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Contents N9, 1998

 

BIELARUS: THE TIME OF HOPE

To our readers

 

THEORY AND METHODOLOGY

ELSOOKOV A.N. Bielarus' sociological thought: its making and the stages of development

DANILOV A.N. Globalism, regionalism, and the transformation process

 

SOCIOLOGY OF CATASTROPHES

BABOSOV E.M. Catastrophe as an object of sociological analysis

SHAVEL' S.A. Social policies related to victims of Tchernobyl atomic power station disaster

DEMITCHEV D.M. Phenomenon of socio-anthropogenic impact

ZLOTNIKOV A.G. The Gomel region: the post-Tchernobyl chronicles

TITARENKO L.G. AIDS - a menacing social catastrophe

 

POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY

Integration of Bielarus' and Russia appraised by the population

GRISHCHENKO Zh.M. Ontology of success and defeat

VARDOMATSKIY A.P. Some specifics of post-soviet public opinion

ROTMAN D.G. Electoral studies: essence and technology

 

ECONOMIC SOCIOLOGY

BOOSHCHIK V.V. Social bases for market transformation support

MOROVA A.P. Investments in human capital and social infrastructure

SOKOLOVA G.N. Employment and unemployment under market modernization

SHAKHOT'KO L.P. Structure of households in Minsk

TERESHCHENKO O.V. Age-employment dynamics in the capital

RUBIN Ya. I. Population quality: the essence and structure of the notion

 

SOCIOLOGY OF CULTURE

NOVIKOVA L.G. Basic characteristics of dynamics in the religious beliefs of the population

MANAEV O.T. Mass-media in the Bielarus' setting

 

DEVIANT BEHAVIOR

OSSIPOVA O.S. Deviant behavior: blessing or evil?

LOOKASHOVA O.G., LOOKASHOV A.I. Unemployment's criminal face

 

SOCIOLOGY OF SCIENCE AND EDUCATION

NESVETAILOV G.A. Scholarly personnel: age and creative activity

BOGDANOVA I.F. Social efficiency of young scholars training

GOLUBKOVA N.Ya. Social behavior of student youth

 

ACADEMIC LIFE

IVANOV V.N., VORONKOVA I..V. The first anniversary of the Union

Scholars explore Max Weber's heritage

 

MONITORING

REFELECTING ON A NEW BOOK

LEVASHOV V.K.Towards realization of systemic societal transformation

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