Vol. 17 No. 4 (2015)

An overview of the BRICS and the SCO summits (took place in Ufa) is presented in this paper, the problems of the management in the preparation of these important events are considered, as well as the prospects of the further cooperation between Russia and its international partners are evaluated.

The justification of confidence as a social mechanism for the stabilization of the society and state is focused in the article, its research and evaluation specifics as a system integration object are clarified. The basic interpretations of the “confidence” phenomenon by the famous sociologists and philosophers are presented.

The article is a part of the textbook «State and public administration» published by the author in Bulgaria in the Bulgarian language (Sofia: New Bulgarian University, 2014) and is devoted to the research of the development features of public administration science in the XX century and in the beginning of the XXI century. The article describes and summarizes briefly the whole spectrum of different theories, which are integrally predetermined and make today’s scientific foundation of modern public administration science. The periodization of phases of development of the science of public administration is presented.

The article covers current civil-law regulation issues of countering corruption in business. Measures undertaken by Russian legislators to counter corruption in business with civil-law means are analyzed. Conclusions on their effectiveness and major deficiencies are made.

The methodology of the comparative analysis of the level of remuneration of civil servants is considered in the article. The quantitative characteristics of the reforming process of the public service concerning remuneration are considered in the dynamics from 1984 to 2014 and are the subject of the study. The objectives of the work consist of determining the sources for comparative analysis; the development of a method of representation of the level of remuneration of civil servants in various periods of time in a comparable format; interpretation of the gained results. The study found that in the tiers of prices of 2014 the remuneration of public servants of the RS FSR in 1984 and 1989 was comparable with the remuneration of public servants of the Central apparatus of the Federal bodies of the executive power in the end of the 2000-ies. Positive correlation in the wages of civil servants with inflation and dynamics of the gross domestic product is revealed. It suggests that the change in this indicator occurs in the general context of socio-economic development. Thus, the obtained data on the progress of civil service reform in the past will become a solid foundation for the design of reforms in the future.

The comparative analysis of the governmental personnel policy realization in the Russian Federation and Prussia aimed at the improvement of professionalism of civil servants and provision of the demand for the human resource potential of the public administration is considered in the article. Special attention is paid to the competitive selection system for the vacancies of the public administration as effective means of increasing the management efficiency. The role of legal restrictions and prohibitions in public administration staff formation is studied as well as the role of the guaranties for the improvement of professionalism and competence of civil servants. The specific features of appointment and contents of probation period for the civil servants in Prussia and the Russian Federation are pointed out by the authors. The conclusion about identity of many principles of the public administration staff formation in Russia and Prussia is a special contribution of the authors to the research of this topic.

The status and strategy of personnel policy in the Russian healthcare system are described in the article. The content of the legal acts in the field of healthcare modernization and improvement of the state policy in this sphere is analyzed. Assessment of the development condition of the personnel potential of the industry as an object of the personnel policy is given. Judgments of the authors on the issues of personnel development processes in healthcare organizations are presented. Interactions between modernization processes in the public healthcare system and staffing of the medical organizations are considered.

The analysis of the specific use of program-target method in the development of the federal targeted social programs is presented in the article on the example of the most widely known presidential program «Children of Russia». The basic stages of development and implementation of the federal program «Children of Russia» associated with a change in the overall state policy in the sphere of the use of program-target planning are considered. The role of the above-mentioned federal program in the formation of the regional specialpurpose programs of social protection of childhood are presented. The characteristics of the program from the standpoint of compliance with changing methodological requirements for the development and implementation of federal special-purpose programs, the assessment of its effectiveness are presented. The assumptions about the reasons of the gradual decline of the status of the presidential special-purpose program «Children of Russia» first to the federal comprehensive, then to the special-purpose and, finally, to its final closure are made.

The organization, planning and management of «green» economy in Turkmenistan are examined in the article. The economic requirements of the development of the plans in energy management and creation of organizational and technical measures for solving problems of «green» economy are presented. The local renewable energy resources in Turkmenistan are calculated with their ecological and economic priorities to address energy, economic, environmental, social issues.

The issues relating to the prospects of the development of the national payment system in terms of anti-Russian sanctions are considered in the article. The current payment system is analyzed by the author. The analysis shows that although the system performs the assigned functions, it needs to be improved. Banking electronic payment system is in demand by large credit institutions for liquidity regulation and by the Federal Treasury for income redistribution between different levels of the budget system. The ways for its further improvement are suggested in the article, reasoned conclusions and suggestions that can be used in practice and also be a material for further research in this area are made.

The article shows the important role of the tax support for small and medium businesses during the implementation of the anti-crisis plan of the priority measures of the Russian Government and subjects of the Russian Federation to ensure sustainable economic development and social stability.

The timely character of the problem of the assessment the effectiveness of agri-food policy is considered in the article. The basic methods and assessment models used in the world and Russian practice are characterized, the conditions of the effective implementation of the regional agricultural policy are determined.

The peculiarities of the agricultural cooperation development in the Lipetsk region are considered in the article. Tools for the development of the economic and financial support of the agricultural cooperation to improve regional authorities' activities are proposed. These tools will contribute to the creation of a wide, multi-layered and sustainable network of cooperatives in rural areas. In addition, the system of rural credit consumer cooperatives is to become an equal participant in the financial market in the future.

The article analyzes interaction between indigenous peoples and industrial companies in the Russian North. The experience of the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous district in the sphere of protection of rights and interests of the indigenous population is considered. The article shows different practices of establishing the dialogue between companies of fuel-energy complex and the locals. The author describes the involvement of indigenous peoples of the North in the implementation of industrial investment projects.

The priorities of the border cooperation of the Primorsky Territory are considered in the article. The author stresses that the social and economic development management of the border region is closely connected with the issues of the effective organization of the international economic cooperation with the adjacent states. The development problems of the border interaction in the Far East and in the Primorsky Territory are analyzed. The importance of the formation of the region image for the growth of the efficiency of the frontier economic cooperation is shown. The great value of the accelerated development of the Primorsky Territory in the nearest future as the strategic subject of the Russian Federation directly adjoining to the countries of the Asia-Pacific region is considered. The main strategic directions of the use of the potentials of the border position of Primorsky Territory for the development of the cooperation with the adjacent states are formulated.

The article discusses the impact of the creative realization factor on the formation of the city image. The conclusion about the interconnection between the above- mentioned factor and the territory development dynamics is made by the author during the research. On the one hand, the higher the development level of the city, the more opportunities for the creative realization for its residents do exist, on the other hand, the creative realization of the citizens is one of the most important factors of the positive development dynamics of the territory. Thus, to ensure the growth potential of cities it is important not only to improve the conditions for satisfaction of the basic needs but also the imagegenerating factors including the creative realization possibilities, the absence of which inevitably leads to the out-migration.

The attempts to give a definition of the multiculturalism are analyzed in the article. In addition, the detailed consideration of the classification types of this complex concept is given. The political and ideological grounds served as the collateral for the classification and substantive diversity of multiculturalism are traced by the author.

Considering historical experience in attracting foreigners from Western Europe to constant residence in Russia, the author comes to the conclusion about their significant contribution to the development of the country, involving the transfer of know-how, technology and skills that are traditional for the more developed countries from which they were from. There still exist many well - known companies founded by immigrants or their Russified descendants. It is proposed to consider the possibility of resuming the practice of the establishment of foreign ‘slobodas' (settlements); however all modern realities should be taken into consideration.

The main lines of the activities of the three Russian governor-generals, prominent military officials and administrators are covered in the article. All of them (Alexander Menshikov, Grigory Potyomkin, Nikita Muravyov) have made an important contribution to the economic growth and cultural development of the regions that fell within the borders of Russia as it was moving forward towards the Baltic and Black Seas, as well as to the Pacific Ocean.

During aggravation of geopolitical situation interpretation space of geopolitical doctrines expands. For explanation of the aspiration for geopolitical changes or desire to avoid them not only a means of political language is being mobilized but also the language of culture and art. The higher the creative gift of the artist, the brighter his pieces of work reflect all the realities of the time including geopolitical realities. This gives reasons to try to imagine through the music of Tchaikovsky the international background of his great creative composer work and his image of Russia in this world.

The lobbyism phenomenon as a form of political communications of the government authorities, business and socio-political actors is analyzed in the article. The summarized picture of the lobbyism in the European political landscape is presented on the basis of the representative sociological survey; European realization experience of the lobbyism process on the national and supranational level is discovered. Positive and negative data about the effectiveness of the lobbyism, positive and negative events of the lobbyism estimated by the leading politicians, experts and the representatives of the parliament are analyzed.

In 2001 Afghanistan faced a serious problem of violation of legal succession that was resolved by the adoption of the declaration on confirmation of all previously signed agreements and by the adoption of the Constitution that confirmed the international obligations. Besides, Afghanistan used widely the experience of the UN to create a national system of human rights agencies. Thus, the experience gained in restoration of the legal succession and creation of the system of bodies that monitors the human rights is of great international importance.

The quality of public services provided by the executive branch is the main development challenge of service in this field. The aim of the study is to develop concrete and practical recommendations to improve the quality and effectiveness of public services delivery. In this paper we use the methods of system approach, mathematical modelling, sociologic survey and various methods of graphic interpretation of the information. Well-built quality management system will allow not only to execute control over activity of the state agencies implementing the law enforcement practice but also to provide feedback necessary for sustainable and capable of developing executive power system.

The concept of the secular state and its key features are considered in the article. The complexity of some aspects of secularism in terms of political and ideological pluralism and also some inconsistency of the provisions specified in the regulatory legal acts are emphasized by the author. The author notes how these provisions are implemented in the Russian reality.

The functionality of the city web-portals of Moscow is analyzed in the article, the examples of the public web-portals and private internet projects are provided, their interrelation is illustrated. The unique online resources of Moscow: the system of the electronic referendums «Active citizen» and the platform «Angry citizen» are discussed. The massive use of city portals as a resource of the impersonal cooperation to eliminate the personification of an official and the improvement of the municipal management system are reasoned.