Article Category: SOCIOLOGY OF FAMILY


The article examines the issue of family and sexual violence in the republics of the North Caucasus. The republics of the North Caucasus are distinguished by the fact that here you can find a whole range of issues related to domestic violence and sexual assault, both common forms, and specific […]

Sirazhudinova S. V. “I can’t tell about it”: the ...


The paper considers social attitudes toward mothers with many children and single mothers. The following methods are used: system approach, comparative analysis, and socio-logical survey of the population of the Northwestern Federal District conducted by the Institute of Socio-Economic Development of Territories of RAS. The findings of the research help […]

Smoleva Е. О. Mothers with many children and single ...


Based on the data obtained through an empirical study, the paper analyses the place and role of grandmothers in the system of intra-family relations in modern Russia. This survey was a part of the international research project “The value of children and intergenerational relationships”, the Russian part of which was […]

Kuramshev A. V., Kutjavina E. E., Sudjin S. ...



On the base of the sociological survey data the authors analyze family values and family practices of the Russian students. The authors compare an ideal family image and real family experience; characterized are main problems of the students’ families. In conclusion the authors emphasize the need of revitalizing the state […]

Rostovskaya T. K., Zayarskaya G. V. Family values and family ...


It is no secret that mass media has an extremely powerful impact on the implementation of family policy. And it is often noted that images of women play a considerable role in the implementation of family policy objectives through the media. However, most researchers consider the image of women and […]

Kim N. V. Woman in the family: family policy representation ...


In this article premarital strategies of Tatars from positions of the concept of societal transformation of T. I. Zaslavskoy, the theory of P. Burd'e and gender approach are ana￾lyzed: their typology is offered, factors influencing the choice one or another premarital strategy are revealed.read in PDF>>>

Shishelyakina A. L. Tatar premarital strategies in the context of ...



The article deals with the analysis of gender arrangements of contemporary Russian cohabitations. Using the interviews collected in the frames of an empirical research in St Pe￾tersburg, the author reconstructs the phenomenology of «civil marriage» in a milieu of young urban middle class people, identifies the meanings of «civil marriage» […]

Shpakovskaya L. L. Cohabitation: marriage strategies of urban middle class ...


In this article we reflect on the importance of women in development of migration processes. The importance of women in formation of international relations is determined, the main issues arising from the presence of migrants in the country are pointed out, such subject as the conclusion of sham marriages in […]

metaphor, gender system, women's movement, feminism, women's rights, discrimination, ...




This article provides a sociological analysis of women’s small entrepreneurship. The basis of expediency of small women's entrepreneurship consideration in the light of the concepts of marginality is given. Specific problems and constraints faced by small enterpris￾es of the sphere of the consumer complex of Gatchina in the gender context […]

Yudina A. A. Sociological analysis of women’s small entrepreneurship ...


In the article on the basis of longitudinal research data the influence of transformation of 1990-th on the deepening of gender inequalities in health is studied. On the grounds of it the pe￾culiarities of employment, characteristics of men and women behavior models regarding health in post reform years are analyzed. […]

Popova I. P. Men and women in the spheres of ...


The article presents an overview of foreign and domestic studies of fatherhood and masculinity. It substantiates the importance of studying of this problem in modern society. It analyzes the stages of development of studies of fatherhood and masculinity, the approaches to the interpretation of these terms. The article examines the […]

Chikalova E. A. Studies of fatherhood and masculinity: points of ...



We have implemented the characteristic of institutions of gender power, which operate at every level of the hierarchy. We have established that in the aggregate these institutions form a hierarchical system of institutions of gender power. On the one hand, the quality of operation of the system is determined by […]

Bazueva E. V. The effectiveness of the external environment as ...


The article discusses fatherhood as a social phenomenon. The authors use the functional approach to research father’s role. The realization of this role is a sum of educational, domestic, economic, communicative, leisure and social control functions in the family. Fatherhood is characterized as a complex phenomenon formed as a result […]

Gafizova N. B., Smirnova D. I. The fatherhood as a ...