Men’s health as a global social problem (in difference from men’s diseases) has emerged in the world science in the 1970s as an aspect of feminist gender studies. After that, a lot of biomedical and social studies of the ...

The paper critically analyzes the main ideas of phenomenological sociology developed by the founder of a new sociological paradigm A. Schutz. The author exposes inherent contradictions between phenomenological philosophy ...

The research is devoted to analysis of the “consolidation of democracy” definition problem. Although it is one of the major notions of transitological literature, its meaning is still ambiguous and debatable. The etymological ...

The article presents an approach to ‘social circles’ concept from the position based on conception of ‘social mediation’. Tracing origins of this conception up to Marks’ and Tonnies’ works, the authors draw a conclusion ...

The paper is based on research conducted for the project “Inclusion without Mem bership? Bringing Russia ., Ukraine and Belarus closer to ‘Europe’” founded by the UK Economic and Social Research Council. The author focuses ...

The paper analyzes some socio-cultural features of Priazovije (the region near the Sea of Azov), particularly its multi-ethnicity. The cross-cultural communication between different groups of its population is studied on ...