Political preconditions for the institutionalization of “city management” into the system of Russian municipal government

Abstract

This article attempts to analyze the political prerequisites for institutionalizing the mechanism for electing the head of a municipality based on a competitive selection process. The relevance of this issue is due to the fact that this model of assuming the post of head of a municipality ceases to be one of the legally defined options, turning into a mandatory political and administrative order by virtue of imperative initiatives of the authorities. As a result of the study, the authors came to the conclusion that the institution of competitive selection for appointment to the post of head of the municipality is determined by the historical political traditions of government in Russia.