The article researches the features of functioning of bride theft tradition of the Kabardians in the conditions of their integration into the legal system of the Russian Empire in the last quarter of the XIX c. The analysis of administrative and legal practices connected with this custom is carried out […]
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The paper analyses the way in which representations of two presidents’ masculinities, V. Putin and B. Obama, are exploited in contemporary Russian anti-Americanism — in public opinion and in mass media. It is based on the data of a social research (interview) in 2014 as well as on the analysis […]
Riabova T. B. «Putin vs Obama»: opposition of national masculinities ...
The article examines the concept of the First Lady in relation to the countries of Southern Africa. In recent decades social activities and political voice of heads-of-states’ wives have increased and have a certain impact on the international image of these countries. Against the background of gender equality formation in […]
Prokopenko L. Ya. First Ladies of Southern Africa: politics and ...
The article dwells upon the background, conditions, forms, and consequences of using maternal symbol of Russia in legitimation of Crimea joining the Russian Federation. The author pays a special attention to the use of the image of Russia as a she-bear who takes care of Crimea as a bear-cub. The […]
Riabov O. V. The mother and the step-mother: maternal symbol ...
The period for the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) for 2000—2015, including the Goal № 3 on gender equality consummation is coming to an end. The article is devoted to the results and prospects of humanity in the context of gender equality. read in PDF>>>
Shvedova N. A. The international community on gender equality pp.32-39
State and family strategies and technologies of interaction in post-information society are examined in the article. Four strategic directions of state family policy are studied;the effectiveness of their implementation is determined. Along with the traditional family policy actors, institutional and non-institutional networking organizations are highlighted, their role in Europe family […]
Gnedash А. А., Stepanova E. A., Tezadova D. A. State ...
The articles attempts to answer the question of the changes in gender order across CIS countries (and Baltic states as a reference group) in recent twenty years: if it was aimed at equalizing social opportunities (status, positions) of men and women or, on the contrary, at deepening the inequality (gender […]
Ayvazova S. G. Transformation of gender order in CIS countries: ...
The article is devoted to the gender analysis of personnel policy in Russia in the spheres of professional education, employment, staff development to the decision level. On the base of numerous official and statistic documents the author comes to conclusion that Russian women’s employment potential is underestimated and offers a […]
Khasbulatova О. А. Gender approach as increase of effectiveness technology ...
This article presents an analysis of gouverneurs, as part of a professional group of preschool teachers. The localization of this job within the private sector and informal employment stimulates the problems of social stratification of the population and purchasing power in the evaluation of structural characteristics of professional groups and […]
Kolesnikova E. M. Perspectives of the (de) professionalization of child-preschool ...
The main purpose of the article — to shed light on the dynamics of the discourse of the Russian establishment on the issue of femininity and the social role of women in society. The material of press in Tyumen region shows the post-Soviet transformation of the discourse of the establishment. […]
Shishelyakina A. L. Femininity in the discourse of the Russian ...
In the modern world proclaiming the values of democracy, human rights and equality, the issue of social borders is still relevant. The article explores the question of the existence of gender boundaries in the North Caucasian society. The article is based on the results of the sociological research in the […]
Sirazhudinova S. V. Gender borders and the perspective for gender ...
The article deals with the issue of woman’s social status in the traditional Chechen family. The research is based on historical as well as ethnographic materials. The attention is paid to the meanings of words which used to denote a woman’s status as her social role was being transformed. Woman’s […]