Popova I.P. Scientific, Engineering Professional Associations and the State: Practices of Cooperation Popova I.P. Scientific, Engineering Professional Associations and the State: Practices of Cooperation // (Un)Making Europe: Capitalism, Solidarities, Subjectivities: View from Russia/ [Electronic resource]: collected papers. 13th Conference of the European Sociological Association (Un)Making Europe: Capitalism, Solidarities, Subjectivities/ Editor-in-Chief V.Mansurov. Moscow: RSS, 2017. – 355 p. Pp. 194-202. 1 СD ROM; 12 sm - system requirements: Windows XP/Vista/7/10 - Title from disk label.ISBN e978-5-904804-18-3РИНЦ: https://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=29893945Posted on site: 07.11.17Текст статьи.AbstractScientific and engineering professional associations are supposed to create a mechanism of reconciling and coordinating the interests of the state, society, business and professional communities. The purpose of the article is to identify the spectrum of methods utilized by modern professional scientific and engineering associations in Russia in building interactions with the state regarding its policy in the field of science and technology based on the analysis of interviews with their leadership. The data of semi-structured expert interviews with the heads of professional scientific and engineering organizations (associations) served as the empirical basis of this analysis. The set of their functions includes legislative and advisory/ expert activities; organizing conferences; participation in the development of professional education. The degree of interaction with government structures, as well as the effects of this interaction depend on a combination of various characteristics of the professional associationsАвторы:Попова И.П.