Institute of Socio-Political Research
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The Institute of Socio-Political Research under the Russian Academy of Sciences
(ISPR RAS) – is a leading Russian academic research center. It is engaged in a fundamental and applied research of social and socio-political processes.
It was established in 1991 in Moscow
.
The basic areas and directions of the scientific researches involve: global problems of contemporary civilization and Russia
; analysis and forecasting of Russia’s socio-political development; social dynamics, structure and stratification of Russian society; methods and instruments for sociological research; sociology of management; political and economic sociology
; demographic and migratory processes; sociology of federate and interethnic relations; social problems of national security
; sociology of human rights
; sociology of youth; social ecology
, etc.
The Institute makes a socio-political analysis of the decisions made by the governmental, legislative and executive bodies.
Since 1992 on it has been engaged in a “How do you do, Russia?” sociological monitoring conducted under the strategic socio-political research.
The ISPR boasts a solid sociological and demographic data bank.
It publishes some scientific journals including Eurasia, Nauka. Kultura. Obshchestvo /Science. Culture. Society/ (previously known as Nauka. Kultura. Predprinimatelstvo. /Science. Politics. Entrepreneurship/), methodical materials and manuals on sociology.
The Institute runs postgraduate and doctoral courses.
The International UNESCO
Chair of Social and Humanitarian Sciences has been set up at the Institute.
The Institute has such branches as the United South Branch, North Caucasian Center, North Ossetian Center of Social Research, etc.
The ISPR maintains close links and cooperates with scientific institutions of the Russian Academy of Sciences
, academic and scientific circles of the former USSR member-states, as well as with Great Britain, Germany, Israel, China, Netherlands, USA, France and other countries.
Russian Academy of Sciences
The Russian Academy of Sciences consists of the national academy of Russia and a network of scientific research institutes from across the Russian Federation as well as auxiliary scientific and social units like libraries, publishers and hospitals....
(ISPR RAS) – is a leading Russian academic research center. It is engaged in a fundamental and applied research of social and socio-political processes.
It was established in 1991 in Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
.
The basic areas and directions of the scientific researches involve: global problems of contemporary civilization and Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
; analysis and forecasting of Russia’s socio-political development; social dynamics, structure and stratification of Russian society; methods and instruments for sociological research; sociology of management; political and economic sociology
Economic sociology
Economic sociology studies both the social effects and the social causes of various economic phenomena. The field can be broadly divided into a classical period and a contemporary one. The classical period was concerned particularly with modernity and its constituent aspects...
; demographic and migratory processes; sociology of federate and interethnic relations; social problems of national security
National security
National security is the requirement to maintain the survival of the state through the use of economic, diplomacy, power projection and political power. The concept developed mostly in the United States of America after World War II...
; sociology of human rights
Human rights
Human rights are "commonly understood as inalienable fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being." Human rights are thus conceived as universal and egalitarian . These rights may exist as natural rights or as legal rights, in both national...
; sociology of youth; social ecology
Social ecology
Social ecology is a philosophy developed by Murray Bookchin in the 1960s.It holds that present ecological problems are rooted in deep-seated social problems, particularly in dominatory hierarchical political and social systems. These have resulted in an uncritical acceptance of an overly...
, etc.
The Institute makes a socio-political analysis of the decisions made by the governmental, legislative and executive bodies.
Since 1992 on it has been engaged in a “How do you do, Russia?” sociological monitoring conducted under the strategic socio-political research.
The ISPR boasts a solid sociological and demographic data bank.
It publishes some scientific journals including Eurasia, Nauka. Kultura. Obshchestvo /Science. Culture. Society/ (previously known as Nauka. Kultura. Predprinimatelstvo. /Science. Politics. Entrepreneurship/), methodical materials and manuals on sociology.
The Institute runs postgraduate and doctoral courses.
The International UNESCO
UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations...
Chair of Social and Humanitarian Sciences has been set up at the Institute.
The Institute has such branches as the United South Branch, North Caucasian Center, North Ossetian Center of Social Research, etc.
The ISPR maintains close links and cooperates with scientific institutions of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Academy of Sciences
The Russian Academy of Sciences consists of the national academy of Russia and a network of scientific research institutes from across the Russian Federation as well as auxiliary scientific and social units like libraries, publishers and hospitals....
, academic and scientific circles of the former USSR member-states, as well as with Great Britain, Germany, Israel, China, Netherlands, USA, France and other countries.
See also
- Vilen IvanovVilen IvanovVilen Nikolaevich Ivanov – a Russian sociologist, Ph. D., Professor, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences ; since October, 2005 on he has been a RAS adviser; member of the Bureau for Social Sciences under the RAS; Vice-President of the Russian Academy of Social Sciences;...
- Dzhangir KerimovDzhangir KerimovDzhangir Abbasovich Kerimov is a Russian lawyer, Dr. of Laws , Professor, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences ; full member of the Azerbaijani, Serbian, Finnish, Montenegro Academies of Sciences; researcher at the Institute of State and Law of the Russian Academy of Sciences;...
- Gennady OsipovGennady OsipovGennady Vasilievich Osipov – a Russian scientist, sociologist and philosopher, Ph.D., Professor, full member of the Russian Academy of Sciences /RAS/ since 1991; Director of the Institute of Socio-Political Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences ; President of the Russian Academy of Social...
- Rudolph YanovskiyRudolph YanovskiyRudolph Grigorjevich Yanovskiy – a Russian philosopher, professor, Ph.D., corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences ; President of the All-Russian Scientific Association of Sociologists and Demographers; full member of the Russian Academy of Social...
- Vladimir MartynenkoVladimir MartynenkoVladimir Vladimirovich Martynenko is a Russian sociologist, economist, and political scientist and professor...
- Alexandr KaptoAlexandr KaptoAlexandr Semenovich Kapto Alexandr Semenovich Kapto Alexandr Semenovich Kapto (born April 14, 1933 in Upper Tarasovka Village, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine is a Russian and Ukrainian scientist, sociologist, political scientist and a diplomat, journalist, politician and statesman. He earned a...