Ковалев Виталий Владимирович

This article interprets the results of a mass sociological survey conducted among the population of municipalities of the Republic of Crimea to determine the social viability of the Institute of city management. Social solvency is understood as the achievement of the main goals set for the Institute of city management, first of all, the involvement of professional managers to improve the indicators of socio-economic development of the territories. Three aspects are formulated as criteria for evaluation: confidence in the reform, the objectives of the reform, the expectation of the consequences of the reform. The authors came to the conclusion that the bulk of the population does not trust the reform, sees in it other goals than the legislator declares, fears the onset of negative consequences from its implementation. At the same time, active opposition to the abolition of municipal elections in Crimea should not be expected, because the most clear informative story of the reform replacing elected mayor and appointed city Manager, does not cause the active condemnation among the respondents.

This article attempts to analyze the administrative and social risks that have arisen as a result of the introduction of the Institute of city management. As a result of the study, the authors came to the conclusion that the main risks should be considered 1) fear of being disloyal to the Federal government, 2) the conflict between the administration and the representative body of local self-government, 3) the growth of corruption practices due to the loss of transparency of the process of assuming the office of the head of the municipality and 4) the inability to carry out strategic planning.

A young family in modern Russian society is exposed to numerous risks of disintegration, which are particularly strong inuence on its potential sustainability in the rst year of life. To understand the nature of these risks, according to the authors, it is possible through the analysis of quality characteristics of family as a social group, taking into account the adopted in science typologies. In this article, the basis was taken the criterion of the number of generations included in the family group, allowing you to explore the risks of nuclear and extended families, with a priority emphasis on the latter family form.