Abstract: The subject of this research is the social-labor mobility of migrants from the former Soviet Republics on the territory of Vladimir Region. Adaptation of the newcomers in the Russian Federation is one of the paramount socioeconomic problems. The annual reduction of labor resources in majority of the Russian regions leads to the need for workforce replenishment by the means of outsourcing. Within the framework of this study, the author considered the following questions: adaptation of the newcomers to work and residency in Vladimir Region; main information sources on the future labor activity; level of content with the provided work conditions and prospects of realization of the social-labor mobility in the region. The analysis of statistical indexes and questionnaire-based survey were applied in the course of this research. The sociological survey in form of questionnaire captured the work migrants from the various countries of post-Soviet space that legally resided in the region. The acquired data allows concluding on the presence of fairly well organized channels of attracting the migrants, because the majority of them come to an already prepared job place. Despite the experienced difficulties, most of the respondents are satisfied with the social-labor conditions and demonstrate a desire to continue working in the region.

Keywords: labor conditions, sociological research, labor migration, social adaptation, labor mobility, social mobility, labor market, region, social-labor relations, migrants

Abstract:   The subject of this research is the genesis of the ideological-theoretical concept of Republicanism with inherent principles, institutions and mechanisms. The object of this research is the works of the ancient philosophers, medieval Italian authors, as well as thinkers of the Age of Enlightenment dedicated to Republicanism. Particular attention is given to analysis of the key differences in the content and comprehension of the republic in historical perspective. The author emphasizes the importance of political culture established under the influence of various factors, primarily the religious-cultural, which eventually affects the functionality of social institutional that subsequently lead to the formation of a specific type of political institutions. The main conclusion lies in the statement that the political-philosophical concept of Republicanism may not have existed without Antiquity; however, the Greek-Roman culture itself has a fairly limited impact upon the modern concept of Republicanism, and can be viewed only in confluence with the Christian doctrine, which throughout the centuries has formed the social and individual values and representations regarding the role of personality, its interrelation with the government authority  and allowable forms of exercising such authority by the government.  

Keywords: civilization, political institutions, political culture, Roman republic, Machiavelli, Cicero, republicanism, religion, separation of powers, people's sovereignty

Abstract: This article examines the phenomena of happiness and hedonism as the paramount characteristics of consumer society and the ways of human existence. The author describes the impact of the ideology of excessive consuming upon the emergence of the phenomenon of “compulsory happiness” and the formation of the value of hedonism. The work explores the so-called “hedonism effect” and its influence on the mind and behavior of individuals. The author analyzes the factors that create a hedonistically oriented person, as well as demonstrates how the ideology of materialism imparts the features of simulacrums to the paradigms associated with the achievements of happiness and hedonism. The scientific novelty lies in the following statements: the contemporary society with its focus on success creates the conditions of the emergence of hyperhedonism and the phenomenon of compulsory happiness; hedonism in consumer society attains the features of ethical imperative; “materialistic” happiness becomes the meaning of life for a contemporary person.  

Keywords: conformism, pleasure, the effect of hedonism, hedonism, compulsory happiness, consumerism, consumer society, simulacrum, happiness, materialism

Abstract: The goal of this research is the problem of hybridism on the example of “peace-war” opposition and its dualistic nature reflected in the works of the prominent scholar of the past and modernity. This goal is specified by the following tasks: 1) to determine hybridism in its political aspect and connection with governance and civilized identity; 2) to examine the hybrid concepts of war in the fundamental for social philosophy and political science texts; 3) to consider the hybrid concepts of the world in classical works of the military theoreticians; 4) to study the problem of the dynamics of military conflicts and their renewal. The “peace” and “war” are the closely related, transitioning into one another phenomena of political reality of hybrid nature. The thinkers of the past and modernity came to the valid and still relevant conclusions on the nature of war, same as the military theoreticians left behind multiple valuable observations on the nature of peaceful existence. In the era of civilizational antagonism and possible civilizational conflicts, the border between the state of peace and war becomes vague, including as a result of escalation of the unresolved in the past geopolitical and sociocultural problems.

Keywords: civilizational conflict, security, global security, the confrontation of civilizations, political reality, hybridism, war, peace, political science, globalization

Abstract: This article examines a number of questions concerning the scientific interpretation of the concept of “civil society institution”; presents its original definition; explores the types of civil society institutions depending on the spheres of social life, in the area of providing the qualified legal aid, as well as institutions that due to their specificity have dualistic character. Based on the comprehensive analysis of the current legislation and decisions of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation, the author makes a set of constructive conclusions regarding the acknowledgment of certain structures as the civil society institutions. Despite a substantial number of works dedicated to the issued at hand, the author underlines the polemical nature, and this, the insufficient examination of some problems in this sphere. The reason consists in the absence of a strong theoretical base and legal framework, as well as establishment of relationship between the government and the civil society institutions on the key directions. The aforementioned alongside other circumstances substantiate the relevance and practical importance of this research, determine the need for studying the peculiarities of organization and activity of the civil society institutions in the Russian Federation for increasing their efficiency, as well as testify to the need for scientific and practical recommendations.

Keywords: outlook, problems, activity, organization, constitutional court, civil society institution, legal regulation, Russian Federation, definition, resolution