Sociologicheskaja nauka i social'naja praktika Vol 6, No 1 (2018) Table of Contents To the reader 5-6 THEORY AND METHODOLOGY On Modernization of the Humanities Oleg N. Yanitsky 7-22 Factors of Income Stratification of Russian Society: Methodology of the Analysis and Role Ascriptive Characteristics Anastasia V. Karavay 23-36 GLOBAL SOCIETY Global Instability – the Creation of Systemic Transformation in the Post-Soviet World Alexander N. Danilov 37-52 SOCIOLOGY OF EDUCATION Horizontal Professional Mobility, Professional Education and Labour Market in Russia in the Dynamics of Years Ekaterina S. Popova 53-70 Russian Universities in Domestic and International Ratings: from the Fungibility of Scientometrics to the Evaluation of Development Quality Ivan E. Zadorozhnyuk, Sergey M. Sadchikov 71-83 SOCIOLOGY OF SOCIAL GROUPS The Particular Characteristics of the Elderly as a Subject of Social Policy Olga N. Dudchenko, Anna V. Mytil 84-100 THE SCIENTIFIC LIFE The Formation of a Federal Sociological Center of RAS – a New Stage in the Development of Russian Sociology 101-130 REVIEW Sociology: From Social Photography to Creative Search Review of the Monograph: Yu.G. Volkov, A.V. Lubsky Sociology in Russia: in Search of New Ideas and Creativity. Publishing house of SFU, 2017. Galina G. Sillaste 131-137