Узунов Владимир Владимирович

The innovative development of Russian regions, assessed as ineffective, is determined by many factors that determine the many positions regarding the options and prospects for the innovation trajectory of Russia and its regions. These options indicate a further inertial trajectory as the most likely in the trajectory of the innovation strategy of the Russian regions, however. In most cases, the negative scenario of the development of Russian society is associated with it, and the search for ways and prospects for the implementation of other scenarios that can lead the country's regions to a truly innovative development strategy implies a more efficient application of the scenario approach in the practice of regional management.

The article on the materials of the South of Russia attempts to identify the relevance of the Soviet experience in management practices of today. Based on the results of sociological research, the authors conclude that the practices of the Soviet model of governance based on paternalism, state control over the economy and collectivism are in demand by the population, and the mass consciousness is still rooted in the view that the welfare of the citizen is the duty of the state. This is one of possible explanations of the fact that the administrative practices in the context of the Russian modernization connected with creation of conditions for development of a personal initiative and independent increase in the standard of living often do not find broad support among the population.