Bulletin of the Institute of Sociology (Vestnik instituta sotziologii) 2018, No 24 Тopic of the Issue Development as Theoretical Concept Khaliy I.A. Presenting This Issue. P. 9-12 Aksenova Olga, Khaliy I.A. Modern development. Towards designating a research topic. P. 13-26 Davydov Alexey Platonovich The basis of development as a socio-cultural issue (on the question of the mediation theory of western society’s evolution). P. 27-51 Veber Alexander Borisovich The paradoxes of modern development: Mankind on the edge of a historic bifurcation. P. 52-75 Kolennikova Nina Dmitrievna The economic status of Russia’s working population: objective and subjective dimensions. P. 76-94 Nemirovsky Valentin Gennadievitch, Nemirovskaya Anna Valentinovna, Bulatova Tatiana Alexeevna Fear as a factor in the social and cultural deformations of Russians’ life world. P. 95-114 Pozdnyakova M.E., Bruno Viktoria Vladimirovna The societal risk in the new tendencies for increasing drug use . P. 115-139 Budnikova Natalia Sergeevna Civil society and public authorities in the Republic of Buriatia: the development of interactions. P. 140-154 Latypov Ilias Albertovitch Culture as a factor in the formation of vital values among Russian students and students from Ouzbekiston. P. 155-170