Local Government Reform: Processes, Problems, Paradoxes

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Analysing the processes associated with the next reform of local government, the author comes to the conclusion that attempts to implant a socio-political institute which arose in Western Europe on the Russian soil were always unsuccessful, for living thing rejects a foreign matter. Evaluating the situation of local governance author found both certain advantages and disadvantages of the provisional draft law «General principles of the organization of local self-government in the unified system of public authority», based on the results of a survey of the heads of suburban municipal district settlements author emphasizes a need for policy decision in this field and justifies the need for radical changes in the system of training for positions of authority

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Aleksandr V. Novokreshchenov

Siberian Institute of Management – branch of RANEPA

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Email: socis@isras.ru
Russian Federation, Novosibirsk

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