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Analytical Papers: Social Development

Antonova G., Bykova Т., Ph.D.
"Bussiness education of youth in Belarus: experience and problems ", 1999
Experience and problems of formation and development of the not state system of youth preparation to work in conditions of market economy is discussed on the example of youth business school "Velesichy".

Dashkevich V., Ph.D.
"Antimarket stereotypes and national economic interests", 1998
Based on the results of IISEPS national poll conducted in December 1997, the author shows peculiarities of economic thought of Belarusians, and considers social-economic programs of the Belarusian government as well as prospects of economic liberalism in the country.

Drakochrust G., Ph.D.
"Life living conditions (research of social aspects of income differentiation)", 1995
Basing on the results of a number of polls - national opinion poll and experts interviews, conducted by IISEPS in 1995 - the author analyses social determinants of the life level, social and demographic characteristics of social groups, their attitude to the principles of market economy, expressed in both economic and social preferences, and economic behavior.

Drakokhrust Yu., Ph.D.
"Paradoxes of Belarusian mass consciousness", 1998
The author considers some unusual peculiarities of mass consciousness of Belarusian society. Based on the results of IISEPS national poll conducted in December 1997, he analyses ideal images of politicians existing in Belarusian society, and provides various explanations of why the most popular political leaders in Belarus are president Lukashenko and president Clinton.

Drakokhrust Yu., Ph.D.
"Elite groups in the mirror of public opinion", 1996
The report is prepared on the basis of national opinion poll, conducted by IISEPS. Social image and public opinion changing in relation to some elite groups - Belarusian bsinesss, directors of the state enterprises and local authorities, presidential structues - is represented.

Drakokhrust Yu., Ph.D.
"Social mentality and new actors of politics in Belarus", 1992
The paper is prepared on the base of resuls of representative survey of adult population of Belarus (1000 people).

Efimova N., Ph.D.
"Social function of youth NGO", 1999
Questions of youth involvment in structures of civil society, relation with state and authorities as well as self realisation of youth people in the environment of Belarus are discussed on the base of youth NGO leaders opinion poll.

Efimova N., Ph.D.
"People's confidence to the leading actors of politics and economics of Belarus", 1995
This paper is based of the results of national survey and interviews with public opinion leaders of the Republic of Belarus. The author analyzes the main types of people's confidence to the political institutions, leaders and groups in Belarusian society.

Galkevch A.
"Social protection of population in the Republic of Belarus", 1995
The author analyses legal regulation of social protection of population of Belarus, the cost and influence of this cost on economics reforms.

Gryniuk Gh., Ph.D.
"Humanitarian expertize of Nemiga tragedy", 1999
The report gives social and sociological examination of reasons and consequences of tragedy at metro station "Nemiga" in Minsk.

Kovaliov E.
"Ideas of Belarusian citizens about poverty,prosperity and richness", 1995
In the report analyses of the national opinion poll data is carried out in order to understand which level of income is considered to be poverty level, which prosperity and which richness, where is the frontier between these definitions, do demographic factors influence these differences.

Lomako V.
"Linguistic, political and economic priorities of present Belarusian nation", 1994 (Belarusian)
The paper is prepared on the base of result of representative survey of adult population of Belarus.

Lysiuk A., Ph.D., Juk G., Ph.D., Sokolovskaya M.
"Problems of existance and death in value strategies of belarusian youth", 1999
The report analysis philosophical aspects of youth attitude to the problems of life and death in interrelation with value strategies on the base of sociological datum.

Marzaliuk I., Ph.D.
"Historical aspects of the formation of Belarusians' anti-market consciousness", 1997
The author considers peculiarities and mechanisms of the formation of mass consciousness of Belarusians on different stages of creation and distraction of their national state. He analyses changes of dominant types of Belarusian mentality - from urban type formed on the basis of Protestant ethics and city autonomy to rural type formed on basis of early Christian ethics and cyclic character of labor.

Novikova L., Ph.D.
"Youth and religion", 1999
Attitude of contemporary youth to religion, relation of piety with political and econimic values of youth are desctibed in the issue on the base of sociological information.

Pelipas I., Ph.D.
"Economic orientations of Belarusian population: a set of stereotypes or evolution?", 1997
The author, based on the results of national poll conducted by IISEPS in June 1997, analyses economic orientations of Belarusian population and its different social-demographic groups, as well as correlation between political choice and economic attitudes. He also considers influence of involvement of population into non-state economy on the formation of market consciousness.

Pelipas I., Ph.D.
"Typical mistakes in discussions on problems of economic reforms in post-communist countries", 1995
The author based on the analysis of present scientific literature as well as results of various surveys, interviews with public opinion leaders, documentary and statistical analysis, considers typical mistakes in the discussions on economic reforms in postcommunist countries.

Prof. Potupa A., Ph.D.
"Post-communist Belarus: evolution of reform and elite structure conception", 1996
The report is based on official documents and statistics, economic situation is discussed, missunderstandings in discussions on political and economic questions are shown, closest perspective of the development is shown as well.

Rubanov A., Ph.D.
"Deviant behaviour of youth", 1999
Author analysis pecularities of deviant behavior of youth, classifysand estimates its types.

Sasnow A., Ph.D.
"Independent research and social and labor relations", 2002
The impact of independent researches on public development and government's social policy is viewed in the issue grounded on the analyses of present social and labor relationships in Belarus.

Sasnow A., Ph.D.
"Tendencies of socio-economic development of Belarus in the year of presidential elections", 2001
Dynamics of social and economic development of Belarus and its reflection in public consciousness in 2001 is analyzed on the basis of the statistical data and results of sociological procedures done by IISEPS.

Sasnow A., Ph.D.
"Regional features of economic opinions of population of Belarus", 2000
The issue represents comparative analysis of economic preferences of the population of Gomel and Grodno regions and Minsk using the results of sociological opinion polls done by IISEPS. The attention is paid to how people treat market economy, private business and economic policy of the government.

Sasnow A., Ph.D.
"Social policy of belarusian authorities: results, trends and basic ways of the problems solution.", 1999
On the base of sociological information and statistics the issue represents the analyses of belarusian government rate policy, policy in the sphereas of unemployment, health care and social aid. Contemporary parameters of social economic development and main ways of elimination of negative tendencies are defined in the paper.

Prof. Shavel S., Ph.D.
"Social policy of transitional period: art of "pendulum" policy", 1996
Philosophical prepositions of social policy, its meaning and main directions are analyzed. The contemporary direction of social politics in Belarus is discussed.

Prof. Shavel S., Ph.D.
"Republic representative sample: methodological ground and measurement", 1993
The paper is prepared on the base of analysis of modern approaches to representative sample measurement and statistical data of Belarus.

Zalessky M., Ph.D.
"Young inhabitants of market socialism", 1999
Formation of youth ideas about principal political and economic values is discribed in the report on the base of public opinion poll datum. The issue prognoses the society development in the process of generation shift.

Zalessky M., Ph.D.
"Happy life of a merit person in the ideal society: trends in changing of Belarusian mentality", 1997
The author considers the dynamics of life values in different social groups of Belarusian society. Based of cluster analysis of the results of IISEPS national poll conducted in June 1997, he reveals the differences between perception of values of market democracy among different urban and rural population.

Zlotnikov L., Ph.D.
"The choice is still ahead", 1998
The author considers different economic modelsof development of Belarus. He shows that economic interests of concrete social groups, as a rule, are behind any models of development. He also provides probable directions of economic development of the country for the near future.

Zlotnikov L., Ph.D.
"Social results of different types of credit and monetary policy", 1998
The report discusses social consequence of various variants of credit and monetary policy of societies with transition economy. It is emphasized that strict monetary policy leads to maximal results.