Noyanzina, O.E., Goncharova, N.P., Maksimova, S.G. Social Representations and Expert Evaluation of Security Risks and Threats (Based on the Research Findings in the Altai and Stavropol Territories)

Abstract: The purpose of the article is to analyze social representations and expert evaluation of security risks and threats based on the research findings in the Altai and Stavropol Territories. Theoretical and methodological background to the research consists of the modern risk theories according to which the modern society produces not only material and nonmaterial benefits but also risks that create threats to the nature and humanity. In their article the authors provide the results of the sociological survey of the population and expert social representations of security threats in the two regions of the Russian Federation. Based on the data obtained, the security situation and therefore the social risk of this or that regional community are caused by the existing threats to Russian public security in general and the unique structure of the threats to public security of a particular region as a result of its geopolitical and socioeconomic situation. At the end of the article the authors conclude that there is a need to develop the mechanism of social risk management and this mechanism should be based on objective standards of personal and public security and take into account the risk behavior model.

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