Authors : Tatyana V. Tselyutina, Oksana V. Kulikova, Irina V. Semchenko, Tatyana S. Guseva, Inna V. Laukhina and Galina N. Likhosherstova
Abstract: This study deals with the assessment of the level of quality of life as a result of the activities of the municipal government. A comprehensive study of the level of municipal authority quality was carried out in the regions of the Russian Federation throughout 2014. The results led to the conclusion about current quality of the municipal authorities as partial correspondence of public demands for a decent quality of life. Analysis of the results shows that today there is a stable and mass public demand for the positive changes of the situation in the municipal structures. The list of the most urgent and pressing issues includes the problems of the material and social area, health safety, education, housing and utility services, road facilities and residential development by improving the quality of the local municipal authority institutions, enhancing the quality of both services in their respective areas and social efficiency of governance. At the present time, there is a need to do real work in all spheres of life and increase the responsibility for their implementation, overcome the isolation of the authorities from the public problems in the entire territory of the Russian Federation and in some regions in particular.
Tatyana V. Tselyutina, Oksana V. Kulikova, Irina V. Semchenko, Tatyana S. Guseva, Inna V. Laukhina and Galina N. Likhosherstova, 2015. Assessment of Changes in Quality of Life and Social Expectations from the Activities of the Municipal Authorities of Russia. The Social Sciences, 10: 2085-2088.