The article focuses on the issues of Russian womens participation in social and political life of the country, at every level of decision-making. Broad social support of every segment of population: civil solidarity and initiatives of all the citizens, men and women - is an essential part of...

The article says though human rights and freedoms, specified in article 2 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation do not encompass a citizens right to local governance, this right is constitutional by implication of part 2 of article 3, part 2 article 32, articles 130-133 of the...

The article is meant for both scholars, specialists in state and municipal administration and for a wide readership. The article shows how over a fairly long historical period of time the Swedish people began and have been developing their participation in the national and local decision-making...

In the article the author compares civic engagement policies of the two international financial institutions (IFIs) - the World Bank (WB) and European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) - in Russia and investigates its interrelation with the civic engagement policy of the Russian...

Recent trends in technology progress have brought significant changes not only in everyday life, but also in the sphere of regulation. The broadcasting sector is not exception. Here we can witness a wide range of technological novelties - mobile television, electronic program guide, teletext...

The article represents a short review of main approaches to the formation of legal basis and establishing the competence of the local government in Germany, from this it follows that, despite the absence of special legal regulation on the federal level, not only the right for existence is...

We present the first empirical assessment of the U.K. Labour governments program of public management reform. This reform program is based on rational planning, devolution and delegation, flexibility and incentives, and enhanced choice. Measures of these variables are tested against external and...

The paper is dedicated to the analysis of the evolution of training, re-training and internship educational programs (later called also as professional education) for civil and municipal servants in Russia. The system of education for students in area of public administration, that concentrated...

History of mankind has given convincing evidence for interaction and interdependence of property and power, economy and politics. Wealth, possession of some kind of material, financial or any other resources provides access to the power levers and they both provide access to the high status in...

India has rather a high level of cultural dynamics and scientific and technical potential. There is the broad layer of highly qualified specialists, and the authorities pay special attention to RD. The role of a state in the well-known achievements of India in the sphere of information...