Management of the territorial structure of municipalities in the Russian Federation: problems and prospects
Тhe article identifies the main problems in the field of the territorial structure of municipalities and the organization of management at the municipal level in the Russian Federation. Based on the analysis of statistical data and various scientific points of view, the authors shows the existing difficulties and problems in the implementation of management functions between federal and regional centers and municipalities. The article presents the author’s approaches to the search for tools for the formation of an optimal model of management of the territorial structure of municipalities in Russia in modern conditions. To implement these approaches, the authors identified a number of tasks, which include: conducting a systematic analysis of the organizational, legal and economic aspects of territorial management of municipalities in the Russian Federation, determining the role of the municipal level and its place in managing the territorial structure of the country, identifying the main reserves for improving the organization of the territorial structure, substantiation of the need to develop an optimal model of management of the territorial structure of municipalities in domestic conditions and the development of its content. The authors concludes that the review of the problem of managing the territorial structure of municipalities in the Russian Federation should be considered as a prerequisite for the formation of a new conceptual approach to optimize management at the municipal level in order to overcome the socio-economic differentiation of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation in the context of the ongoing political and social transformation. -economic systems in our country.