THE STATE, REGIONS AND THE POPULATION

Abstract

In recent years have been issued many publications devoted to the analysis of state administration problems. Among them a special place belongs to the work by V.A. Ilyin «Efficiency of the state administration: the point of view of the Editor-in-Chief». This work deals with specific problems and methods of research. Of particular interest is the author’s view on the stage character in the development of the Russian statehood, on the nature of national identity. The paper considers the key problems, put by Ilyin, provides the critical analysis of the most controversial provisions; contains an attempt to estimate the content of the monograph from the point of view of its contribution to the theory of public administration.