State administration and civil servants in the subject field of sociology

Abstract

In the recent years various issues related to the reform of civil service of the Russian Federation, the necessity of improving its foundations and change the professional, socio-psychological and moral state have been discussed. Being social - managerial education it is in the constant interaction with civil society institutions, the development of which is considered as the strategic task connected with the formation of the modern foundations of the Russian society as a source of the democratic processes and their stability. A lot of questions and complaints relate directly to the state civil servants who are in the social contact with the population and representatives of various business, social, political and other organizations. This article contains analytical materials of sociological research «The actual problems of functioning and development of state civil service of the Russian Federation» conducted by the sociological group, scientists, doctoral candidates and post-graduate students of the Institute of Public Administration and Civil Service of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (October 2016 - March 2017; directed by professor K.O. Magomedov). The relevance of the study stems from the fact that the multilateral study of the problems of civil service, its internal and external social environment allows to solve many tasks connected with the activation of activities of bodies of state power and administration, to optimize the interaction of the government with civil society institutions and the population. Two thematic areas of research are presented in the paper: 1) society attitude towards public administration; 2) the image of the state bodies and the authority of civil servants.