Kniga posvyashchena politicheskoy zhizni monogorodov, ili gorodov s monoprofil'nym proizvodstvom na sovremennom etape, v usloviyakh aktivnogo vklyucheniya gradoobrazuyushchikh predpriyatiy v politicheskiy protsess, i politicheskim otnosheniyam, skladyvayushchimsya v treugol'nike mestnoe soobshchestvo - mestnoe samoupravlenie - gradoobrazuyushchee predpriyatie. Rassmatrivaetsya shirokiy krug problem, vklyuchaya sotsial'nuyu i politicheskuyu aktivnost' gradoobrazuyushchikh predpriyatiy, formirovanie i funktsionirovanie gorodskikh politicheskikh elit, polozhenie monogorodov v usloviyakh ekonomicheskoy stabil'nosti i krizisa. Dan analiz razvitiya real'noy politicheskoy situatsii v ryade monogorodov, raspolozhennykh na Srednem Urale. Sdelany takzhe kontseptual'nye obobshcheniya i sformulirovany teoreticheskie vyvody ob opredelyayushchikh faktakh politicheskoy zhizni monogorodov i formakh i rezul'tatakh politicheskoy ekspansii gradoobrazuyushchikh predpriyatiy. Rassmotren protsess formirovaniya oppozitsii gradoobrazuyushchemu predpriyatiyu, ee legitimatsii i institutsionalizatsii. Kniga budet interesna politologam i sotsiologam, uchenym, spetsialistam i studentam, a takzhe shirokomu krugu chitateley, interesuyushchikhsya lokal'noy i regional'noy politicheskoy problematikoy.