Vol. 1 No. 2 (2018)

In the article the results of expert discussion of problems of civil unity, ethnic, confessional and cultural multiplicity as values and factors of consolidation of Russian society are represented. Conclusions are made based on the recommendations of expert opinions stated during international scientific conference held in April, 2018 in South-Russia Institute of Management branch of Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration.

The main problems of introduction and development of practice of project management at the domestic enterprises in modern social and economic conditions are considered in the article. The authors analyzed the theoretical aspects and practice of project management, the formation of highly effective teams in both the commercial sector and in government. Recommendations and considerations for the organization and development of project activities at enterprises.

The article is a review of international conference ‘Innovations in Participatory Democracy’, which was held in Phoenix, Arizona on March, 8-10, 2018. The guests from USA, Taiwan, Portugal, Estonia, Canada, Scotland(UK), Bosnia and Herzegovina, Jordan, Columbia and other countries reported the examples of how participatory democracy practices are implemented worldwide: civil jury, school projects, storytelling, crowdfunding, participatory budgeting, gamification of democracy.

The article considers the basic requirements for ensuring the quality of education by passing an internal evaluation of the quality of educational programs and an external evaluation procedure that includes state accreditation, professional public accreditation and international accreditation. Attention is drawn to the advantages of public accreditation, and also touched upon the quality of education as a determining factor in the development of the education system in the country.

In article the understanding noosociety innovative culture contributing to creation and the development of new knowledge reveals. Reconstruction of production science is proved in all branches of economy and also need of creation of domestic innovative technologies for innovative development of national economy. It is claimed that only the level of innovative education of personnel a vector of formation of new economy of Russia at innovative thinking of heads of all levels of management.

The article presents an analysis of factors affecting the efficiency of the restaurant business. The problems and opportunities for improving the implementation of personnel management have been identified.

The study is aimed at establishing the acceptability of long-term career plans in planning the official growth of state and municipal employees. The purpose of the study based on the analysis of existing theories of long term career planning of officials with the use of long-term individual plans of job growth, as well as the study of the features of the organization of public service and municipal service in the Russian Federation to assess the acceptability of their use by the authorities, as well as to offer a tool for individual planning-short-term plans for professional development of employees consulting type.

Intuitive sense of bond economic and demographic indicators is characteristic for politicians, and also for scientists. The influence of demographic structure on economic and social institutions is undoubtedly. More complex character has the effect of economy on the socio-demographic processes and natural growth of the population. However, they have the correlation and functional relationships very tight, that is why theirs modeling is an important scientific task and of practical importance.

The article reflects the results of the analysis of existing views on the definition of the term "diversification". Various interpretations of economic diversification as a factor of socio-economic development of the region are presented. The main strategy of diversification is to ensure the stability of the regional economy. This is achieved through the implementation of key diversification objectives, such as job creation, reduction of production costs and the availability of the region's strategy in the medium and long term. The author notes that the social infrastructure of the region is a diversification potential of industries (education, health, social protection, culture and sport), satisfying the social needs of the population.

The article deals with the models of social policy of the state. It is emphasized that the social function of the state can be carried out in various ways, in different directions depending on the features of the historical path of the country's development, the political structure, the mentality of the population. The criteria for the classification of the social state are determined. The characteristic features of the following types of models are investigated: institutional and residual; egalitarian, roulsian and utilitarian; corporatist, paternalistic and etatist; Bismarck (continental), Beveridge (Anglo-Saxon) and Scandinavian; Monetary, paternalistic and welfare models. It is argued that the essence of modern social policy of developed states is an effectively balanced combination of market and state regulatory mechanisms. It is emphasized that the choice of the most effective social model, adaptive to the modern Russian economic realities, is especially relevant for the Russian Federation.

This article examines the factors that are global trends and having a negative impact on the financial sustainability of modern pension systems, examines the current issues of the functioning of the pension system in Russia and novels pension legislation. A set of activities aimed at improving the pension system.

The article is devoted to characteristics of audit process quality and audit evidence as factors of improving the efficiency of business processes. The main obligatory characteristics of information which the auditor collects in the course of conducting check are considered.

In the article the authors consider the mechanism of labor motivation as a factor of reducing the organizational costs of the firm. A special place in the work is devoted to the problem of opportunism of workers. As a solution of this problem, we propose reinforcement of the motivation on the value level, which determines the need to use the whole complex of instruments that increases loyalty and commitment of the staff. It is underlined the need of transformation the system of motivation in the direction of flexibility, using the integrated approach to the formation of labor remuneration, which will provide an impact on the ideological component of labor.

The 21st century is characterized by significant changes in the traditional understanding of the processes of economic relations. Innovations in global information and communication technologies have led to the creation of new global electronic environment. The digital transformation affects both the productive and social spheres including education. The article considers the features of education transformation in the period of digital economy, defines the purpose and objectives of education informatization, and highlights the main methods and technologies of education informatization. The use of innovative communications is complex, it allows students to set and define specific goals for themselves as well as to be able to change the educational trajectory.

The article provides a comparative analysis of the geopolitical positions of the USA and Russian Federation in the development of the armed conflict in Syria. Relations between countries have recently been extremely complex and characterized as the most tensive since the “cold war”. The processes are actively stimulated by the United States, the result of which is the destabilization in the Middle East region, which has begun since the "Arab spring" and continues to this day. The role of the Russian Federation in the geopolitical stabilization of the Middle East region is shown. The article concludes that, despite of the significant conceptual strategic differences between the positions of Russia and the United States in Syria, the need to counter terrorism and extremism, makes United States to look for opportunities, for dialogue and normalization of diplomatic relations, at least in the antiterrorist sphere, and can subsequently serve as one of the areas of normalization of Russian-American relations as a whole.

In the article one of the current topics of modern media space is considered eurasian integration. Forms of interaction between elites, counter-elites and the society in the process of implementing the Eurasian integration project are considered. The emphasis is placed on their political and communicative functions. The conclusion is substantiated that the media and media act as channels for broadcasting civic participation and civic expression of will, goals and ideals aimed at strengthening the Eurasian integration project, channels of feedback and influence on the elite and counter-elite.

The author substantiates the thesis about the inadequacy of the typology of negative and positive opposition of the relations of the individual to society and the state the example of the political and scientific biography of the famous philosopher P. M. Abomina-Egides. This thinker was a theorist who relied on the practice of Soviet and Russian society and his personal social practice. His socialist-self-government activities included the creation of a unique author's theoretical concept of self-government, military and camp experience, specific management of the collective farm, teaching at the University, the organization of the dissident magazine "Search", the organization of the "workers' self-government party". He was an integral opposition self-governing person, disobeying both the Soviet state and the regime of B. N. Yeltsin, and the dissident community. All this gives special importance to his dissident opposition activity, practically to all his theoretical innovations, makes them verified and evidential and deserves to be considered as a significant contribution to the world theory and practice of socialism.

The article considers the phenomenon of "fake" in political discourse and its role in shaping public opinion. The concept of the term and its meaning in contemporary media space are analyzed. The reasons for the growth of "fake" information in political discourse are given. As evidence of the assumptions made in the article, authrs provide data from foreign studies of the content of statements by political leaders of America and Europe about the amount of their use of "fake" information.

The article is devoted to the modernization of the Russian political system, which is an important topic in the context of the ongoing construction of the Russian state. Modernization can take place in different ways, including through political engineering. An example of such a design on the initiative of the government was the creation of the All-Russian people's front (ONF) as a platform for the implementation of public initiatives and the formation of civil society in the country. Priority areas of ONF work are considered on the example of the regional office in the Rostov region

International terrorism in the parameters established by the beginning of the new century has acquired a stable, long-term character. The further development of international terrorism and the degree of its public danger to humanity will most likely depend to a large extent on the preservation and negative effects of these features, as well as on the ability of the world community to minimize them. The article States that the achievement of the goals of terrorist acts is ensured through psychological influence also on persons who are not direct victims of terrorist violence. The choice of such victims is more symbolic than actual. The author defines that at present it is a question of qualitative strengthening of destructive potential of the international terrorism due primarily to mastering to some extent high technologies of mass destruction of people. It is not, of course, any accomplished from the point of view of the development of international terrorism the main objectively existing technologies such order. It is concluded that within the framework of the formation of theoretical prerequisites of the fight against international terrorism, it is important to focus on assessing the extent to which the policy and strategy of the fight against terrorism in the system of international relations are able to identify operational and strategic opportunities of terrorists.

In this article we are talking about the fact that socio-economic inequality in society is a factor contributing to inequality in health and reducing the level of social health of Russian youth. This provision is based on the concept of the mechanisms of communication between health and inequality in the social and economic situation. The socio-economic situation, the decline in the standard of living in Russian society adversely affects the social health of the younger generation of Russians. According to the socio-centrist approach, the social health of an individual, a group, is determined through its ability to meet social and economic needs and expectations. Socio-economic inequality means that young people are deprived of the opportunity to achieve their full potential for health, which hampers their access to opportunities for realizing other basic rights of the individual. Activities aimed at overcoming social and economic disparities can be a means of increasing the level of social health, as well as the revival of social cohesion.

The youth labor market is a special socio-demographic segment of the Russian economy, subject to its own patterns, due to the peculiarities of the status position and the specifics of youth. As a result of destructive tendencies in the Russian society, available human resources, including youth, are not fully utilized. The current situation of Russian youth in the labor market is estimated by experts as a crisis. Factors determining the peculiarities of the situation of Russian youth in the modern labor market are: inadequate representation of modern youth about the real situation on the labor market and employment, the preservation of social stereotypes; discrepancy of the acquired professional competencies with the requirements of the labor market; difficulties in finding a job in the specialty, dependent moods and a decline in the prestige of work; increased risk of youth unemployment. The inclusion of youth in the labor activity of Russian society is currently taking place in the conditions of the emerging labor market, and this process is extremely controversial and raises a number of problems, poses challenges for the entire system of state social services that work with youth.

The priority direction of the fight against NCD is the global implementation of the strategy of primary prevention of these diseases. Education of the population is an important medico-social task of this strategy. However, in order to maintain the validity principle in the proposed specific methods for raising awareness, a differentiated approach is needed to assess the existing level of knowledge, to clearly formulate the goal and objectives. The study included residents of Rostov-on-Don who did not have a profile medical education. With the help of a specially developed evaluation system, the level of public awareness of NCDs, adherence to prevention and treatment was revealed. The obtained data made it possible to draw conclusions on priority directions in educating the population about the methods of implementing the global NCD prevention strategy.

Presented article decsribes sociological aspect of the corporate culture's analysis within young students' environment.The autors of the article uderline that there is a social cultural potential in the strengthening of the corpotate consciousness as a factor of increasing effectivity of high education within educational sphere of High school.

The article deals with the formation and development of urban festive tradition in Latin America (mainly carnival) in the context of the most important characteristics of society and civilizational specificity of the region. The peculiarities of the carnival as a ritual action, its structure, semantics of its elements and symbols are considered. The analysis of the formation of the carnival in its modern form.

Modern approaches to effective management of urban agglomeration transport flows are considered in the article, recommendations for further improvement of traffic distribution on the basis of intelligent transport systems and improvement of the ecological situation through zoning are given in the example of Krasnodarskiy Region.

The article deals with the problem of personnel potential, formed in recent years in the regions and municipalities of the Russian Federation, in particular in the Bekovsky district of the Penza region. The cause of labor migration to major cities and the emergence of unemployment at the municipal level is revealed. An analysis of the demographic situation in the Bekovsky district and a forecast of its condition are carried out. Prospective directions of development of agricultural branch in the conditions of reduction of number of able-bodied population are revealed. Proposed and justified projects, the implementation of which will help to consolidate specialists in the countryside and improve the standard of living of the population, as well as bring revenue to the local budget.

In recent years, Russia has seen an active process of forming a single-level system of local self-government in the territory of the country. Instead of municipal districts, rural settlements, formed a single urban district. Pioneers in this process is the government of the Moscow region.

In this article, the authors talk about the problem of non-participation in the Russian state, the passivity of young people in political life, and indifference to social problems. However, the request for participation in social and political life from youth is present, as evidenced by various empirical studies at the regional level. One of the most visible and effective mechanisms for realizing the potential of Russian youth's participation in social and political life is the youth parliaments created in the regions. The Youth Parliament is a form of youth self-government that assumes the active participation of young Russians in the preparation, adoption and implementation of managerial decisions related to its socially healthy livelihoods. In this article, within the framework of the implementation of the state youth policy, the positive experience of the Public Youth Parliament under the Samara Provincial Duma is noted. The authors show that the youth parliament provides broad opportunities for young people to realize their potential in social and political activities.

Following up how the procedures of initiative (participatory) budgeting in the format of the Local Initiatives Support Program determine the social project of participatory budgeting the project of social co-organization and the development of a common position on the direction of budget expenditures. As the main elements are highlighted: competitive nature, co-financing of the citizens, the criteria and points for co-organization, the construction of its own organizational project by each settlement. Understanding of constructive elements of the social project is important for developing new formats of participatory budgeting.

The purpose of this work is to identify the prerequisites and prospects for the development of marketing of healthcare organizations in modern Russia. To identify the prerequisites for the development of marketing of healthcare organizations in modern Russia, this paper uses the method of statistical information analysis (trend analysis method) and the method of logical analysis. The information and analytical basis for the study was the materials of the latest studies conducted and presented on the official website of the Federal state statistics service (Rosstat) for 2017. in dynamics for 25 years. As a result of the study, the author concludes that for the successful modernization of health care in modern Russia it is necessary to develop the marketing of organizations working in this field. The author conducted a comparative analysis of the activities of public health organizations in the absence and in the presence of the need for marketing and proposed a promising model of marketing of public health organizations in modern Russia.

The article is devoted to the actual problem of availability of microfinance in the conditions of economic instability typical for Russia. The current state of this sector of the economy is analyzed. At the moment, the domestic economy needs to improve the availability of financial services. On the basis of the analysis, it is concluded that there is a need for microfinance and microcredit organizations, but taking into account their main objectives: poverty alleviation and financing of start-up entrepreneurs.

The purpose of article is the research of structural and institutional parameters of reproduction of collectivist and individualistic values in the vital strategy of Russians. The author of article recognizes that in formation of vital strategy of Russians the vital purposes which are implemented in the context of assessment of chances, a corridor of opportunities and models of success and usefulness are priority. According to the author's position, social inequalities and the weak institutional environment exert the blocking impact on valuable set of Russians that is resulted in symbolism of collectivist values and an instrumentalization of individualistic values.

At present, the role of science and technology in the development of any state is changing. Science is one of the most important national resources, the basis of the country's technological development and economic growth. Today, in the world markets of goods and services, in determining the competitiveness of its participants, the emphasis is not on the ability to conduct research and development work and develop new technologies and products, but on the ability to rapidly commercialize the results obtained, as well as on their practical use in production. That is why the development of science and technology remains a national task, ensuring economic and technological sovereignty, competitiveness of the economy and protection of national interests of our country.

Article is devoted to relevant methods of the predicative analysis of bankruptcy of the organizations within creation of expected and functional system. Key instruments of carrying out the analysis and implementation of the forecast of economic entities whose activity is close to bankruptcy are considered. In the conclusion the conclusion is drawn on conditions of development and applicability of modern techniques of predicting of bankruptcy.

In the article modernization processes in the sphere of higher education in our state was discussed. Author concentrated her attention on the connection of such modernization and global processes. Author made her conclusion that Bolognia system can be transformed.

Comparative characteristics of the formation of motivation of students of dental and medical faculties at the stage of initial stage of professional development. Monopoly mechanism of admission of applicants to medical school in the form of Unified state examination is often the cause of erroneous choice of profession and the formation of a crisis professional development specialist. The modern model of production of educational services in a medical University needs to create a system of sociological support of formation of professional competence of future doctors. An analysis of selected aspects of the choice of the medical profession.

The article is devoted to the problem of the formation of the ideology of the Russian state as a strategic plan for the development of the country, reflecting the interests of all Slow society. A strategic development plan on a state scale should be a Formula in its development concept the ideology of the state. There is a need for terminology differences in scientific and public discourse panties "ideology of the state "from" state ideology " as a bezel, which is prohibited by the Constitution.

Article is devoted to the analysis of introduction of technologies of project management in public sector of foreign countries (Great Britain, Malaysia, Japan, the USA and Norway). As a result, the author focuses attention to relevance of introduction of the principles of project management in state bodies in the Russian Federation.

The progress of modern armed forces (AF) increases demand for skilled and qualified army personnel, and especially commissioned officers. Although military academies are the core of higher military education, the role of civil educational organizations increases. In Russia, military training in civil universities is currently proposed by recently created Military Training Centers (MTC), which gradually substitute military departments. Graduates of MTC pass through more intense training and are obligated to serve in AF for three years. The closest analog of MTC in foreign countries with strong AF is Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) in USA and some other countries. The article analyzed current state of ROTС and its contribution to U.S. military personnel. More than one thousand U.S. colleges and universities offer ROTC programs. ROTC is one of the most important sources of commission for U.S. AF, which accounts for approximately one third of new commissioned officers. ROTC’s share is the largest in Army and Air Force. Both scholarship and non-scholarship ROTC programs exist and contribute to AF, although Air Force is more popular for non-scholarship programs. ROTC students are obligated to serve 3 to 5 years depending on a program; a branch-to-serve program in Army ROTC allows the choice of a more preferred branch in exchange for additional years of serve. Unlike MTC, ROTC system proposes a more intense military training, is more large-scale and flexible, allowing alternative careers and life-courses for students. Due to high independence of colleges and universities, ROTCs became an alternative channel of social mobility in the military. A combination of collaborative and competitive relations between higher education system and the Department of Defense provides favorable conditions for commissioned officers development

In the context of economic uncertainty and risk for non-profit organizations, the content of anti-crisis development strategies and mechanisms for their implementation, which would take into account the peculiarities of their functioning, as well as the interests of all stakeholders, are becoming increasingly important. The article reveals the sequence and content of the process of development and implementation of anti-crisis development strategies of non-profit organizations, offers their options to ensure the stable and effective functioning of economic entities that play an important role in the positive change in public life, the formation of civil society.