Scientific section. Sociology

Considering the historical trend of understanding of leadership, especially important for the twenty-first century, the author shows that the essence of leadership phenomenon the creators of completely different theories explain by the leader`s ability to captivate followers to the movement towards a more «high» purposes.

Patriotism is very ambiguous, the meaning and the value of which is estimated often diametrically opposite. It is viewed from the perspective of many humanities – philosophy, sociology, psychology, etc. The article contains the results of the research of the youth patriotism (N = 320), which was conducted in April – May 2015 in Saratov region.

In article we showed new approaches to consideration of social practices on example of healthcare behavior. On the basis of modern interpretation of theory of understanding sociology (by M. Veber) and phenomenological sociology (by A. Shutz) we showed the healthcare behavior as a special form of purposeful and rational activity in casual practices of modern youths. We revealed main determinants, which contribute to healthy lifestyle of youths. There are four groups of factors: environment, satisfaction of needs, lifestyle and social institutes.

Contemporary trends of globalization and progress in communication technologies make studies of social communication a very important topic. This article strives to shed some light onto specifics of social communication in the temporal aspect, and highlights tendencies in its development, common for all periods of human history. This article also amends definition of a new virtual medium – Cyberspace, which represents a new stage in evolution of social communication