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Since 1989 Panorama of Russia has specialized in academic and reference publications from the Russian Federation and the Commonwealth of Independent States.
Ed. by V.V. Fedorov
Moscow: VTsIOM, Algoritm, 2009 192 p Hardcover. 13 x 20 cm ISBN: 9785926507123 Language: Russian
Local self-government is a topic that is still rather a dream than a reality in the current "vertical of power". This book is a collected monograph by scholars from the Russian opinion research center VTsIOM, and based on their survey (1,600 respondents in 42 regions of Russia). Contents: Local self-governing as a social institution; Estimate of local authorities by population; Local authorities in the search for optimal structural organization; Municipal power: From self-governance to self-defense; Personnel of local organs of self-government. Appendix includes data and the questionnaire of the survey.