332. https://doi.org/10.1080/23745118.2018.1534041
• Neil Brenner. (2019). New Urban Spaces : Urban Theory and the Scale Question. Oxford University Press.

Авторы

• Шевцова Ирина Константиновна