Scientific Journal “Regional and municipal governance: politics, economics and law”. Issue 1 (1), 2014.
CONTENTS
REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND SUB-FEDERAL AUTHORITIES
- Medvedev N.P. Regional Development in the Conditions of Openness of the State: European and Russian Experiences
- Soloviev D.S. Sub-Federal Level of Authority: Modern Trends and Development Prospects
- Geleranskiy P.S. Regional Authority as a Way of Securing Balance between Federal and Local Political Interests
LEGAL PROBLEMS OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM
- Medvedev V.N. Government Reform in Russia: Modern State and Prospects of Implementation
- Hunis V.Ya. Draft General Part of the New Code on Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation: Evolution or Revolution?
- Maystat M.A. Metamorphosis of Democratization of the State Power and Governance: Political Dimension
POST-SOVIET PARTY SYSTEMS AND POLITICAL OPPOSITION
- Ushkov A.M., Аmiantov A.A. Some Features of the Political Parties’ Activities in Ukraine
- Goncharov P.K. The Government and the Opposition in the Context of the Russian Multiparty System
- Stepovenko E.M. Transformation of Party System in Modern Russia
ETHNO-POLITICS AND REGIONAL SECURITY
- Perkova D.V. Regional Management of Ethno-Linguistic and Ethno-Confessional Conflict in the Russian Federation
- Gammaev T.G. Management of Ethno-Political Processes in the North Caucasus Region in the Context of Conservation of National Security
- Manoukian E.V. Diaspora as Governance Structures of Ethnic Communities: Regional and State Level
REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND SUB-FEDERAL AUTHORITIES
N.P. MEDVEDEV D.Sc. (political science), Professor at the Peoples’ Friendship University, Russia, Moscow
REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE CONDITIONS OF OPENNESS OF THE STATE: EUROPEAN AND RUSSIAN EXPERIENCES
In the article, the author analyzes problems of regional development and compares features of regional policy in Russia and European countries in the conditions of openness of the state.
Key words: regional development, regional policy, government, governance, power, relations between the federal center and the regions, the federal and regional interests, development.
D.S. SOLOVIEV post-graduate student, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Russia, Moscow
SUB-FEDERAL LEVEL OF AUTHORITY: MODERN TRENDS AND DEVELOPMENT PROSPECTS
In the article, the author analyzes peculiarities inherent to the sub-federal level of authority at the present stage, in the context of the modern model of regional policy.
Key words: regional policy, federal and sub-federal authorities, trends, development, interaction, efficiency, features.
P.S. GELERANSKIY PhD, doctoral candidate, The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Russia, Moscow
REGIONAL AUTHORITY AS A WAY OF SECURING BALANCE BETWEEN FEDERAL AND LOCAL POLITICAL INTERESTS
The article examines the nature of public power and changing perceptions of it over the time. In political science, the view has been established that the state power ensures stability and order in society, protects its citizens from internal and external attacks through the use of different methods, including state coercion and military means. It can be weak or strong, but devoid of organization, it loses the quality of state power, as it becomes unable to carry out the will of the ruling entity in life, to ensure law and order in society.
Key words: the public authority, the system of regional government, regional government, parliamentarism, representative democracy, democracy, public representation, regional political process.
LEGAL PROBLEMS OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM
V.N. MEDVEDEV PhD (law), Assistant Professor at the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Head of the Legal Department of the Moscow Region Ministry of Social Security, Russia, Moscow
GOVERNMENT REFORM IN RUSSIA: MODERN STATE AND PROSPECTS OF IMPLEMENTATION
The article is devoted to the topical problems of reforming the system of state management in Russia.
Key words: executive branch of power, reform, administrative law, Russia, problems, development.
V.Ya. HUNIS post-graduate student working for a PhD degree at the Department of legal support of the government and municipal services of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Russia, Moscow
DRAFT GENERAL PART OF THE NEW CODE ON ADMINISTRATIVE OFFENCES OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION: EVOLUTION OR REVOLUTION?
The article is devoted to the analysis of the provisions of the draft General Part of the Code on Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation (Administrative Code). The author pays special attention to the "novelties" of this Draft Code in comparison with the current version of the Administrative Code. The author comments on the Draft and proposes his own transformations of the Draft Code provisions.
Key words: administrative liability code, general part, the project, reforming, problems, development.
M.A. MAYSTAT Ph.D. (political science), assistant professor at the Department of Political Science and Sociology of Institute of social and humanitarian education of Moscow State Pedagogical University, Russia, Moscow
METAMORPHOSIS OF DEMOCRATIZATION OF THE STATE POWER AND GOVERNANCE: POLITICAL DIMENSION
This article presents some questions of functional and hierarchical decentralization of the power within steady tendencies of development of modern democratic political systems, including Russian, and manifestations the democracy processes in certain spheres of internal public administration.
Key words: democracy, decentralization, regional policy, local government, public administration.
POST-SOVIET PARTY SYSTEMS AND POLITICAL OPPOSITION
А.M. USHKOV Doctor of Philosophy, Professor at the Department of Political Sciences, Russian Peoples’ Friendship University, Russia, Moscow
А.А. АMIANTOV PhD (political sciences), assistant Professor at the Department of Political Sciences, Russian Peoples’ Friendship University, Russia, Moscow
SOME FEATURES OF THE POLITICAL PARTIES’ ACTIVITIES IN UKRAINE
The article discusses some aspects of the development and activities of political parties in Ukraine. It deals with the issues of the electoral law, current problems of the Ukrainian elites and society, civil conflict in the South-East of the country.
Key words: parties, elites, political forces, the Parliament, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, elections, electoral system, secession, civil war, South-East of Ukraine.
P.K. GONCHAROV Doctor of Sociology, Professor, Deputy Director of the Branch of the Russian State Social University in the town of Lyubertsy on scientific work, Russia, Moscow
THE GOVERNMENT AND THE OPPOSITION IN THE CONTEXT OF THE RUSSIAN MULTIPARTY SYSTEM
In his article, the author analyzes the to-day state of the party system in Russia, the interaction between the government and the opposition, problems and tendencies of the Russian multiparty system.
Key words: government, opposition, political parties, party system, multiparty system, the Russian Federation.
E.M. STEPOVENKO Graduate student at the Faculty of Political Science of the St. Petersburg State University, Russia, St. Petersburg
TRANSFORMATION OF PARTY SYSTEM IN MODERN RUSSIA
This article analyses perspectives of new Russian parties development after reformation of party system in 2012. In the article new registered political parties are classified, new ways of representation are researched, as well as interaction and development prospectives of party system.
Key words: new political parties, partogenesis, political system, party reform, imitation politics.
ETHNO-POLITICS AND REGIONAL SECURITY
D.V. PERKOVA Candidate of Political Sciences head of the press center of the National Union of Political Scientists, Russia, Moscow
REGIONAL MANAGEMENT OF ETHNO-LINGUISTIC AND ETHNO-CONFESSIONAL CONFLICT IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
This article is devoted to the peculiarities of the current situation in the Russian regions in the field of ethno-linguistic and ethno-confessional relations, patterns of settlement and management of existing conflicts and contradictions.
Key words: Russian Federation, region, language policy, interconfessional relations, ethnic conflicts.
T.G. GAMMAEV Post-graduate student at the National and Federative Relations Department of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Russia, Moscow
MANAGEMENT OF ETHNO-POLITICAL PROCESSES IN THE NORTH CAUCASUS REGION IN THE CONTEXT OF CONSERVATION OF NATIONAL SECURITY
This article is devoted to the problems of tackling complex ethno-political conflicts, radical, extremist, terrorist and separatist processes in the republics of the North Caucasus, as well as their impact on political stability and national security of the Russian Federation.
Key words: North Caucasus, ethnic groups, extremism, separatism, terrorism, national security strategy, Russian Federation.
E.V. MANOUKIAN Post-graduete student at the National and Faderative Relations Department of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Russia, Mosco
DIASPORA AS GOVERNANCE STRUCTURES OF ETHNIC COMMUNITIES: REGIONAL AND STATE LEVEL
This article is devoted to the organizational functionality of institute of diaspora in the context of managing ethnic groups in the region, the state, in terms of its causes and forms of formation.
Key words: ethnicity, state, diaspora, management, region.