The article is devoted to the role of students in the local public policy of modern Russia. The specifics of students are justified by their social activities, which are supported by territorial concentration, community of interests, group self-consciousness, subculture, lifestyle, age homogeneity, which other social and professional groups do not have. The authors explain the possibility of students' participation in the public policy of the city by the provisions of the state youth policy of the Russian Federation, as well as by their status of full-fledged residents of a particular territory. Analyzing the socio-political activity of students, they conclude that as socially significant problems students can promote in the field of public policy interests related to their social status (benefits, scholarships, tuition fees, etc.), the organization of urban infrastructure (transport, social services, urban amenities, etc.), as well as their self-fulfillment and self-expression, which is manifested in their creative activity, appearance, behavior, etc. Local public policy in the logic of the research is a process of interaction between several actors to develop a joint solution to a socially significant problem, which is impossible to solve by usual procedures. Interactions of the actors form the field of public policy, and each of them tries to realize its own interest, using its own resources and agents for this purpose. Hence the main question of the research: who does the student act as, being a participant of the relationship "student-university-city"? The authors of the article have tried to construct various models characterizing the role of students in the field of public policy, which also involves the university and the city. Each theoretical model is illustrated by cases from Samara, Krasnoyarsk and Kazan.
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