Dynamics of social structure and transformation of public consciousness (A'Round table')

"Dynamics of social structure and transformation of public consciousness" ( A 'Round table') contains the results of a;discussion about the trends in t he changing social structure, in social identity, discontent, and protest i n the contemporary Russia. Scholars from the Institute of Sociology (Academ y of Sciences of Russia), academic institutions shared the results of surve ys, stared some debatable issues of methods and theory, and a few social pa radoxes Sn the specific Russian interaction between social, economic, polit ical, and ideological factors, i.a., paradoxes of the middle class' margina lization, and accumulation of a protest potential, as well.