Annotation: The ways to support development of cooperation in agrarian sector have been determined; the relevant practical recommendations to advance state agrarian policy have been provided.

Key words: agrarian policy, agrarian state, agricultural cooperation.

Summaru: The article is devoted to the issues of mass communication functioning and its influence on social management systems. Close attention is paid to mass communication characteristic as an information reflection in society. An author makes a conclusion that mass communication has an influence on management system in case of general people’s activity directed on specific results achievement.

Keywords: mass communication, management system, information, society.

Summary: The article studies result-based management as the key concept for development and implementation of a modern sociocentric model of monitoring and control in public administration. Its main principles and approaches have been determined. The necessity of use of the given concept has been substantiated.

Keywords: Result-based management, government, public administration, feedback, control, monitoring, community.

Summary: The article describes the main methods of state regulation of railway transport as a natural monopoly, namely the establishment of a special authority regulation, direct management of enterprises, competitive market access. It is determined that the main tool to curb railroad monopolies is increase competition by ensuring free entry into the market of rail transportation.

Key words: state regulation of railway transport, natural monopoly, competition.