Nevelichko Lyubov' G.

The paper examines the condition of the modern family institution. The choice of the subject and the object of research are caused by significance of the family institution in the stable society functioning. The future of Russia and overcoming problems at its modern turning point depend on how successful the family will be fulfilling its priority functions of socializing the younger generation, keeping and providing the traditional moral guidelines. Theoretical and methodological basis of the article is the concept of social institutions, in particular the family institute, presented in the works by domestic and foreign researchers, representatives of various scientific fields, the conclusions are formulated on the basis of comprehensive analysis of institutional changes in the family from the standpoint of the crisis approach. Based on a secondary analysis of official statistics on the status of marriages, divorces, fertility data, it was concluded that the crisis nature of the changes is manifested primarily in the deformation of the fundamental function of the family - reproductive. The modern social policy of the state is stated to make young people be family free. The results of sociological study conducted by the in-depth interview method are presented in order to identify the place and the role of family values among the student youth, their compliance with the real needs of the Russian society. Young people have proven to have a positive social potential for creating a family, while at the same time there is a predominance of individualization and the priority of self-realization before responsibility for creating family and growing children. The obtained data can be used to work with young people, to develop special courses of university programs, as well as to research the field of family and marriage.

The socio-structural changes taking place in the Russian society have shown that the successful implementation of reforms is impossible without active civic participation. We have to state that the transformation is largely hampered by the civic passivity of Russians, their weak involvement in solving problems at the place of residence. Residents, experiencing difficulties, shift the solution of problems to local governments, which, in turn, need public initiatives at the local level in conditions of limited budget funds. In this regard, the identification of conditions that encourage citizens to voluntarily participate in public life, the organization of collective interaction aimed at improving the quality of life, becomes very significant. The article analyzes neighborhood practices as a social potential for the formation of larger resources. It has been established that conflict, as a contradiction between desired and reality, is an incentive for spontaneous social contact, in the process of interaction, which acquires the character of self-organization of residents at the place of residence. Small groups are indicated to be more effective than the large groups. The motives for participation of individuals in achieving the public good are considered. Analysis of the data obtained during the focus groups made it possible to formulate the following conclusions: spontaneous social contact occurs when a conflict situation occurs; the condition for productive joint actions is the real possibility of resolving contradiction and changing the resource, as well as the prospect of obtaining its own benefit - material or reputational; cooperation and support for civic initiatives requires information support and is impossible without support and approval from the authorities.

The article is devoted to the problem of attracting foreign students to the Russian universities. Particular attention is paid to the ways of forming a positive image and factors of attractiveness of educational organizations of higher education in the Far East for potential students. The article considers several areas of development of the indicated problem. First of all, internationalization of education and increase in the number of foreign students is the effective fulfillment of modern request for socioeconomic development for the highly professional personnel. Currently, the most urgent tasks are to create necessary conditions to prevent the outflow of foreign students from Russia, thereby preserving their contingent by maintaining the high quality of education with the development and widespread introduction of new learning formats into the educational process: online technologies, hybrid forms of education. The article notes that for Russia, which has a powerful export potential of education system, finding the ways to increase the competitiveness of Russian universities in the world educational space is a current priority. The article pays special attention to the issue of attracting foreign students to the universities in the Far East, especially from the PRC. Close proximity of the Far-Eastern region to China and the need to identify resources that ensure competitive positions for the regional universities in attracting Chinese students justify the prospects for sociological developments in this area. Based on the surveys of foreign students, graduates and potential applicants, the authors of this article identified priority areas in the development of educational potential of the FarEastern universities and increasing their attractiveness for the foreign students, refuted stereotypical ideas that foreign students from the low-income families and having a low level of education enter the Russian Far-Eastern universities. The conclusions to which the authors come are addressed to the university leaders, teachers, as well as officials of the government and business bodies interested in the development of the Far-Eastern territories.

Recently, the complex socio-economic processes taking place in our country have set the direction for the study of social identity in the aspect of its civic orientation as an indicator of the degree of civil solidarity and the nature of the consolidation processes emerging in the society, a certain condition for integrity of the state. Appeal to the given topic is dictated by the need to determine the social essence of modern individual and his attitude to the society, in which his existence is. The most relevant is determination of the position of younger generation, in particular, the student youth, who is a strategic resource of changes in the country. Phenomenon of the civic identity is considered based on the ideas of functionalism in the framework of integrative approach and the possibility of their application in modern conditions. The study of civic identity is based on two approaches: citizen identity implies a person's awareness of community with the society on the basis of community of language, territory, culture, traditions; determinant of civic identity is the individual's awareness of himself as a collective subject of the community of citizens of the given state. The authors combined these two approaches into one integrative whole, including personal and social and thereby forming a complex education that constitutes the essential characteristic of the concept of civil identity. The article analyzes the results of empirical study of the factors for constructing the space of civil identity. Particular attention is paid to the factor conditionality of civil identities of the Russian students. Based on the results of the study presented in the work, the question is raised about the relevance of developing technologies and models for the formation of new identity of Russian youth not only as a special socio-age group, but also as a strategic potential of the country.

In the article the results of the opinion poll of the heads of the municipal formations of the Khabarovsk Territory and the Jewish autonomous region to the problems of the functioning of the local communities are presented. The general and the special in the social and economic development of the population of the municipal formations of regions are revealed.

In the article the theoretical and empirical sociological analysis of mutual relations of the Russian power and citizens at level of municipal communities of some subjects of regions of Far East federal district is presented, their subjective indicators are allocated.