The article gives the results of the analysis of tangible assets owned by or at the disposal of Russian households, i.e. their non-financial wealth. The structure of ownership for each of the assets and the complex (non-monetary) assessment of how well households are provided with assets are...

This article focuses on the regional social inequalities observed in Russia. The objects of our analysis are the regions of the Siberian Federal District and Russian Federation in whole. We use the human development indicators as criteria of regional social differences. We can conclude that,...

The paper presents some findings from a study on Optimization of Regional Social Policy in the Siberian Federal District (within the framework of the Russian-Canadian project) on the key issues of social development in Siberia and of regional social policy in the Siberian Federal District in the...

The paper is devoted to transformations in the rural labor market. The analysis of the situation in the labor market is made on the following parameters: dynamics and structure of employment, duration and rate of unemployment, tightness of the labor market, qualitative makeup of labor. Special...

The paper presents a medium-run conceptual project of the development of Siberia. The main strategy in the social policy of century XXI must be development of human potential, which constitutes a critical resource for economic growth and social progress. The paper analyses basic challenges,...

The paper describes the basic theoretical and application-oriented results obtained by scientists of the Novosibirsk school of economic sociology over 1988-2008 and analyzes the logic and peculiarity of the results. The author specifies three periods of the studies concerning the social...

Having the experience of many previous years in rural studies, the authors propose their own understanding about the Siberian communities’ future assuming a multifunctional character of rural communities and multiplicity in rural economy and way of life as well as considering an objective to...

The object of examination are sociological aspects of rural new enterprise formation: its institutional framework and social base as well as motives for taking up formal or informal enterprise activity. In this connection, some theoretical and methodological issues associated with the category...

The paper analyzes the institutional conditions and factors of diversification of rural employment and dynamics of the non-standard forms of employment such as temporary and seasonal ones. The analysis of the unemployment, informal employment, and self employment observed in rural areas is also...

The article assesses the social and economic consequences of the market agrarian reforms in Russia in the context of food supply security, improving rural livelihood and social modernization of the Russian village. We analyze the Russia's food self-sufficiency, size of agricultural import, and...