Title Author Key words The upper class analysis: foreign experience review Kozlova L.V. upper class, wealth, income, power, education, social origin The article considers the international experience of studying of the upper class (USA, UK, Norway, Sweden). On the ground of the foreign studies we can try to highlight the main criteria for the identification of a given social class and formulate its essential definition. Abstract
Title Author Key words The role of globalization in the evolution of welfare state functions Vasiliev V.P liberal state, globalization, multinational corporations, the crisis of the welfare state, the social responsibility of business, supranational bodies and mechanisms management "market failures", mixed economy, economic crises This article describes a set of problems of evolution of the modern state. Tendencies modification of the territorial state in the context of globalization. ...
Title Author Key words Sociological theories of social inequality in the second part of 20th century. Constructivist perspective Polyakova N.L. inequality, class, status, consumption, life style, life chances, symbolic goods, constructivism The paper analyzes the transformation processes of the systems of social inequality in the second half of XX century societies. It also views the changes in sociological theories and their research methods brought about by these transformations. Abstract
Title Author Key words Limits for expansion of borders of family and marriage A.B. Sinelnikov marriage, family, basic (standard) type of family, peripheral types of families, family links, roles and functions, same-sex couples The basic (standard) type of family a married couple with children. Only such families can ensure the survival of the population. Peripheral types of families (childless couples, one parent families) are incomplete set of family links, roles and functions. ...
Title Author Key words Informational influence on public opinion: theoretical approaches Rukina N.A. media, mass communication, information exposure, public opinion, theoretical approach, social networking, internet, network society The article is devoted to the influence of media and communication technologies on society. Main dates and researches are described. Several social risks of using virtual communication networks are mentioned. Abstract
Title Author Key words Differentiation of aspects of population's religiosity in Russia research (20102012) Mchedlova E.M. beliefs, religion and religiosity, religious conscience, behavior, modification of life, HR and tolerance, church politics In article it analyses different aspects of Russian people's religiosity (using the results of autor's research 2010-2012). ... Author shows the situation and prognostic of this social group. ...
Title Author Key words Social efficiency of charity Rakitina A.Y. charity, social efficiency, social problems, social responsibility, social system, social institute The article considers the phenomenon of charitable giving as a part of social system. The approaches to defining its social efficiency have been given. The efficiency factors have been revealed. Abstract
Title Author Key words Theoretical Approaches to Identity in Contemporary Social Science Mamedov A.K., Yakushina O.I. identity, individual, society, identity construction, concepts of identity Identity and the factors influencing its construction in the contemporary society from the point of view of modern identity concepts are discussed. In contemporary society the definition and construction of the individual identity is one of the most important problems. ... Abstract ...
Title Author Key words International political symbolism of the architecture of government buildings V.V. Kochetkov sociology of architecture, the architecture of government buildings, crosscultural differences, political culture The article analyzes international political architecture of government buildings in Russia, the U.S., Western Europe (UK, France, Germany) and Asia (China, India, Japan). ... Such, for instance, the U.S. Capitol and Capitol Temple Rome. Abstract ...
Title Author Key words Civil society in modern Russia: formation and development (based on CFD materials) Bespalaya L.A. civil society, the political system, CFD, public chambers, public control, civic participation, public associations, small and medium businesses, the middle class, social potential The article considers the problem of formation and development of civil society in contemporary Russia as an example of the Central Federal District. ...
Title Author Key words The problem of integration of ethnic migrants in the Russian Far East and its features in Sakhalin region Konkov A.T. Russian Far East, ethnic migration, interethnic relationships, interethnic tension, integration and adaptation of ethnic migrants Foreign migration to the Russian Far East is a comparatively new phenomenon; however within the period of the last 20 years there have emerged certain problems of interaction between ethnic migrants and the receiving society. ...
Title Author Key words Autonomy and democracy in the theories of Max Weber and Cornelius Castoriadis Kataev D. V., Wolf H. autonomy, imaginary, democracy, bureaucracy (bureaucratization), weberian research program, of neo- and post-Weberianism. Realization of Weber's research program, its further development and application is one of the main objectives of neo- and post-Weberianism. ...
Title Author Key words Logic and principles of quantitative sociological research project (review of the training manual "Theoretical constructs of quantitative sociological research" by Averin Yu.P.) Sushko V.A. sociological research, methods and methodology, the program of sociological research The article is a review of the training manual Yu.P. Averin "Theoretical constructs quantitative sociological research". Abstract
Title Author Key words Poverty of pensioners: Factors of formation and overcoming condition A.K. Solovyev absolute and relative poverty, demographic groups of risk, children, pensioners, a living wage One of the most serious sociopolitical problems in Russia, as well as in all civilised world, now is steady strengthening of economic stratification of the population and, as consequence growth of relative poverty of a considerable part of the population. ...
Title Author Key words Social mobility factors in the Far Eastern Federal District of Russia Grechikhin V.G. social structure, social movements, social mobility, unemployment, migration, natural population movement The article explains the current state and the level development of the Far Eastern Federal District, as one of districts of Russia. ...