Conflicts in the functioning process urban communities: current state of research

The article discusses the current state of research on the problems of urban communities in conflict. The research base was the corpus of domestic and foreign scientific publications, formed on the basis of a search in scientometric databases. Based on the review and analysis of scientific literature, the author identifies the main problems that are in the focus of attention of specialists: the essence of urban communities themselves, the parameters of their participation in urban politics, as well as their actual participation in conflict processes. In accordance with this, research areas and main issues that are at the center of scientific discussions are highlighted. These include the identification of the essential features of urban communities at the present stage of their development, taking into account network technologies of interaction; the formation of civil and political subjectivity of urban communities; ways to include urban communities in the system of political management of urban conflicts. The latter direction involves various formats of participation: from protest actions to the creation of collaborative planning institutions. In foreign studies at this stage, relatively more attention is paid to this issue than in Russian. The further necessity of studying the functioning of urban communities in conflict situations is substantiated.