Extremal Inequalities and Social State (part 2)

Occupation: Head of the Centre for Socio-cultural Changes Studies
Affiliation: Institute of Philosophy, Russian Academy of Sciences
Address: Russian Federation, Moscow

Vladimir A. Ilyin

Occupation: Scientific Director
Affiliation: Vologda Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Address: Russian Federation, Vologda

Mikhail V. Morev

Occupation: Leading Researcher
Affiliation: Vologda Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Address: Russian Federation, Vologda

Journal name

Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya

Edition

Issue 2

Pages

20-30

Abstract

The first part of the paper shows the growth of extreme income inequalities and income weights of the macro-strata; this growth is fraught with dangerous risks for the consolidation of Russian society. In the second part of the article, we focus on the factors that led to this situation and suggest the ways to overcome it. We think that the current situation is mostly a result of unscrupulous actions by the two groups of actors representing big business and part of the governmental and public figures from high levels of power. We use an example of major Russian metallurgical corporations to show the ways of financial “optimization” aimed at reducing tax revenues from the corporations to the consolidated budget of the state. We also provide examples of legitimation of the initiatives of executive authorities that contributed to such an “optimization” of activities of large business. On the other hand, we show that due to the innovative activity of creative specialists in the economy of a number of regions there are modernization processes that limit the growth of extreme inequalities. But these processes are carried out spontaneously and in many ways inefficiently; and they require regulatory role of the state to be increased. These data indicate the weakness of the social state in Russia; this fact makes it necessary to develop a federal target program that will help implement the constitutional principle of a strong and humanistically active social state in Russia. Besides, it is advisable to conduct comprehensive interdisciplinary studies of the evolution of Russian regions; for example, the publication entitled “Regions of New Russia” in 10 volumes can be prepared.

Keywords

extreme income inequality, actors, modernization, social state, social programming

Received

19.02.2020

Publication date

16.03.2020

Number of characters

31634

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GOST	Lapin N., Ilyin V., Morev M. Extremal Inequalities and Social State (part 2) // Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya – 2020. – Issue 2 C. 20-30 [Electronic resource]. URL: http://ras.jes.su/socis/s013216250008491-3-1-en (circulation date: 25.04.2024). DOI: 10.31857/S013216250008491-3
MLA	Lapin, Nikolay I, Ilyin, Vladimir A, Morev, Mikhail V "Extremal Inequalities and Social State (part 2)." Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya 2 (2020):20-30. DOI: 10.31857/S013216250008491-3
APA	Lapin N., Ilyin V., Morev M. (2020). Extremal Inequalities and Social State (part 2). Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya (2), pp.20-30 DOI: 10.31857/S013216250008491-3

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