Scientific - educational journal 2015 № 4 CONTENTS. SUMMABIES To readers SOUTHERN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY IS 100 YEARS Bondar N.S. Alma Mater is the Sacred Phenomenon of My Life: Nostalgia and Moderate Optimism. MODERN RUSSIAN SOCIETY Kharitonov E.M. Financial Resources in the System of Ethnic Relations in the South of Russia Skvortsov N.G. Labor Migration in Modern Russia: the Ethnic Dimension of Social Inequality Serikov A.V. The Discourse of “Soft Power” in the Context of Image Making for Modern Russia: Factors and Methods of Creating of Competitive Identity Isakova Y.I., Doctor of Sociology, PhD in Legal Sciences, Professor of Don State Technical University, Russia The Formation of Civil Control in the Context of Interaction between the Society and the Authorities in Russia Nemchina V.I., Ph.D. in Social Sciences, associate professor of the Institute of Sociology and Regional Studies, Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don, Russia Russian Experience in the Formation of Identity in a Transitional Society Petrulevich I., Doctor of Sociology, Professor of Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don, Russia Mesropyan L., PhD, teaching assistant of Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don, Russia The Present-Day Politics of the Russian Federation: Basic Trajectories and Tendencies of Development CULTURE AND GLOBALIZATION Degtyarev A.K., Doctor of Philosophy, Professor of Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don, Posuhova O. Y., Ph.D. in Social Sciences, associate professor of Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don Institutional Practices in the Sphere of Harmonization of Interracial and Interethnic Relations in the United States Chernobrovkin I.P., Doctor of Philosophy, Professor of Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don, Russia The Inequality of Educational Opportunities of Migrants in Germany: Analytical Discourse Shtofer L.L., Rostov State University of Economics (RINH), Rostov-on-Don, Russia The Global Migration as a Factor of Crisis of a Na-Tion-State Shchukina E. L., The Institute of Sociology and Regional Studies, South-ern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don, Russia Cultural Safety of Modern Russia in the Global Media Environment MANAGEMENT SOCIOLOGY AND ECONOMIC SOCIOLOGY Volkov Y.Y., Candidate of economic sciences, lecturer of the Chair of economic sociology and regional management of the Institute of sociology and regional studies, Southern federal university, Rostov-on-Don, Russia Financial Practices in the Russian Society: The Criteria of Sociological Analysis Markin V.V., Doctor of Sociology, Professor, Senior Research Associate, director of the Center of Regional Sociology and Conflict Resolution of the Institute of Sociology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia Regional Development of the South of Russia: Problems of Multidimensional Identification and Modeling in Sociological-Administrative Context Chernobrovkina N.I., Ph.D. in Philosophy, associate professor of the Institute of Sociology and Regional Studies, Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don, Russia Economic Identity as a Form of Self-Determination and Self-Positioning of the Regional Society PHILOSOPHY AND SOCIETY Bedrik A.V., Ph.D. in Social Sciences, leading research associate of the Institute of Sociology and Regional Studies, Southern Federal University, Ros-tov-on-Don, Russia Dyachenko A.N., Ph.D. in Philosophy, senior research associate of the Institute of Sociology and Regional Studies, Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don, Russia Departmental Nationalism in Contemporary Russian Society: Ethnocracy or Migrant Phobia? Matyash T.P., Doctor of Philosophy, Professor of the department philosophy religion and religious studies, Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don, Russia Matyash D.V., Doctor of Philosophy, associate professor of Don State Technical University, Russia The Image of a Scientist: Historical and Cultural Metamorphosis HIGHER EDUCATION: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES Vodenko K.V., Doctor of Philosophy, Professor of the Institute of Sociology and Regional Studies, Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don, Russia Chernykh S.S., Ph.D. in Philosophy, associate professor of Platov South Russian State Technical University (NPI), Novocherkassk, Russia Diversification of the Role of the Institute of Higher Education in the Process of Reproduction and Concentration of Social Capital of Young People Goryacheva E.A., Ph.D. in Sociology, associate professor of the department of technology and vocational and pedagogical education of Southern Federal University (SFU), Russia Students’ Creative Personality in Cultural and Educational Art Spaces SOCIO-POLITICAL AND ETHNIC PROCESSES IN THE SOUTH OF RUSSIA Dobaev I.P., Doctor of Philosophy, Professor of the department of Region alistics and Eurasian Studies of the Institute of Sociology and Regional Studies, Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don, Russia Cherevkov O.S., Master's Degree Student of Foreign Regional Studies, Institute of Sociology and Regional Studies, Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don, Russia The Network Warfare in the Black and Caspian Sea Region: the Threats to National Security of Russia Shevchenko O.M., the Institute of Sociology and Regional Studies, South-ern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don, Russia Xenophobia as a Threat to the National Security of States and to Political Stability in the Black and Caspian Sea Region PHANTOMS OF MODERN RUSSIAN SOCIETY: DISCUSSION OF Z.T. TOSHCHENKO’S MONOGRAPH AT THE INSTITUTE OF SOCIOLOGY AND REGIONAL STUDIES, SOUTHERN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY Lubsky A.V. Sociology of life as Science and Narrative: reflections on the style of scientific work of Z.T. Toshchenko Makarenko V.P. The unrealized idea for a movie Kravchenko S.A. The counterintuitive reality Levashov V.K. Phantoms in our lives YOUNG SCIENTISTS’ INVESTIGATIONS IN PHILOSOPHY Arutyunyan A.V., external PhD student of the department of philosophy and sociology, Adygei State University, Maykop, Russia Personal Characteristics and Abilities of the New Wave of Entrepreneurs Gerleyn N.A., post-graduate student of the Institute of Philosophy and Social and Political Sciences, Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don, Russia The Philosophical Understanding of Freedom in the Context of Searching for Reasons of Modern Human’s Egotism Dementiev S. A., Ph.D. in Social Sciences, a senior lector of the Department of philosophy and cultural studies of South Russian Humanitarian Institute (SRHI), Russia The Specificity of Research of the System Characteristics of Information Security in the Context of a Transdisciplinary Approach Svistunov V.V., post-graduate student of the Institute of Philosophy and Social and Political Sciences, Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don, Russia Philosophical Understanding of Socio-Economic Importance of Modern Scientific Achievement (The Ex-Ample Of Genetic Engineering) INVESTIGATIONS OF YOUNG SCIENTISTS IN SOCIOLOGY Bogdanova O.V., external PhD student of the Institute of Sociology and Regional Studies, Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don, Russia Development of the Institute of Regional Political Elite in Southern Federal District Pogosyan L.A., Ph.D. in Social Sciences, associate professor of Rostov Institute (branch) « Plekhanov REU» Rostov-on-Don, Russia Veselaya T.V., Ph.D. in Philosophy, associate professor of Rostov Institute (branch) « Plekhanov REU» Rostov-on-Don, Russia The Specific of Formation of Political Culture of Youth in Modern Russian Society: Political and Legal Aspects Stukalova D.N., the Institute of Sociology and Regional Studies, South-ern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don, Russia Management of the Conflict Potential of Migration Flows as a Subject of Scientific Researches Shevchenko A.A., the Institute of Sociology and Regional Studies, Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don, Russia Creative Practices in Recreational Space of a City – Scientific Life Conference of the European Sociological Association «Differences, Inequalities and Sociological Imagination» The results of X Zhdanovskiy readings «Interdisciplinary tradition in social and human sciences in Southern Federal University» and IX Zhdanov International Competition on the South-Russian regional studies in the Institute of Sociology and Regional Studies, Southern Federal University The results of All-Russian research and practice conference «Ethno-social processes and risks in the South of Russia» Books Submitted to the Journal Journal guide: philosophical and sociological sciences in South Russia