This article focuses on one of the most important principles of government centralization and decentralization. This principle is reflected in the organization and functioning of political, territorial and resource characteristics of the state. The analysis of the trends and criteria for the...

Small towns in Russia are a very special structure of state and public life organizationally, legally, socially and culturally. They have their own specific mode of economy and plans for development. As practice shows, small towns in Russia have a lot of unsolved problems. Analysis of the...

The purpose of the present research is to study and generalize practice of the public financial control (PFC) in countries with more developed economies. The study presented is empirical. Its information base is: analytical materials of the higher public audit institutions of developed...

This article gives an analysis of the processes of public participation in the formulation of strategies in various state systems. A key focus will be given to the comparison of several countries to assess their positions on: a) the composition of actors involved in the formulation of...

The regulatory impact assessment is considered as an instrument for grounding the states optimal presence in economy and for checking the presence of any administrative barriers. The RIA was developed in response to the growing value and complexity of the state regulation. Demand for RIA as a...

Over the past few decades OECD countries have made significant efforts to introduce performance management principles in public administration context so as to promote increasing government efficiency and effectiveness in response to growing public demands and existing fiscal constraints. Recent...

The article deals with an approach which is quite new for public administrationresearch, that of psychological analysis of public administration institutions,using the concept of social identity. Th e article focuses on the development of theapproach in psychology, and its applicability for...

The article is devoted to the formation of a human resources policy in the public administration: trends of its development, problems and principles of its implementation. Th e article focuses on the formation of the civic and professional identity in public service workers. Experience of...

Under the norms of the Forest Code in its new edition the Subjects of the Federation are provided with the most important powers of managing the development of forests. To make forests management more eff ective, it is necessary that a big volume of forest be rented at a higher price annually,...

Globally performance management in the public sector appears to have gone out of fashion. Major performance management initiatives, introduced with fanfare, have come under fierce criticism. At the same time, the Russian government comes up enthusiastic with performance measures and indicators....