Kostin V.A.

Purpose. Analysis of the role and specific goals of the state in the context of strategic management. Methodology and methods. On the basis of socio-managerial and market-strategic approaches to public administration the authors carried out a comparative and a retrospective analysis of the foundations of strategic management by the state. Results and scientific novelty. The article defines the concept of market-strategic management, the implementation of which is based on a partnership between the state and market actors in the field of strategic management; the role of the state in this interaction which is to optimize the total strategy of business entities is substantiated; difference between the mobilization and the market-strategic concepts is provided; the specific content of public policies in the field of economy, their quantitative and qualitative forms are examined; specific and functional objectives of public policies are considered.

Purpose. The article is devoted to sociological analysis of the essence of civil control, its role in modern society. Methods. In the theoretical analysis, study of social environment of modern Russia the authors identified essential differences in identification of public and civil control from the point of view of sociological knowledge. Scientific novelty and results. The authors analyzed the functions of organizations, which activity character is identified as public or civil, carried out their systematization. The authors propose a system of empirical sociological indicators for further study of civil control within the framework of sociology of management.