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

Abstract

This article attempts to make an analysis of sociocultural preconditions for the introduction of a mechanism for electing the head of municipal education on the basis of the competitive selection procedure. The results of a mass sociological survey on mental programs and modal models of social behavior in the South of Russia were used as empirical data. As a result of the study, the authors concluded that the order of competitive selection for the appointment of the head of municipal education is determined by the sociocultural values underlying the modern Russian Mentality.