Zabuzov O.N.., Shushpanova I.S. The phenomenon of political urbanization: problems of defenition. “Znanie. Ponimanie. Umenie” (“Knowledge. Understanding. Skill”). 2021. No. 4. Pp. 74–84. DOI 10.17805 ...

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Abstract

Cities are the centers of social life and its concentration. They act as a kind of condensers of political, economic, informational, proper social and other types of social relations. They form special types of urban management practices that are extended to other territories and even countries. The author's vision of the concept of «urbanization» is indicated. Several grounds are highlighted that characterize political urbanization. The definition of the concept of «political urbanization» is proposed. To generate it, the author's exploratory research was carried out and an expert survey was conducted among teachers of leading universities in Russia and research workers of institutions of the Russian Academy of Sciences. In the author's vision, political urbanization is the processes of concentration of political power in large cities with a simultaneous increase in the influence of the political power of such cities, in the system of state power – determined by the formation of a new urban political identity caused by the generation of a specific urban political culture and a special urban political elite as a result of urban political and economic development. Keywords: political urbanization, political, urban, urbanization, development, political power, identity, political culture.