ADMINISTRATIVE AND TERRITORIAL REFORM: ETHNIC CONTEXT OF STATE AND MUNICIPAL ADMINISTRATION (on the example of the Udmurt Republic)

Abstract

The infl uence of the ethnic context on state and municipal administration is considered (on the example of the Udmurt Republic). The leading ethnic connection is highlighted as the basis for the formation of an ethnos. The defi nition of ethnic identity is proposed. It is established that power and ethnicity are a synergistic eff ect of the evolution of the social system. The basic and optional attributes of the ethnic system are highlighted. A coherent model of the ethnos is proposed. The model of openness/closeness of the ethnic system is constructed. A simplifi ed scheme of equal interaction between ethnic groups and the state is considered. A simplifi ed scheme of unequal interaction of ethnic groups and the state is considered. The infl uence of communication accessibility on the formation of an ethnic group is shown. The possibility of changing the leading link of the social system from the leading ethnic link eff ective in the industrial era to another leading link in the post-industrial era due to the expansion of communication accessibility is shown. The relations of an ethnically defi ned territory and the administrative territory of an ethnos are considered. Assimilation and de-assimilation ethnic processes are highlighted. The concept of ethnicocenosis is proposed. The necessity of research and development of an integral criterion for the dominance of an ethnic group is revealed. The analysis of the regional national composition of the Udmurt Republic is carried out. It is established that the ethnic aspect of public administration is the level of municipal administration, and the constitutionally fi xed inequality of ethnic groups by territorial entities, which must be eliminated, is revealed. The author shows the constitutionally fi xed primacy of the Udmurt ethnic group in the Constitution of the Udmurt Republic, which may be a prerequisite for discrimination of other ethnic groups living on the territory of Udmurtia, which must be eliminated. It is recommended to transfer the national issue from the political and economic plane to the cultural one, especially since there are legal grounds.