Izvestiya of Saratov University.
ISSN 1818-9601 (Print)
ISSN 2541-8998 (Online)


A Word to Young Politological Scientists

Problems of sovereign model of education within scholarly discourse of modern Russia

The purpose of this article is to consider positions of various authors on the most important aspects of the transition to a sovereign model of Russian education. Based on the method of discourse analysis, scientific publications of the last three years in various publications on the designated topic are considered.

State and regional security: The role of integration to ensuring security on the example of the SCO

This article examines the interdependence of state and regional security in the modern globalized world, characterized by a combination of classical realist and liberal views on international relations and the conduct of international politics. The work analyzes the role of regional cooperation for ensuring the security of the state and both the regional and global systems using the example of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and its member states: Russia, China, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan.

GR-technologies of business associations: Issues of state regulation

The issue of interaction between non-state actors and public authorities is one of the key issues in public policy studies in terms of the analysis of decision-making process, features of political communication with non-state actors, as well as the participation of civil society representatives in specialized state advisory bodies. Traditionally, business community representatives have been the most active participants in the communicative interaction with public authorities as part of the decision-making process.

Interaction of public authorities and civil society institutions in the field of patriotic education: The experience of the Nizhny Novgorod region

The research focuses on the analysis of communicative and program-oriented approaches in the fi eld of patriotic education and their practical implementation at the regional level. The purpose of this study is to determine the features and significance of patriotic education in the Nizhny Novgorod region. As part of the work, key parameters of the activities of public authorities at various levels aimed at supporting and developing patriotism both in the Russian Federation as a whole and in a particular region were identifi ed.

Main scholarly interpretations of the relationship between general civic identity of young people and national security of the Russian Federation

The purpose of this article is to consider various scholarly interpretations of the relationship between the nature of political identity of different age groups and ensuring national security in modern Russia. Based on the analysis of relevant segment of domestic scientifi c discourse, it is concluded that the problem of the relationship between general civic identity of the younger generation and ensuring national security in modern Russia is not singled out as a separate research area or a self-suffi cient scientifi c problem.

External and internal threats as a risk factor for effective political communication of local governments

The article outlines the features of political communication of local governments in the context of new information challenges and threats. The role of municipal administrations in the formation of the information fi eld is determined by the example of the Saratov region. The tasks facing the heads of local administrations in the process of information and communication support of their professional activities in social networks are analyzed. The risk factors for information support of the activities of local governments in the modern information space are identifi ed.

Features of the policy for the development of state control over pharmaceutical production in modern Russia

The article reveals the policy of development of state control over pharmaceutical production in the Russian Federation at the present stage. The author reveals the concept of control and supervisory activities and defines them as identical based on the goals set for these concepts and methods for achieving them. The principles underlying control and supervisory activities are identified, which are divided into general and special based on belonging to one or more industries.

The welfare state as a factor in reducing contradictions in the ruling elite on the example of Russia in the late XIX – early XX centuries

The article deals with the formation of the foundations of the social state in Russia at the turn of the XIX–XX centuries. At the same time, the emphasis is placed on the fact that representatives of political elite, diff ering in various ideological views and ideas about the ideal form of government, could agree on the need to expand social functions of the state.

“Change of Epochs” in German security and defense policy

The current study examines transformation of German security and defense policy after the speech of Chancellor O. Scholz in Bundestag on February 27, 2022, announcing the “Change of Epochs” – a new era in German foreign and defense policy. Germany’s security and defense policy was characterized by stability and predictability for a long time and has currently reached the stage of evolutionary transition. It is embodied in the shift in the perception of goals and objectives of Bundeswehr and in the release of the first National security strategy.

“Digital” and sovereignty in modern Russian educational policy

The article presents an analysis of the contradiction that todaycharacterizes the stateinitiative for the transition of Russian education from the Bologna format to “sovereign” and “unique” functioning. This is a contradiction between the plans for accelerated digitalization of the educational sphere and, at the same time, for it to acquire certain qualities that are unique nowhere else in the modern world.

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