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Vol. 13 No. 4 (2011)
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In its Resolution No. 14-P the Russian Constitutional Court further clarifies the conformity of Article 17 of the Federal Law 'On State Civil Service of the Russian Federation' of 27th July 2004 No. 79-FZ to the Russian Constitution. It specifies the scope of authority of public servants during interaction with mass media and mechanisms to compensate for the limitation of freedom of expression in the public sphere.
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The author dwells on the work of mass media in a market economy and related problems of financial, social, economic and legal support of their activities, as well as the dependence of many mass media on the authorities, describing main ways of reducing public involvement in mass media and suggesting measures to accelerate the process.
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p. 11-13
Increasing the Potential of Public Managements under Conditions of a Financial, Economic and Social Crisis
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A conference organized by the International Public Management Network (IPMN) entitled 'Increasing the Potential of Public Managements under Conditions of a Financial, Economic and Social Crisis' took place in RANEPA. Among the issues on the agenda were the development of an efficient anti-recessionary strategy for the Post-Soviet territory, the development and implementation of public administration reforms in the Russian Federation and CIS countries.
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Obolonskiy A.V. The crisis of the bureaucratic state. Civil Service reform: international experience and Russian reality
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Prerequisites for the study of leadership as a phenomenon of social life are considered. The author suggests a personal interpretation of the main definitions of leadership in modern social science, substantiating the scientific relevance of leadership theories.
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The article provides an analysis of a project aimed to teach public servants the basics of managerial knowledge in the Yaroslavl region. It includes the following areas: information technologies, management theory and practice, human resource management, strategic management, managing regional and city development. The conclusion is that it is quite possible to provide high quality, interesting large scale training for public officials.
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The article deals with issues of antimonopoly regulation in the context of Russian economic security. The author analyzes threats to economic security targeted by the national antimonopoly policy, describes key functions of the Federal Antimonopoly Service aimed at the development of competitive relations and compliance with the antimonopoly legislation.
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An analysis of the impact of foreign investment on structural changes and modernization of the Russian economy in compliance with the key provisions of the 'Strategy of Development of the Automotive Industry Until 2020' is presented. A process assessment is given for all areas of automotive construction on condition of sufficient selection and quality of automotive production.
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Interview with Orenburg Region Governor Yuri Berg on the trends in near-border and cross-border cooperation of Russia, Orenburg Region in particular, with regions of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
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The author studies issues and prospects in the development of near-border and cross-border cooperation between municipalities. An analysis of international experience leads him to suggest ways to improve the Russian legislation on near-border cooperation.
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p. 35-39
Managing the Development of the Industrial Sector of Regional Economy (Novgorod Region)
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The role and place of the industrial sector in the economy of a region are analyzed, the elements of the analysis are highlighted. Using the Novgorod region as an example, the authors reveal the mechanism of interaction between regions and the Centre and ways for independent social and economic development and territory management.
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The author substantiates the role of local government in the decentralization of public authority in Russia. Special focus is given to the necessity to take into account the common principles of local government as well as the peculiarities of their implementation on particular territories, namely those with traditional nature management, single industry towns, Cossack government territories etc.
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Based on the results of sociological research on topical issues of functioning and development of local government in the Russian Federation, the article examines the issue of corruption in the activity of local governments, the danger it poses to local communities in contemporary Russia.
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The author answers the readers' questions about the development and implementation of a set of laws and regulations aimed at preventing acts of corruption, prosecution and liquidation of negative effects. Special attention is given to the latest standard-setting trends in the fight against corruption.
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The article showcases the Indian experience of fighting corruption in the public administration system. Factors hampering and contributing to its eradication are listed. Among humanitarian measures, the author gives preference to learning and education aimed at the development of a system of values which does not place power and money in the centre of public desires, as well as the ethics of compliance, which will ensure adherence to established rules of honesty.
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The article sums up the results of the author's training at IPA (Institute of Public Administration, Ireland). The Irish public service is efficient and attractive for the population. The Irish experience can be adapted to the challenges of public service reform in Russia.
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The article deals with methods of administrative reform implementation in China: providing a balance between democratization of public management and maintenance of political stability and rule of law. Key components of the reform are identified, such as gradual transformation of public management structures, creation of a 'rational bureaucracy' model, new principles of remuneration, anti-corruption measures
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Candidate of Sciences (Social Science), Deputy Head of the Department for Cooperation with External Experts, Analytical Centre of the Government of the RF Summary: The authors present the results of a study of the prospects for the development of situation rooms in the system of public administration conducted by the Analytical Centre of the Government of the RF. A number of fundamental problems common to all situation rooms are identified; these do not allow using expert knowledge as a meaningful resource for decision making.
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p. 67-68
Формирование "электронного правительства" в ключевых понятиях (технологии, организация, услуги). Словарь терминов.
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The author examines key trends in the impact of multinational corporations (MNCs) on world economy as a whole and the national state in particular, the issue of national sovereignty and growth of financial flows generated by MNCs. He enumerates the risks that are being faced by the companies themselves as 'locomotives' of the global economy.
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The author investigates the role of water and its social importance in the context of the human right to safe and pure water. Achievements and challenges in the sphere of water security are demonstrated on the example of the cooperation between Central Asian countries. The author provides an analysis of the role of Kazakhstan in the policy of distribution of water resources of transboundary rivers.
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The author reviews key provisions and hypotheses of Professor L. Kononov's monograph Foundations of Nuclear Geopolitics: Emergence of a Research Area as one of the first fundamental works on the emergence of a new research area, nuclear geopolitics. Its main objectives are a comprehensive study of nuclear sphere processes, dangers and threats they pose to the international community, and the development of research based recommendations for their implementation.
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p. 78-79
Oskar Krejčí. Geopolitics of the Central European Region. The view from Prague and Bratislava
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We present an important contribution to modern geopolitics: a new original study by a Czech scientist. The author aims to find patterns and develop a geopolitical model to strengthen national interests of small mono-ethnic states in the context of integration and globalization. Using the example of the Czech Republic and Slovakia, the author demonstrates the impact of set ideas of statehood on national identity and sovereignty of these countries.
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Review of publications on the preparations to the Global Policy Forum 'The Modern State in the Age of Social Diversity', which will take place in Yaroslavl under the patronage of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.
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The article presents a discussion on the efficiency of political and legal, ethical, economic regulators of global migration processes in European countries. The challenging issue of social transfers as one of the most complicated mechanisms of social security is analyzed on the example of Germany.
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In the continuation of the article published in Issue 3 (2001) of Gosudarstvennaya Sluzhba the author examines the jihad phenomenon from the viewpoint of Islam law and theology, as well as some aspects of highland tradition, and analyzes the most common political myths about Caucasus which hamper the implementation of a positive national policy.
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The report on the International Moscow Culture Forum 'Culture as a Russian Strategic Resource in the 21st Century: Innovative Design of the Cultural Environment' highlights aspects of theoretical and methodological support of culture as a resource for the development and protection of the cultural environment, its social, economic and legal design, development of the cultural policy in the Russian Federation.
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The authors describe the idea of Russianness, revealing the close link between national policy and nation building. Components of the phenomenon are listed, such as the Russian language, national character, historical memory. The authors provide theses and antitheses for the existence of the Russian nation and insist on the readiness of the population to build it, referencing the results of an opinion poll.
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The author analyzes the issues of formation of social community of a region's population through its in-depth identification using a number of political, economic, cultural, psychological, informational, communicative tools. Modern mass media play a special role in this process.
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The author reveals the importance of the letter as a message form in different periods of history, focusing on the links between media, etiquette, styles of writing, secrecy of correspondence and the culture and traditions of particular periods. She touches upon issues of development and activity of postal services as well as the emergence of postal wars and measures to counter them
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A comprehensive approach to social research of media practices of the Russian language segment of the Internet blogosphere is described. This includes the stages and methods of data collection, the use of equivalents of structured and semistructured social data. The interdisciplinary methodology of analysis of management processes is based on the subject-activity model.
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The author considers the development potential of MNCs in world politics and the emergence of a multinational political environment. She believes it is transnationalization that determines one of the most influential vectors for modern international political development, which undoubtedly brings into focus the issues of MNC activity.
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Issues of decentralization of Russian public authority are considered in retrospect. A review of public administration in the first half of the 19th century reveals a stronger territorial decentralization, while the second half of the century is marked by a balance between the relations of centralization and decentralization of public administration.
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The author looks at the drawbacks of the existing banking legislation which are the reason for the low stability of the state's financial credit system and suggests a mechanism to update the banking system, making it more adequate to the essence of banks, the nature of their activities and their role in the national economy.
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The author considers modern mechanisms for managing the assets of a municipality, highlighting its most efficient elements and control systems and suggesting wider application of benchmarking tools with regard to Russian and international best practices. He identifies the reasons for the low efficiency of the use of municipal assets.
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The author presents a programme of psycho-pedagogical support of professional and personal continuing development of public and municipal government officials, provides substantiation of the programme as a condition for the optimization of the training environment, showcases pilot results.
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