The social cost of "delayed" modernization

Article Abstract:

Research reveals that the level of support for economic reform in Russia is steadily decreasing and the number of people who want to return to pre-perestroika conditions is increasing yet, despite these conditions, individual work motivation is high. Results are based on data collected in Odessa and Odessa Oblast, Russia, from 1991-1996; topics included are the population's attitudes towards Russia's transition to a market economy, attitudes towards entrepreneurship, assessment of one's personal status and that of others, monthly income, and attitudes towards the prospect of improvements.

Statistical Data Included, Public opinion, Political reform, Capitalism, Social problems, Perestroika

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The reproduction of the scientific elite

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The author discusses the state of the scientific elite in Russia, noting that the average age of the country's scientist is increasing while new generations of scientists are not entering the field; of those who do, many are leaving the field of science to work in the private sector. Topics include factors contributing to the poor state of science, such as a lack of money for research, competition between universities and research institutions, administrative and political control over teachers and students, curriculum changes, and the degeneration of graduate studies.

Research institutes, Social policy, Scientists, Sciences education, Science education, Research and development contracts, Government, Government research and development contracts

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The paradoxes of Russian Sociology

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The author discusses the changes in Russian sociology from the Soviet stage, the middle of the 1960s to the beginning of the 1990s, to the post-Soviet stage. Topics include the de-institutionalization of the field of sociology, a lack of in-depth research, loss of state support, a social theory that is based on Western society, and a decline in the number of people specializing in sociology.

Analysis, Reports, Social science research, Sociology

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