Izvestiya of Saratov University.
Sociology. Politology
ISSN 1818-9601 (Print)
ISSN 2541-8998 (Online)

Scientific section. Sociology

The Competitive Environment in the Markets of Goods and Services in the Saratov Region: State and Development

The article is devoted to analysis of the status and development of the competitive environment on the territory of the Saratov region. The paper describes the results of an empirical study based on assessments of the competitive environment the subjects of entrepreneurial activity and population, Saratov. Proposed a set of measures that promote the formation of effective policies and the improvement of the business climate in the region.

Subjective Ethical Analysis Paradigm in Elite Works of Sociologist Populist

The article discusses the features of the study of elite layers in the writings of the sociologist populists. Special attention is drawn to a distinctive direction of populist sociology as a subjective sociology, represented primarily by P. L. Lavrov and N. K. Mikhailovsky. We give a general description of the sociological views of sociologistpopulist trends, the factors that determine the specificity of its formation in the Russian society and the base of «critically thinking individuals» theories P. L. Lavrov and «heroes» N. K.

Sociological Ideas A. A. Zinoviev: Modern Look

The article discusses the main activities of the unique Russian scientist A. A. Zinoviev, philosopher, sociologist and macro-sociologist.

The Social Nature of the Web-documentary in the Framework of the New Media

The article presents an analysis of the concept of the web-documentary in the age of online media. The authors considers significant changes in this area affected the social institutions such as film and media. The purpose of the article is the designation of the web documentary concepts boundaries and the selection of its specific characteristics and values in the society system. Considered in theory, reveal the impact of the changes in the media in the social processes of the Information Society.

The Construction of Social Reality: Socio-linguistic Aspect

This article presents the problems of language role in the process of socialization, from the points of radical and social aspects of social reality construction. It is shown that the symbolic nature of language signs governs the creation of meanings to implement mutual understanding in the process of socialization. Special attention is paid to social conditionality of language functions in cognitive aspect of construction of social reality.

Genesis of a Concept «Social Stability» in Sociological Science

The article describes the evolution of ideas about social stability in social science. Particular attention is paid to different interpretations of stability in the sociological thought.

Civil Identity as a Condition of a Society’s Conflictogenity Decrease

The considers various conflicts connected with a problem of designing and formation of civil identity. Conflict zones, in the author’s opinion, are concluded in various civilization bases Western European and Russian; lack of integrity of civil identity. The author offers research methodological tools – model of research of civil identity in integrity «I-corporal», «I-rational», «I-mental». On the example of modern youth’s civil identity the way of conflict situations diagnostics of is shown.

Correlation Analysis of the Interpretation of Health as Russians Value

In the article based on the results of empirical sociological research conducted by correlation analysis of coupling value relevance of health and factors such as place of residence, health status, gender identity, family and children’s status, education, income. Each of these features separately, low level of influence and often-multi-directional vectors exposure. However, they have a cumulative effect on interpretation of relevance to health. This underlines the importance of ideology difference health behaviour and real individual people.

Civil Society Organizations in the Field of Mental Health: Attempt of Classification

The attempt is made to classify civil organizations functioning in the sphere of mental health. Based on the results of in-depth interviewsconducted by author of the article in the period 2014–2016 the following classify causes are suggested: client’s target groups, main directions of activity, main actors, scale of activity, client’s mental illness, fundraising models. The novelty of the work is the discussion of civil society in the context of mental health.

Sociological Reflection Student Friendship Through the Prism of Social Qualities

In article on materials of sociological research examines students’ attitudes to friendship, emphasized the social qualities of a friend that with age increase its value for youth: honesty, compassion, understanding, listening skills, loyalty, sense of humor, sincerity, kindness underlying the maximalist interpretation of friendship, its utilitarian and entertainment, and reduce its importance as they grow older students.

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