State and Local Public Self-Government: How Can One Ensure а New Level of Interaction?

Abstract

Serious problems which occurred in setting the strategic planning system and the difficulties in the implementation of national projects and in the achievement of national goals, make us think how effective the functioning of the “vertical” of public power in the Russian Federation is, and in particular, how closely its state and municipal components interact. In this context a lot of scientific papers appeared which carried the idea that due to a number of reasons, both of legal and economic nature, there is still no sufficient close interaction of state and municipal administrative bodies. The paper shows that the absence of such clear interaction leads to inadequate efficiency in the use of target and project methods of solving key problems, appearing in the regions of the country and in particular, municipalities. The article analyses the reasons for such a situation, which are connected with the gaps in legislative regulation, especially in part, which is connected with the positioning of local public self-government in the “vertical of executive power”, specifying their powers, their economic basis, as well as the regulation frames and control by government authorities. The purpose of the article is to identify the new principles and mechanisms of interaction of the state and local public self-government, which at present must be written into fundamental laws of this direction of government policy. The novelty of this task is determined by the fact that almost for the first time the range of issues is analyzed on a “crossing” of such novelties as amendments to the Constitution of the Russian Federation, transfer to the system of strategic planning and an increased emphasis on the strengthening of civil society foundations in local self-government.