No 1 (2014)

This article based on the classification of the social state model analyzes the problems of the emerging Russian social model. Revealed ancestral ties to the Soviet social model and disadvantages brought about by the post-Soviet period. Solutions to the most important problems are offered.

This article analyses Russian and foreign trends in the interaction of authorities and entrepreneurial structures in the formation and realization of socio-economic projects and programs. In accordance with the priorities of the long-term development of Russia there is a new and important direction of socialization of the economy, the statement of priority of social values, the combination of economic and social efficiency. In this context, social innovation plays a critical part in helping to raise the standard and quality of life. In this paper the author made an attempt to identify important current trends in the field of social innovation, including: emergence of a new class of entrepreneurs (social entrepreneurs), development of venture philanthropy, transition from a public-private partnership to public social private partnership, development of GR mechanism (government relations), etc.

In the report topical issues of application of innovative educational technologies in educational activity of higher education institution are considered. Taking the Moscow state industrial university as an example it is shown that technologies of co-operative and distance learning can be considered as modern, innovative technologies.

The article deals with the practice of macroeconomic policy in the Arab oil-exporting states which implement strategy of large-scale economic modernization. Reality of transitional economy demands specific forms of state-private partnership to achieve significant socio-economic results. The Arab oil-exporting states experience of economic modernization proves that management of national market can’t be effective without consolidated sectors with state participation.

Traditional theories of the “state” in public administration theory focus on the governmental apparatus. However, over the last 40 years several forces, such as the rise of neo-liberalism, the dismantling of communist regimes, and the global economic crisis of 2008 have forced a redefinition of the state and challenge contemporary public administration theory. This paper does two things. First, it describes and examines how the rise of neo-liberalism and the fall of communism have produced a crisis in public administration theory through a redefinition of the boundaries between traditional governmental and non-governmental activities. Second, the paper will examine what impact globalization and the economic crisis of 2008 has had on public administration theory and practice. The conclusion will be that contemporary public administration theory is in need of a new theory of the state to reflect the changing political economic order that emerged after the economic crisis of 2008.