Structural modernization: the question of economic security of municipalities

Questions of the relationship between the results of structural changes in recent years and the conditions of economic security of different municipalities were analyzed in this paper. It was proven that the arrangements, elaborated and realized in the frames of programs of economic modernization, must consider threats of economic security of different subjects, including municipalities, which appeared in the real life in constraints of structural changes of economy and reforming its industrial structure. The system of economic security indexes and the nomenclature of different risks and security threats were created. The main indicators, which characterize economic security of municipal entities, were highlighted. The authors’ methodic of calculation procedure of economic municipalentities security was devised. An assessment of the level of economic security of municipalities has been held on the base of 47 municipalities of Perm territory. Features of the approaches to the definition of concept have been indentified and formulated on the basis of economic security indicators of municipalities.