Scientific section. Politology

The article deals with the problems of integration of the Eurasian space associated with the formation of social consciousness, core value, which was the national sovereignty in the post-Soviet states. Today, the issues of integration and independence largely opposed to each other. In this situation, the construction of positive motivation, a single Eurasian identity is a major factor in the successful implementation of the Eurasian project.

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.

The article says that at our time has accelerated the processes of formation of public political communication. The author describes the difference between crowd and public; shows the role of crowdsourcing in this process.

In this paper analyzes a theoretical and metodological approaches toward study Islamic factor in modern Russian politics. The author sctutinize this process in the context of globalization and development of activity of the Islamic extremist forces in different regions of the contemporary world.

The article deals with the experience and results of the nationalcultural development of the Republic of Mordovia, where ethnic, confessional and cultural diversity exist and state national policy is implemented successfully. The features of formation of ethnic and national-civil identity in the region are revealed.

The paper is devoted to research of theoretical approaches to analysis of sociocultural integration as a tool for resolving regional conflicts. Author focuses on the ability of sociocultural integration to transformation of destructive identity-based conflicts. The author considers the systemic factors of the identity-based conflicts and emphasizes destabilizing role of the politicization of ethnicity.

The article presents the genesis in a modern liberal democracy of political conflicts over basic socialpolitical values; their dynamic and essential propertiesare researched.

The author considers the problem of correlation between the notions of political competition and political conflicts in the context of an electoral campaign in contemporary Russia, evaluates their functionality as parameters of the political system’s degree of democracy, and characterizes the main types of institutional and interpersonal conflict relations within the electoral period.

The article examines the category of political transformation, political risks through the prism of gender approach. Examines trends in change the process of formation and perception of women and men in society and politics. The possible mechanisms and stages of transformation of images of women and men in politics and the risky potential of this process in which there is the prospect of changes in contemporary gender order and formation of the new.

The paper discusses the problems of the evolution of European tripartism as the political institution, aimed at harmonization of interests of employees and employers, the comparative analysis of European models of tripartism is made, the sources of country differences towards the role of public participation in the system of tripartism are disclosed.