The socioeconomic and foreign policy transformations happening in Russia have predetermined the emergence of many social problems demanding the immediate solve. Thus social and demographic problems are the most important. Introduction of the state social programs in many respects helped to solve a problem of low birth rate. Negotiation of the demographic situation which was followed by sharp decrease of birth rate demanded considerable efforts from the state, but, despite the reached results, the situation can repeat again. And it is notable now when children of "reorganization" reached reproductive age. Thus mortality of the population continues to grow, and its rates exceed birth rates now. Annual losses of the population reached 1,5-2 million per year. In this regard the central problem of modern social and economic policy of the state is introduction of the uniform program of a people saving directed on improvement of population quality of life, achievement of material, spiritual and physical welfare for the purpose of saving of that Russian population. Along with natural losses of the population there are so-called social, preventable demographic losses which could be avoided, by predicting the situation with the help of monitoring of population quality of life that could conduce conservation of life and the social status to millions of people
The authors characterize the modern condition of Russian rural territories. The most important federal target programs of development of the agro-industrial complex (AIC) are mentioned. Special attention is paid to studying the student’s youth as the main social resource of rural territories development. Based on empirical date we present an analysis of economic and social situation, vital plans and strategies of rural youth of Kuban. We have also carried out the analysis of respondent’s views of the rural territories actual problems and the measures aimed at the development of AIC
The problem of newborns abandonment in modern
Russia is relevant but understudied. This article
discusses the nature and dynamics of the problem.
Newborns abandonment is considered in the
framework of social and demographic modernization.
The problem of newborns abandonment is studied in
the context of social orphanhood in Russia. The author
focuses on the history of the problem of newborns
abandonment, its features in pre-revolutionary Russia,
the Soviet Union and modern Russia. For a deeper
understanding of the problem the author held a series
of expert interviews and highlighted the main factors
that influenced newborns abandonment in Soviet and
post-Soviet Russia. The main challenges in the
development of prevention in modern Russia are
identified. The author concludes on the need to reform
the system for preventing newborns abandonment as
part of the ideology of the family-centered approach
and constructing a unified federal structure. The paper
uses qualitative methods: literature review, expert
interviews. The article may be of interest to specialists
in the field of social work, sociology, demography,
politics, and economics
In the article, some results of empirical sociological
research of problems of political socialization of youth
are discussed. The answers of respondents to questions
of interest in policy, the ethnic conflicts and protest
activity are analyzed. The main reasons for extremist
moods in the youth environment are established
The article is devoted to the vital problem of studying
the contemporary condition of political consciousness
level and citizen activism among students in Russia in
the context of the events realization within the youth
policy state programs. Main problems, which are being
addressed by various federal target programs in this
field (including inconformity of approaches to life,
values and behavior models of youth with the country
demands; lack of interest among youth in sociopolitical
life of society, etc.), are introduced in the
paper. Increased focus is put on analysis of youth as a
main party of civil society formation and
transformation processes. Based on the completed
sociological survey among students of Kuban State
Agrarian University, the level of awareness of
respondents in the field of current international and
national political processes and level of their influence
on politics, author has identified attitude of the survey
participants to political sphere, political leaders,
actions of political power and socio-political
organizations. Besides, the obtained survey results
have allowed to analyze the degree of democratic
principles implementation in Russia and its role in the
modern world, as well as to identify the most urgent
problems affecting Russian society in general and
respondents in particular. On the basis of the survey
data, the author makes a conclusion about immaturity
of political consciousness and catastrophically low
level of citizen activism among students which
decelerates the process of civil society development
The article is devoted to the analysis of deputy orders
realisation as a part of the social programme devoted
to the improvement of the citizens’ welfare. The
regularity of the programme results’ indication is
analysed as well as the municipal management
efficiency assessment is given. Questions of social and
economic efficiency are raised
Sociology is one of the most important social
sciences. Mathematical and primarily statistical
methods are effective intellectual tools of
sociologists. Let us analyze the work of the author of
this article on the development of statistical methods
to meet the challenges of sociology. Then we give
the review of development of statistical methods in
Russian sociology for 45 years (1970-2015). The
basic scientific events of these years, first of all, were
formation of applied statistics and its basis - statistics
of the non-numerical data (in sociology of 70-90% of
variables have non-numerical nature). Over the last
30 years, the Russian sociology has been growing
rapidly in all quantitative parameters. Clearly, the
depth of investigation gives the use of advanced
scientific apparatus - methodology and methods of
data collection and analysis, mathematical models. In
our view, a fundamental breakthrough was made in
our country in the 1970s. It was then in the arsenal of
Russian sociologists appeared measurement theory
and fuzzy sets, mathematical methods of
classification and multidimensional scaling,
nonparametric statistics and statistics of non-numeric
data. In subsequent decades it has been a natural
development of scientific apparatus. The same
mathematical and statistical methods and models can
be successfully applied in various fields of science
and practice. Statistical methods and models are very
effective in sociological, socio-economic,
managerial, technical and feasibility studies,
medicine, history, in almost any industry and
application areas of knowledge. Within this field, the
main event of the last thirty five years - is becoming
a scientific and practical discipline "Applied
Statistics", dedicated to the development and
application of statistical methods and models. An
analysis of the dynamics of applied statistics leads to
the conclusion that in the XXI century the statistics
of non-numerical data is becoming a central area of
applied statistics, as it contains the most common
approaches and results
This article analyzes the representations of modern
youth of heroism as the basis of patriotic and civic
education. Special attention is paid to consideration of
the transformation of the concept of "heroism", reduce
the social significance of the feat in the consciousness
of modern Russian society. Value of creating an image
of the hero as a way of formation a sense of patriotism
and learning patterns of social activity necessary for
the creation of a civil society is analyzed. On the basis
of sociological research among students of higher
education institutions of Krasnodar, the understanding
of the essence of "heroism" and attitude to the heroic
deeds is revealed. The connection of this social
phenomenon with a set of personal lines and moral
qualities of the person is established. The most
favorable for commission of feats spheres and the
personalities applying for a role of heroes for today's
younger generation are defined. The authors draw a
conclusion about the existence of student’s interest in
the phenomenon of heroism and the passive need for
the formation of a distinct image of the hero on a basis,
both the celebrated historic figures, and
contemporaries. In addition, discrepancy in a number
of answers of students is noted, indicating the absence
of a modern young people a clear idea of heroism and
heroic acts, their importance in personal development.
This, in turn, complicates and slows down the process
of forming a high sense of patriotism and high civil
activity
The article discusses the interpretation of the
mechanisms of modernization of the American scientist
- Samuel Huntington, which sees modernization as a
complex process with a very uncertain result. As a
representative of the multilinear approach, Samuel
Huntington proves the uniqueness of the modernization
paths of each individual national system
In the article, we consider transformation of domestic
households. The reasons of emergence of antinuclearization
of a family are described and negative
influence of these households on demographic safety
of the state is revealed. Researches of the Russian
scientists regarding changing of family structure of
the population of Russia are considered and
analyzed. We have proved an impact of housing
problems on development of structure of a family.
The basic principles of a state policy providing the
solution of housing questions are offered