Экономика региона (Sep 2013)

Transformation of institute of a family in Ural in the conditions of socio-economic destructions

  • Boris Sergeyevich Pavlov

DOI
https://doi.org/10.17059/2013-3-10
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2013, no. 3
pp. 121 – 131

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The article is devoted to the analysis of social risks and deviations related to family group in Ural, manifestations of these risks for a family way of life, socio-economic development of the region. The author emphasizes that today the dialectics of creation and destructions, risks and reliability, optimism and pessimism is illustrated in the various parts of the institute of family in Russia as a whole and, in particular, in the Ural region. In our modern age, there is no risk-free behavior. «Risk — safety» dichotomy means that there is no absolute reliability or safety. Whereas «risk — danger» dichotomy means that it is impossible to avoid risk, making any decisions. The author shows the identity of socio-economic health of the adult population of various regions of the Russian Federation throughout almost the whole quarter of a century on the basis of a number of research assignments conducted by sociologists of Institute of Economics of the UB RAS, in a monitoring mode. Division of the population on rather identical (on particular weight in the total number of the population) groups of the Russian society referred to the category of «rich», «medium people» and «poor people» is observed. At the same time, according to the author, the social inequality in principle has both positive, and negative consequences for functioning and society development. The author made an attempt of the problem analysis of «family — children», «fathers — children» from a perspective social risks. The special relevance of these processes in relation to family policy in Russia seeking to pass from depopulation tendencies to a favorable treatment of nation-expanded reproduction is emphasized. Altogether, the level of family wellbeing, first of all, is defined by the quality of the relations in the system of «parents — children». The intra-familial conflicts conduct to family trouble and so for children. In article, the author’s position concerning the tendencies, related to phenomena development of «family way of life», «women labor» in Russia and, in particular, in Ural is offered. In gener, 10 developed provisions are allocated. Results of a number of the complex sociological research conducted in 2003-2013 at the Institute of Economics of UB RAS under scientific management and with direct participation of the author are used.

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