Article about system essence of social contradictions between a society and the power inevitably arising at level of municipal management. On the basis of V. Pareto heritage and the theory of self-organising of I. Prigozhin the author analyzes deep problems of formation of a civil society in Russia.

Article about alternative interpretations of the concept of "competition" as the adaptive behavior of market participants. The author substantiates the thesis of the identity of market adaptation and market competition rather than rivalry.