<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The study focuses on the Russian practice of institutionalizing non-governmental social-service providers. The paper discusses the arrangements for the transfer of governmental social services under the terms of budget financing to commercial and non-profit organizations. The authors proceed from the fact that although there are uniform institutional conditions for the formation of the non-governmental sector in the field of social services, established by the federal center, most of the rules and procedures which determine the implementation of this process are defined on the level of the constituent subjects of the Russian Federation. The paper explores the practices of three regions: Perm, the Republic of Bashkortostan and Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug-Ugra. These regions are recognized as the leaders in the process of diversification of social services. The analysis made it possible to identify the general and the particular in the regional processes of the transfer of social services to the non-governmental sector.</p></abstract>

The study focuses on the Russian practice of institutionalizing non-governmental social-service providers. The paper discusses the arrangements for the transfer of governmental social services under the terms of budget financing to commercial and non-profit organizations. The authors proceed from the fact that although there are uniform institutional conditions for the formation of the non-governmental sector in the field of social services, established by the federal center, most of the rules and procedures which determine the implementation of this process are defined on the level of the constituent subjects of the Russian Federation. The paper explores the practices of three regions: Perm, the Republic of Bashkortostan and Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug-Ugra. These regions are recognized as the leaders in the process of diversification of social services. The analysis made it possible to identify the general and the particular in the regional processes of the transfer of social services to the non-governmental sector.

Arrangements for the Transfer of Social-Services Delivery to Non-Governmental Providers (Regional Practices, Russia)

Department of Public Administration, Institute of State and Law

NISPAcee Journal of Public Administration and Policy

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The study focuses on the Russian practice of institutionalizing non-governmental social-service providers. The paper discusses the arrangements for the...

Arrangements for the Transfer of Social-Services Delivery to Non-Governmental Providers (Regional Practices, Russia)

Publié en ligne: 11 déc. 2019

Pages: 251 - 274

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/nispa-2019-0022

Mots clés
public services, social services, non-governmental social-service providers, nonprofit organizations, NPOs, social-service subsidies, public procurement of social services

© 2019 Galina Zabolotnaya et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Arrangements for the Transfer of Social-Services Delivery to Non-Governmental Providers (Regional Practices, Russia)

Publié en ligne: 11 déc. 2019

Pages: 251 - 274

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/nispa-2019-0022

Mots cléspublic services, social services, non-governmental social-service providers, nonprofit organizations, NPOs, social-service subsidies, public procurement of social services

© 2019 Galina Zabolotnaya et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Mots clés
public services, social services, non-governmental social-service providers, nonprofit organizations, NPOs, social-service subsidies, public procurement of social services