Abstract
This article discusses how a power deficit can be felt in the Russian province. The uneven economic development of the territory of Russia, large gaps between the center and the province give rise to the practice of a rapid centralization and exodus from the peripheral territories. This practice means the emergence of a deficit of infrastructure, which, in turn, causes a deficit of the power itself, which must serve this infrastructure. At the same time, the weakening of the bureaucratic pressure can also have its advantages for the inhabitants of the Russian provinces, whose economic freedom can be constructed in rather anarchic discourses. The lack of power means the emancipation of a person, his greater independence and variability in life forms.The article is based on the author’s observations and impressions, suggesting the field studies of various cases of perception of the power deficit in the Russian province.
Highlights
Power is everywhere, but it is not evenly distributed in space
If somewhere there is an excess of power, in another place its deficit may arise. This political rule fully works in relation to modern Russia, whose political space seems to be very uneven
Russia's excessive centralism is inevitably projected onto the economic images of the regions
Summary
But it is not evenly distributed in space. The concentration of power can be extremely high the moment we see its action, as well as the effects it produces. The concentration of power is manifested at the moment of a directed signal of the authority, and when, as it seems to us, power is at rest. Even at this very moment, one can assess its physical capabilities by looking at the scale of its residences government quarters, mansions, security staff. If somewhere there is an excess of power, in another place its deficit may arise. This political rule fully works in relation to modern Russia, whose political space seems to be very uneven. It should be understood that the deficit of power in a province can be viewed in the context of its economic prospects, because power is always greater where there is a full life, where blood is actively circulating through the body of the state like Hobbesian Leviathan - the metaphorical money
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