The study deals with a comprehensive analysis of constitutional fundamentals of state administration of the social sphere in the Republic of Kazakhstan. The content of the constitutional law social sphere institution is unfolded by means of the inter-sectoral analysis of legal regulations of which it consists and the inter-disciplinary study of the elements of its structure. The essence and the content of state administration of the social sphere in the contemporary environment of the Republic of Kazakhstan is presented in correlation with related areas of administration. The authors studied the organization of public authorities in the social sphere and examined the specifics of activities of appropriate public authorities. A special attention was paid to the issues of efficient realization of the administrative and legal and social reforms in this area of social relations. The practical value is that the submissions can be useful for the improvement of the provisions of the effective legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan and of practices of applying the law in the context of the process of the progressive formation of the Republic of Kazakhstan as a social welfare state

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