SOTSIOLOGICHESKIJ ZHURNAL (SOCIOLOGICAL JOURNAL) 2016. Vol. 22. No.3 THEORY AND METHODOLOGY Popova P.A., Rotmistrov A.N. Regression with categorical predictors: criticizing dummy-variable usage and log-linear analysis as an alternative approach (8-31) Zhvitiashvili A.Sh. Classes in Western sociology: in search of conceptualization (32-48) Bataeva E.V. Mobbing at the workplace (Interdisciplinary aspects of studies) (49-66) Orekh E.A. The phenomenon of lookism and its sociological analysis (67-81) SURVEYS, EXPERIMENTS, CASE STUDIES Rusinova N.L., Safronov V.V. Social risks of depression in Europe and Russia: The role of demographics, education and social capital (82-106) Bezrukova O.N., Ryskina V.L., Samoylova V.A. The cultural capital of motherhood and the values of family upbringing: a comparative analysis (107-128) HISTORY OF SOCIOLOGY Kazhanov O.A. Social portrayal of the elite as a method of studying electoral behavior at the turn of the 20th century (129-142) SOCIOLOGICAL TRAINING Semenova V.V., Polukhina E.V., Rozhdestvenskaya E.Yu., Strelnikova A.V. Socio-biographical approach to social mobility: concept and its realization (143-164) IN MEMORIAM OF B.I. MAKSIMOV Tukumtsev B.G. An inrivalled master of analyzing the difficult fate of Russia’s workers (165-172) REVIEWS, SUMMARIES Bozkov O.B. Why Are Russian villages Still Alive? [Rev.] Nikulin A.M. Agrarians, power and village: From past to present. Moscow: Publishing House “Delo” RANHiGS publ., 2014. (173-185)