Scientific section. Politology

The ideological views of L. N. Tolstoy companion, the Russian writer I. F. Nazhivin, shaped by the beginning of the 20th years of the XX century under the influence of radical political transformation in Russia are considered in article. Influence of intra emigrant struggle of opinions on evolution of views of the writer throughout the intermilitary period (the 20–30th years of the XX century), and also his vision of Russian state and Europe future in the conditions of an aggravation of public contradictions is analyzed.

This article explores the idea of national self-determination of South Ossetia in the context of the separation of Ossetian people. The author tries to explore the influence of the situation of ethnic division on the formation of the South Ossetian national idea and the role this situation has played in the process of final implementation of this idea.

This paper studies the main interpretations of concept «Islamic world» as well as it’s modifications as a result of migration processes in modern globalization. The author observes the crucial factors of politization of «Islamic world» in Western Europe and in Russia.

In the article the comparative analysis the practician of realization of a security policy (USA, Japan, Russia) is carried out. Domestic experience of counteraction to nationalism in the conditions of safety at the international, state and regional levels is presented. Regional features of implementation of target programs in territorial subjects of the Russian Federation as tool of effective national policy are defined.

In paper studies explanatory potential of the concept of «regional political regime» in the context of discussion about the nature of post-Soviet Russian transformation. The author argues that the term «political regime» is specifying and clarifying the key characteristics of evolution of political relations in uncertain. In article is getting over two main mistakes on the term «regional political regime».

The author considers analogous forms of civil society in countries of the South exemplified by African states. Foundation, development, specifics, and peculiarities of civil society in this region of the world are analyzed. It is stated that burgeoning civil society models of non-Western areal have their own specific features, which are determined by special character of civilizational development of the countries.

The author tries to analyze the facts caused by the processes of globalization, Internet-communication, social stratification, and development of mass society which objectively destabilize modern political process.

The paper discusses the evolution of Yabloko’s oppositional status of in the post-Soviet period, the factors that conditioned its special position in the liberal wing and itsrelations with other liberal forces. The emphasis is placed on the analysis of changes that have occurred in the party’spolitical message in theclimateof a crisis in Russia-Ukraine relations and an escalation in the international context.

The authors analyze the results of the massive social surveys and focus-group investigations conducted in November–December, 2015 in municipal districts of Saratov region which are the parts of Saratov district constituency. People’s informational preferences, their attitude to the government, politicians, and elections were probed. Specific recommendations on elaborating electoral strategies in the run-up to the State Duma elections have been formulated.