In lectures by Olga Nikolaevna Astafieva , Doctor of Philosophy , Professor , Deputy Head for Scientific Work of the Department of Cultural Studies and Business Communications of the Russian Academy of Civil Service under the President of the Russian Federation , reveals the idea of the essence of cultural policy as an object of interdisciplinary research , on the content of cultural policy as a special type of managerial activity . The principles of interdependence between the understanding of culture in society and the cultural policy pursued by the state are revealed; the question is raised about its basic foundations and mechanisms of implementation, which are transformed by the influence of socio-cultural changes. Particular attention is paid to the disclosure of the principles of the state cultural policy of modern Russia in the conditions of modernization. For anyone interested in cultural studies and management theory.