PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND STATE ANTI-DOPING POLICY IN SPORT

Abstract

The article is devoted to a comparative legal study of the fundamentals, tools and modalities of publicadministration and state policy in the field of countering doping in sport in foreign states. The author describes in detailthe concept and design of scientific research. The article demonstrates the regulatory framework of the study (thelegislation of 33 foreign states) and the empirical basis of the study (descriptions of law enforcement practices and policiesof 50 foreign states). The article is based on the use of research methods of system analysis, classification, synthesis,induction and deduction. By employing these methods, the essential features of the problematic field of regulation and ofthe realization of public administration and public policy in the field of countering doping in sport were revealed. As anempirical basis of the study were the answers of diplomatic institutions of the Russian Federation abroad. The articleshows the importance of administrative and legal regulation in the total volume of regulation of relations in this area. Publicadministration and anti-doping policies in sport are still far from perfect in all States of the world, have many shortcomingsand have a number of unresolved problems. The use of doping in sports has become a competitive race of nationalpharmaceutical corporations (a specific part of them) to develop new doping substances and mechanisms. Some of themhave not yet been included in the world anti-doping Agency's prohibition lists, as they are based on the latest technologiesand are therefore difficult to detect.