Vol. 18 No. 4 (2016)

The author analyzes the electoral realm in the run-up to the elections of 2016, drawing attention to legislative innovations that has significantly modified various aspects of the election campaign. The paper displays the tertiary structure of the parties participating in the elections of 2016, and examines the issues of growing political risks. The author represents the data of expert survey for the perception of parties' political prestige, held by Department of Parliamentarism and Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation Department of the Institute of Public Administration and Management (IPAM) of Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration.

The authors have analyzed the state of human resources in the executive authorities of constituent entities of the Russian Federation on the example of Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District, and revealed the public employees' preferences in matters of career growth and professional development. Special attention is paid to working processes optimization on the basis of horizontal and vertical distribution of powers between authorities. On the basis of quota survey of public employees in Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District in July-September of 2015, the authors propose to classify authoritative powers by scopes of activity and to specify the limits of this segregation, which should eliminate the overlap of responsibilities.

The article considers the questions of organizational culture in Russian organizations, and defines theory, methodology and application of its scientific study as well as the practical purposes of the obtained results. Besides, it contains materials of sociological research dedicated to functioning and development of Russian organizations and organizational culture, conducted in 2015 by the sociological group of the Institute of Public Administration and Management (IPAM) of Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration. The data of this sociological research allows to assert: organizational culture development is essential for Russian organizations' effective performance, though faces methodological challenges. The results of the study can largely contribute to formation and development of organizational culture in various fields, particularly in structural sectors of regions and country as a whole.

Understanding the cultural pattern of organizational behavior in international context allows managers to make decisions concerning the selection of employee motivation techniques. Researcher Geert Hofstede defined culture as "collective programming of the mind which distinguishes the members of one group from another”. Evaluation model of cross-cultural aspects of the workers' behavior gives managers the tools to define motivation and decision-making strategies. The process of motivation in multinational management team involves the positioning of employees in an international company not so much by its needs of transnational expansion, but in accordance with their interests, formation of supportive and trust-based organizational environment, informing of employees of organizational strategic intentions and of their own career prospects. This helps to activate employees' professional and communication skills, which is determined by the synergistic effect of cross-cultural interaction.

The article is a case study that describes a dramatic situation of illegal use of extensive urban lands in the center of the regional capital for markets. The authors have formulated the core issues and offered several solutions to the problem occured in the city in active development, though clogged by prior administrative decisions, ineffective though still legitimate. The city administration will have to decide upon the fate of disputed objects. Keykis is a mode of open and rigidly structured case study, essence and algorithm (sequence of the writing) of which is described in detail in the articles of one of the authors [Kiselev, 2010. P. 136-147; Kiselev, 2014. P. 22-48; Kiselev, 2015. P. 7-14].

The article dwells upon the eternal aspiration of mankind to design imaginary worlds. Pictures of fictional worlds were already known in ancient times, and five hundred years ago with the advent Thomas More's "Utopia” has become synonymous with this concept. The article analyses the reasons of creation of non-existing spaces that can be hardly defined as objects of geopolitical interests and gains, but which, nevertheless, continue to attract peoples' attention and are stored in the forms of stories, tales, and legends. Today they actively come in domestic and foreign political projects, and the author cites historical examples of attempts to realise the ideas of fictional worlds. These models can be constructive to unite the society, but they may also reflect expansionist goals. Therefore, their early detection and argumentative critique should bring along realistic policy and protection of public mind from hazardous geopolitical illusions.

The article examines differences in the understanding of freedom and harmony in western and eastern philosophical traditions, referring to the originals of these terms and their interpretation in different cultural and historical contexts. The author identifies two areas of modern western philosophy, which defines as trasparentizm and hermeneutical holism, and draws parallels with eastern philosophical trends to reveal the possibilities of either in interpretation of contemporary (political) reality: political freedom, democracy, constitutionalism, political crises. In conclusion, analysing different liberal democracies, and observing political contradictions in Europe preceding Brexit, the author proposes to seek a way out in eastern traditions and rethink the concept of freedom and harmony as regulators of human relationships and political controversies.

The article dwells upon the matters of manual control in the system of government instruments: its place, role, means and limits of its engagement in public administration. The author gives definition of «manual control in public administration» and draws the conclusion, that relegation of manual control technologies in public administration to solely negative manifestations is unfounded. Moreover, a reasonably balanced mix of regular institutional governance and case-by-case manual control management is a prerequisite for public administration as it is one of the rulers of the state management tools. Besides, the author describes peculiar properties of manual control as emergency management and precision control. The article is based on the methods of system analysis, synthesis, and induction. The application of these methods has allowed to define the distinctive characteristics of manual control in public administration, and to circumscribe the use of this management technique.

The relevance of the research of coups d' état (their concept and nature, types and forms) in the context of today's threats to statehood is determined by the events of 15-16 July 2016 during the unsuccessfully attempted coup in Turkey. The article dwells upon complex scientific research of military coup and its significance in the ontology of the government and the state. The author gives a definition of "coup d'état”. The methodological basis of the study is the method of systematic and comparative analysis, as well as the method of synthesis. Application of general scientific methods has enabled the author to show the particular nature of the coup, to reflect the author's vision of its possible causes and preconditions, and to reveal its consequences.

The paper is based on the analysis of expenditure patterns of the consumers of public services, and reveals a functional inversion effect as a dominant factor of these expenditures. Within the scope of this phenomenon, the authors study the nature and origin of the principle of a single window, and propose a mechanism of formation of fractal space of integrated public services.

The author proposes to examine department publications as a part of corporate media. Some researchers support this point of view, it is noted that the typological features of the department media allow them to be classified as corporate. As a result, the scope of studies of contemporary media trends can be largely extended. The article regards the key advantage of the corporate media in its competition for the attention of audience - possibility, and sometimes obligation of their free consumption in working (office) time. The author emphasizes the fact that the main competitive resource of the corporate print media consists in its unique position in its audience time schedule. This has a significant impact on media business in general. The paper first-ever presents data on monthly production of corporate publications of ministries and departments of Russian Federation, received as result of an internal study performed by the Center of Modern Media Management of Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA) in August-September 2015. The data gives evidence of in-house periodicals importance for corporate communications. Many organizations, both public and private, have at their disposal corporate broadcast TV or radio studios, Internet and Intranet channels. However, the author emphasizes publishing projects' particular value for communications in companies.

The article reviews the approaches of various authors to the interpretation of the concept of "regional competitiveness”, and identifies their advantages, problems of scope and disadvantages of use of those approaches. The author provides a revised definition of "competitiveness of a region”, and specifies its scope and distinctive features. The author suggests to use the refined definition for the development of theory and practice of regional performance management, which, in his opinion, would allow to consider every feature of competition between territories and should guard against errors in methodology due to the exclusion of equality in the meaning of competitiveness of the region and its socio-economic potential, productivity and outcome of competition.

The article addresses the matters related to development of municipalities as an essential factor for efficient implementation of Russian social and economic policy under sanctions. The point to be emphasized is that tendencies of territorial concentration of the economy in different regions, taking into account their competitive advantages supported by the regional disparity in economic development, are typical both for Russia and other states. Besides, the institutional framework as a basis of the development of municipalities is not efficient. All quantitative information given demonstrates the significant financial shortage in municipalities' budgets. The author has developed recommendations on how to solve problems caused by imperfection of the mechanism for the development of municipalities.

The paper is concerned with immigration security as a specific form of national security and a comprehensive system of relations between different actors involved in migration processes. The author analyses the factors that influence the integration of migrants. Besides, the author adduces results of researches carried out by experts of the Institute of Sociology of Russian Academy of Sciences in different years retaining the growth of ethnic and cultural tension and conflicts between local communities and migrants.

The analysis of some features of civil servants' training is presented in the article. Basing the analysis on two basic theories of human resource management in public administration, the authors reveal the key features and contradictions of the civil servants' training system formation in different countries. The review of current and advanced civil servants' training methods allows to draw conclusions about the key education and advanced training functions on which the modern dynamic system of civil service staffing should be focused. The authors also highlight the most important competencies and skills that civil servants must have, including those in modern Russia.

The article is dedicated to the comparative analysis of positions of France and Russia on the global market of higher education services, challenges of competition in terms of internationalization, as well as to the analysis of contemporary forms of innovative education. Special attention is paid to the development of the most competitive forms of international higher education: double diploma programs, online universities, joint research projects and the formation of a new national university based on the cluster approach as an educational scientific center and the core of regional development.

The article describes the main features of financial management in higher education, which affect the financial administration in short and long term. Financial management of budgetary educational institutions is studied as a goal-directed activity, including development of financial policy on the formation and allocation of resources in accordance with the budget assignments, ensuring their efficient use and preservation of solvency. Besides, the paper touches the issues of administrative control and audit, and features the economic methods of financial management.

The author is reviewing Russia's first popular book dedicated to public administration, state officials' professional life and career, and public services. The publication might be useful for those interested in public administration, and to university graduates looking for job in public sector. Besides, the book focuses on various issues of interaction between business and state. The paper observes a set of challenges in this sphere and notes a high value of contacts and interaction experience with representatives of public authorities, which has been accumulated by authors of the book under review.

The publication examines in logical sequence and substantial correlation the scientific-theoretical and applied aspects of law and mechanisms of its protection. The author reveals socio-political, economic and moral essence of corruption, gives its legal meaning as a metamorphose of bureaucratization of public authorities, and reveals advantages and disadvantages of the current Russian anticorruption legislation and state anti-corruption strategy. Besides, the author specifies constitutional-legal, socio-economic and political factors that hinder the implementation of anti-corruption policy and substantiates a set of measures to identify, prevent and combat corruption. In the practical part the author presents the core technology of corruption prevention.

The article is dedicated to Konstantin Kavelin, widely recognized for his works in public administration, pedagogy and science. Being one of the major Russian scholars of 1840s - 1880s, he has founded a public (historical) law school. His research concerned the development of Russian statehood in the context of the world history and advanced the ideas and projects that responded to immediate practical need for renovation and reforms in Russia in the second part of the 19^th century. Kavelin was the first in Russian history to define the sence of national development as a comprehensive development of personality, which ultimately determins human freedom in civil society and, consequently, the degree of social progress achieved. Regarding the abolition of serfdom as the beginning of a new stage in Russia's development, he contended that eather the previous history was a history of policy and state. The scientist had emphasized the importance of local governance development, describing it as a tool of convergence of classes, which in his opinion was to be the basis for a new order.

The role and importance of factors of military-political cooperation in the formation and development of the Union state of Russia and Belarus are discussed in the article. It is shown on the basis of the methodology of the retrospective analysis that militarypolitical cooperation between the two countries has always been and remains central for the Union building, not affected by those contradictions which periodically appear in the economic relations of the states. The complexity of the international situation of Belarus is revealed, especially in terms of relationships with neighboring Poland. The importance of bilateral military cooperation for the Russian Federation is shown. The conclusion is made that the military-political cooperation of the two states provides the long-term stability of Union formation that does not lessen the importance of other areas of cooperation. The materials and conclusions of the article may be of interest to researchers of integration processes in the post-Soviet space

The aim to study the possibilities of the diversification of the structure of the Russia's export of the manufactured goods to the European Union countries is set by the author. The author's proprietary technology for decomposition of the supplied goods for the nondifferentiated goods and for the high-readiness goods of the industrial and consumer-oriented types is used in the article. The conclusion is made that in the mid-term prospective the most effective is the export of the high-readiness goods, especially of the industrial-oriented ones.

The article deals with the phenomenon of humanity and the chronotope of its rehabilitation through the representation of modern metropolis. The author presumes that the actualization of humanity should allow to overcome social alienation, social deviations, and should contribute to the integrity and stability of personality. This process is transcendental because it is based on individual focus on transpersonal forms of cognition. The chronotope of humanity rehabilitation allows to reveal the rhythm of relations between internal life of a social agent as its own and urban social habitat where people can consolidate their specific reality. Metropolis is a result of human activity. That's why the dynamic of metropolitan social life modifies space-time relations of individuals' and societies' objective reality. The image of metropolis is an indicator of this process. This image is a product of creative activity of metropolitans and at the same time the subject of influence on urban communities. In this article the author discovers the ontological essence of urban image. At same time the author considers that metropolitans can transform social and cultural space of the city, and presumes that the modeling of urban image leans on social and cultural context of metropolis and at the same time on filling the city space with personal meanings. The key to this process consists in people's sense of interconnection, the consolidation of their collective identity. This aspect of representation of modern metropolis includes the commitment to social legacy, when the residents are subjects of changing in the agenda of the metropolis development. At the end author concludes that the problem of rehabilitation of humanity in metropolis in modeling of its images is neglected, and thus requires an advanced research.