Analysis of social and economic activity by Togliatti local government in 1991–2005

Abstract

The main aim of this article is to analyze the effectiveness of the social and economic activities of the Togliatti local government in 1991–2005. To reveal this aim, author set the following tasks: 1) assessment of the external conditions and historical context that affect the work of the Togliatti local government during the study period; 2) comparison of the effectiveness of social and economic activities of various heads of the Togliatti city administration; 3) introduction of evaluation criteria for the social and economic activities of the city administration; 4) to offer a description of the activities of the Togliatti city administration in 1991–2005; 5) trace the relationship between the efficiency of the administration and the appeals of local residents. There are special historical methods: historical-systemic, problem-chronological, comparative-historical. As a source base, the author used archival data from the Togliatti’s archive, monographs, reviews, problematic articles. The relevance of this research is determined by the new formulation of the problem of local self-government and the relevance of the data obtained. Historical researches of local self-government have practical significance as a theoretical basis for the implementation of social policy of local government. Now, this problem has not yet been sufficiently developed. There are a number of unsystematized researches, who raise only an aspect of the problem and therefore require clarification and additions. The author proved the inconsistency of the social and economic activities of Togliatti city administration. During the crisis of the 1990-ies it was succeeded to avoid the problems of monotowns. In the period from 1991–2000 private enterprises more actively fulfilled their social obligations, which became possible due to external circumstances. From 2000–2005 the social and economic actions of the administration turned out to be short-sighted and even destructive for the population.