Samir GAMIDOV

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Samir Gamidov, Graduate student, the Academy of Civil Service Administration, the Executive Office of the President of the Azerbaijan Republic (Baku, Azerbaijan).

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STATE/REGIONAL GOVERNANCE: CONCEPTS, MODELS (AZERBAIJAN)

ABSTRACT

The article analyzes modern concepts of state governance and its role in social development, considers aspects of regional governance, and offers a systemic/functional model of regional governance in Azerbaijan.

Introduction

According to the majority of scenarios, the emerging trends toward “minimization of the state” and “decentralization” of state mechanisms, coupled with the formidable challenges of globalization, could plunge countries and nations into chaos. How to avoid that, and at the same time ensure the transformation of obsolete forms of state governance into new, dynamic structures? This is an extremely serious task, with scholars and politicians in different countries proposing a variety of solutions. The problem is also highly relevant for Azerbaijan since the conditions of life in the republic are directly dependent on the effectiveness of state governance and the way social and economic development problems are addressed. Society’s present needs call for new approaches toward social and economic regulation in the republic, and the prioritization of state policy to ensure successful transition to sustainable economic development. One such mechanism of………………

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