SOCIOLOGICAL STUDIES MONTHLY 2017 ¹ 3 ÑONTENTS. SUMMARIES THEORY. METHODOLOGY 3 IGNATYEV V.I. Social theory in the contact zone of the methods of natural science: informational resonance approach to interpreting social reality 14 SMIRNOV P.I. Is the revival and renewal of positivism in theoretical sociology possible? DEMOGRAPHY. MIGRATION 24 DMITRIEV A.V. About the limitations of the materialist approach to demographic and migration policies 29 RYBAKOVSKY O.L., SUDOPLATOVA V.S., TAYUNOVA O.A. The potential for reducing mortality in Russia 43 ARCHANGELSKIY V.N., ZINKINA Ju.V., KOROTAYEV A.V., SHULGIN S.G. Modern fertility trends in Russia and the impact of the pro-natalist policies SOCIOLOGY OF EDUCATION 51 ILYIN V.A., LEONIDOVA G.V., GOLOVCHIN M.A. Russian teacher in the reformed society: regional outlook 58 GABDRAKHMANOVA G.F., SAGDIEVA E.A., KORABLEVA N.I. The Students from Central Asia in the Republic of Tatarstan: motivation, adaptation, life plans 64 OSIPOV P.N., ZIYATDINOVA Ju.N. Faculty and students as participants of internationalization SOCIOLOGY OF SCIENCE 70 LOKOSOF V.V., TOKSANBAEVA M.S., KOLENNIKOVA O.A., GUZANOVA A.K. Professional potential of academic organizations: characteristics and social security 79 POPOVA O.B., ROMANOV D.A., LOYKO V.I., EVSEEVA M.A. Methodical significance of activities research results SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH AND MEDICINE 88 BOGOMIAGKOVA E.S., ROGOZHINA E.P. Attitudes to euthanasia in Russia and Germany: comparative analysis 97 BELOVA N.I. Healthcare in rural areas: condition, tendencies and challenges 106 SHABUNOVA A.A., KONDAKOVA N.A. Life conditions for families with newborn children and factors of health formation in childhood HISTORICAL SOCIOLOGY 115 BOGDANOV S.V., OSTAPYUK V.G. Face of treason (collaborationists in Kursk region, 1941–1943) 123 GOLOVASHINA O.V., LINCHENKO A.A., ANIKIN D.A. Memory of the Great Patriotic war: Victory day in the historical consciousness of Russians SOCIOLOGICAL JOURNALISM 134 KIVA A.V. Russia still has a chance to become a developed country. What can be taken from the experience of China? FACTS. COMMENTS. NOTES 144 USHKIN S.G. “Easy” business or what are the problems faced by businesses in the region? 150 VASILIEV V.P. About the material and financial provision of health system ACADEMIC EVENTS 155 SHAPOVALOVA I.S., LEBEDEV S.D., SUKHORUKOV V.V. Sociology of religion in late-modern society 156 ABGADZHAVA D.A., BYDANOV V.E., STREBKOV A.I. International academic and practical conference REFLECTING ON A NEW BOOK 157 LUBSKIY A.V. Social role of sociology and sociological diagnostics of the society (On M.K. Gorshkov’s book “Russian society as it is: a study of sociological diagnostics”) 163 JOURNALS’ GUIDE 170 BOOKS IN BRIEF IN MEMORIAM 171 A. TOFFLER 173 Z. BAUMAN 175 CONTENTS BOOKS SENT TO THE EDITORS (inside front cover) IN THE NEXT ISSUES (back cover)