On Experience in Measuring the Consolidation of Modern Russian Society

Vyacheslav V. Lokosov, Vladimir L. Schultz, Vladimir V. Ulyanov

Faculty of Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia.
Institute of Socio-Political Research of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia.

DOI: 10.4236/sm.2012.22030                

Abstract

One of the main reasons for prolongation of the crisis of contemporary Russian society is a profound social disconnection, alienation of the leading segments of the society. The social consolidation is considered as a fundamental basis to overcome the crisis and to form the civil society and the Russian civil (political) nation. We suggest how the consolidation of Russian society could be measured applying the traditional understanding of the empirical material as semantic space. The empirical data consist from three all-Russian surveys carried out in 2007, 2009 and 2011. According to our analysis the level of consolidation of Russian society decreased in last two years. The respondents with middle and high income are most focused on the consolidation. We describe the profile of the consolidators and allocate the features that can be used to unite most of the population of all age groups and income levels. The social and political stability of Russian society depends on the direction in which the consolidation develops.

Keywords

Social Consolidation; Factors of Consolidation; Level of Consolidation; Indicative Measurements; Social Groups; Social Changes; Social and Political Stability

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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