CORRUPTION AS A SOCIAL AND POLITICAL PHENOMENON AND AN OBJECT OF RESEARCH

Theoretical and methodological problems of corruption in the area of state management are considered in the given paper. The wording of the object and that of the study is presented hereinafter. Socioeconomic, political, ideological and moral premises of corruption stability as a sociopolitical phenomenon, areas and forms of its occurrence are revealed. Special attention is paid to the study of this phenomenon in the context of modernization of the present day Russian society. The opportunities of corruption modeling based on the generalization of the international experience of activities aimed against corruption are considered too. The main activity trends of government agencies and state institutions aimed at the reduction and eradication of the reasons that cause corruption are justified.