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 study shows in what way the processes of transition influenced the working hours of the working population of Russia's regions in the second half of the 1990s; how much the working time as a resource of growth of household incomes has been used in the present context; and what potential...

The paper analyses the population dynamics and peculiarities of reproduction of a middle class on the base of the data presented in the Russian Economic Climate and Public Health Monitoring. The Russian middle class includes 16-20% of all the population, and it is a rather stable fragment in a...

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 the author's understanding of the post-crisis development in Russian rural communities; analyzes the results of liberal transformations; shows the specific features of a current rural development model; outlines what would happen to Russian rural communities in the future; and...

The paper analyses roots and mechanisms of the economic and social deprivation of rural communities caused by the failure of agricultural enterprises, high unemployment, insufficient social support being provided to the rural jobless people, limited labor mobility, law wages, changing labor...

The paper substantiates the priorities and mechanisms of regional social policy; presents the forecasting socio-economic stratification of Siberian population according different variants of the development in Siberia; evaluates the negative impacts of the financial crisis; and recommends the...