No 2 (2010)

The article is dedicated to the actual and underdeveloped problem of defining «extreme politics». The authors suppose that «extreme politics» is a special kind of human activities. Extreme politics is defined by the authors as an activity conducted for power in extreme conditions (situations) tied with insufficiency of different resources, lack of time for analysis and long-term prognosis of political situation and political decision-making, deficit of actual information and its free circulation, dominance of authoritative leaders-competitors.

In the article the author explores the manifestation of geopolitics in the civilizational theories, how this part of political science has an impact on the interaction of peoples and nations in terms of civilizations' development. It is likelihood, that the tendency of justification of the peaceful alternatives is developing in geopolitics to resolve the contentious issues. The present situation changes the assessment of both: the fundamental basis of this science and its future perspective. Probably the relevant fields of knowledge such as history, religious studies, philosophy will be under the influence of those peacekeeping trends, too.

The article analyses the origin and current role of interreligious dialog in modern politics. Special attention is paid to different forms of interreligious dialog, milestones of acknowledgement of its significance in politics and connection of communicative function of religion with dialog.

In the given article are considered the problems of formation of system of values and priorities in development of a society considering it's historical and ethnosocial features. In the article is shown the role of civil society, as a system of the solidary associations representing interests of citizens before a society and the state and providing realization of humanistic tendencies in spiritual, social and political spheres of public life. The author also analyzes the role of non-governmental organizations as the powerful consolidating factor of society's life, shows possible ways of realization of steady and harmonious development of society in the countries focused on democratic transit.

In the given article is considered the current state of informational structures of the authority of regions of the Russian Federation. The author considers Kemerovo region as a case study. This region is representative because nowadays regional authority there became a monolith headed by the governor and its informational departments serve to high ranked officials.

The article deals with the problems of development of modern Russian cities. In particular the author mentions questions of formation of positive image of the modern city. The article contains variety of the external factors interfering formation of effective system of municipal management. In the article is carried out the detailed analysis and is also made recommendations about modernization of municipal management for the purpose of formation of positive city image.