THE RESEARCH OF THE SOCIAL ORIENTATION OF INVESTMENT ACTIVITY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN MUNICIPAL UNION TERRITORY

• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Science and Innovation Center Publishing House 2012-03-01
• Series: Sovremennye Issledovaniâ Socialʹnyh Problem

The investment policy of authorities of any level should promote the social consent, develop and strengthen mutual trust of all sectors of a society - the authorities, business, noncommercial sector that is ordinary citizens. The purpose, the sociological researches described in given article, studying of the relation of inhabitants to investment processes and an estimation of a social orientation of an investment policy in municipal union territory was. For this purpose have been used not only traditional methods of sociological researches (questioning, interview), but also other, rather new tool of sociological research, the analysis of references of citizens. As object of research the typical municipal union - Lyskovsky municipal area of the Nizhniy Novgorod region is chosen. Results of researches have shown that the population of territory of municipal union, rather conditionally participates in decision-making and practically can't affect that the investor put means in the decision of the problems most sharply endured by people, living in municipal area. Thus, the problems connected with investment activity of local governments and the regional power, have chronic character and don't dare for years. Research materials can be of interest for experts in the field of the state and municipal management.