№ 4 (38), 2024
Scientific Journal “Regional and municipal governance: politics, economics and law”. Volume 11, Issue 4 (38), 2024
CONTENTS
POLITICAL HISTORY
- Slizovsky D.E. Empires – the Beginning or the "End of History"? (Review of Contemporary Researches and Narratives). Part I
- Medvedev N.P. Political History of the 90s: Reform of the State Structure of Modern Russia. Part II
POLITICAL ISSUES
- Kornuta I.V., Asonov N.V. The Masonic Organization "Nxivm" as a Hidden Actor of Political Relations
REGULATION OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC ISSUES
- Ayupova Z.K., Kussainov D.U. The Role and Place of the Legal System in the Implementation of Reforms in the Social Spherem
- Medvedev V.N. The Current State of Legal Regulation of Construction Control in the Russian Federation
REVIEWS
- Amiantov A.A., Slizovskiy D.E. The Soviet Experience of Youth Tourism: Theoretical Abstractions (Based on the Latest Research)
POLITICAL HISTORY
DOI 10.35775/PSI.2024.38.4.001
D.E. SLIZOVSKY Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor RUDN University named after P. Lumumba, Moscow, Russia
EMPIRES – THE BEGINNING OR THE "END OF HISTORY"? (REVIEW OF CONTEMPORARY RESEARCHES AND NARRATIVES). PART I
The article is an analytical review of the latest Russian studies of the concept of "empire" and its real forms and types, constructed by the imperial power over a thousand years. Of particular interest is the attempt at a comparative-intersecting analysis, on the one hand, of the theoretical abstractions of the idea and concept of "empire", on the other – the policy of their refraction in the political decisions of the party-Soviet center in 1989-1991 to preserve the Soviet Union and itself, but which turned out to be a failure, a mistake. The ideologists, developers and executors of such a policy turned out to be not at the height of theoretical abilities and practical experience to understand the meaning and value of the imperial essence of the country, state and power. The following conclusions from our analysis may be unexpected, not indisputable, polemical, but therefore valuable: a) The Russian Federation can and should be predominantly an empire, an empire of leadership influence. In theory, this is an abnormal normality or a paradox of essences; b) The historical and political reality of the thousand-year development of Rus-Russia, the heir of which is the Russian Federation, give examples of the birth, rebirth and revival of the imperial essence of the country, state, institutions, culture, power relations between the imperial center and its periphery inside and outside the imperial spatial area. Commitment to, consideration of such a guideline and following it in the policy of relations between the power of the center and the periphery can be considered correct, honest and the most realistic. The question remains open: is imperial Russia ready and able to be a leading empire and a leader, an institution guaranteeing the representation and provision of national interests within the country and have the confidence to become a defender of security abroad?
Key words: empire, Russian empire, empires and nationalism, multinationality, national minorities, Soviet autonomies, USSR, national republics, Russian Federation.
DOI 10.35775/PSI.2024.38.4.002
N.P. MEDVEDEV Doctor of Political Sciences, Professor, Chairman of the Commission of the Supreme Council of the Russian Federation on National-State Structure and Interethnic Relations, People's Deputy of Russia (1990-1993), Moscow, Russia
POLITICAL HISTORY OF THE 90S: REFORM OF THE STATE STRUCTURE OF MODERN RUSSIA. PART II
The article analyzes the controversial issues of reforming the state structure of Russia in the 90s of the last century. Based on his memoirs and materials of his monographic research of 1993-1995, the author makes an attempt to scientifically analyze the political consequences of state decisions made in those years. Particular attention in the publication is paid to the problems of the "parade of sovereignties" of the former autonomous republics and autonomous regions of Russia. The sources of the collapse of the Union of the USSR are studied.
Key words: state structure, Russian Federation, Federal Treaty, national relations, political reforms of the 90s, Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR, Supreme Soviet of the USSR, "parade of sovereignties", collapse of the USSR.
POLITICAL ISSUES
DOI 10.35775/PSI.2024.38.4.003
I.V. KORNUTA PhD Student at the Department of Political Science of Institute of History and Policy of Moscow State Pedagogical University, Moscow, Russia
N.V. ASONOV Doctor of Political Sciences, Professor at the Department of Political Science of Institute of History and Policy of Moscow State Pedagogical University, Moscow, Russia
THE MASONIC ORGANIZATION "NXIVM" AS A HIDDEN ACTOR OF POLITICAL RELATIONS
The article analyzes the Masonic cult of "NXIVM" and the range of political technologies used by it. The genesis of the organization, which, according to the author, is only a link in a larger network of Masonic organizations in the United States, is an interesting object for research within the framework of the genesis of the deep state. Thus, on the example of "NXIVM" it is proposed to consider the political interests of the hidden actors of the political relations, whose views are usually obscured in a declarative form. And also to trace the specifics of the life cycle of such organizations as a phenomenon of the socio-political environment.
Key words: NXIVM, Deep State, cult, freemasonry, politics, power, political technologies.
REGULATION OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC ISSUES
DOI 10.35775/PSI.2024.38.4.004
Z.K. AYUPOVA Doctor of Law, Professor of Law, Chair of “Law” of Kazakh National Agrarian Research University, Almaty, Kazakhstan
D.U. KUSSAINOV Doctor of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy, Chair of “Politology and social- philosophical disciplines” of Kazakh National Pedagogical University named after Abai, Almaty, Kazakhstan
THE ROLE AND PLACE OF THE LEGAL SYSTEM IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF REFORMS IN THE SOCIAL SPHEREM
Kazakhstan has been declared a social state. In article 1 of the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan, this provision is enshrined along with the statements of our state itself – democratic, secular and legal, “the highest values of which are man, his life, rights and freedoms”. In our opinion, one can see a lot of tautological things in these characteristics, because a state governed by the law-abiding state cannot be anti-democratic or anti-social, if one does not lose sight of the fact that law is much higher than law, that law is, first of all, a natural law, based on the principles of justice and, in general, universal norms of morality. But such repetitions in the text of the Basic Law, apparently, are justified in our conditions of a post-totalitarian state, distorted ideas about law, low legal culture, lack of unified systems of legislation, legal system, organically included in the entire social system and interacting with all its systems (subsystems) – social (ethnic, class etc.), spiritual, cultural, economic and political-state.
Key words: social sphere, social state, hearing state, social legislation, social law, market mechanisms, socially oriented legislation, equality democracy, inter-organizational phenomenon, consumer society.
DOI 10.35775/PSI.2024.38.4.005
V.N. MEDVEDEV Candidate of Law, Associate Professor, Associate Professor of the Department of Public Law Disciplines IGSU RANEPA under the President of the Russian Federation Deputy Director of the Federal Autonomous Institution "Federal Center for Standardization, Standardization and Technical Conformity Assessment in Construction" of the Ministry of Construction of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia
THE CURRENT STATE OF LEGAL REGULATION OF CONSTRUCTION CONTROL IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
The article is devoted to aspects of the legal regulation of construction control. The author analyzes the current and new regulatory legal acts adopted in the development of the provisions of art. 53 of the Urban Planning Code on construction control. The problems and prospects of further legal regulation are highlighted separately, in particular on the example of the new territories of the Russian Federation.
Key words: technical regulation, construction, law, buildings, structures, methods, justification, tests, modeling, documents, standardization.
REVIEWS
DOI 10.35775/PSI.2024.38.4.006
A.A. AMIANTOV Candidate of Political Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of State and Municipal Administration of the P. Lumumba RUDN University, Assistant to the Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Youth Policy, Moscow, Russia
D.E. SLIZOVSKIY Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor P. Lumumba Rudn University, Moscow, Russia
THE SOVIET EXPERIENCE OF YOUTH TOURISM: THEORETICAL ABSTRACTIONS (BASED ON THE LATEST RESEARCH)
Based on a critical analysis of the materials of the latest domestic and foreign scientific publications, including in the study the memoirs of one of the leaders and organizers of the regional tourist bureau "Sputnik", the article shows the living history, experience of the formation and development of youth tourism in the USSR in the 50-80 years the twentieth century. The results of the study, firstly, "break" the prevailing erroneous opinions on two points: a) that after the Second World War, only developed Western countries and their governments, in order to prevent the threat of being drawn into a new war, embarked on the path of youth tourism as a special type and specific policy of developing the horizons of youth, enriching their knowledge with culture and the way of life of other nations. The Soviet Union was excluded from this history of youth tourism, or its practice was interpreted only from the point of view of ideological postulates; b) we are talking about the distinctive principles and features of youth tourism in whatever form it appears between what the countries of the capitalist (imperialist bloc, calling themselves democratic, whose economies were market-based) and the model of youth tourism in the USSR and the countries of popular democracy represented. Secondly, the institutionalization and base of youth tourism in the USSR in the post-war period was created. It was not much inferior to the same base in other countries. The geography and volume of inbound and outbound tourism, hospitality techniques and display facilities are realistic in this regard. The truth is that in Soviet youth tourism, in the countries discovered by Soviet youth abroad, it was already possible to detect signs of indecision, boyishness, carelessness, but not an ounce of indifference. The truth is that in Soviet youth tourism, in the countries discovered by Soviet youth abroad, it was already possible to detect signs of indecision, boyishness, carelessness, but not an ounce of indifference. Yes, there were no fanatical adherents of socialist discipline in the shadowy elements of youth tourism, but the bearers of such a model of behavior were constantly at odds with themselves. Another pattern of behavior and worldview was obvious to the youth of other countries. What is this model of attitudes? The view of young foreigners on Soviet reality is two halves of entities that do not fit together, unable to recognize the Russian spirit, immoderate and unshakeable in its excess.
Key words: youth, Soviet youth, youth tourism, tourism in the USSR.