СОЦИОЛОГИЧЕСКАЯ ОЦЕНКА РЕЗУЛЬТАТИВНОСТИ СОЦИАЛЬНОЙ ПОЛИТИКИ НА РЕГИОНАЛЬНОМ И МУНИЦИПАЛЬНОМ УРОВНЕ

Abstract

The article presents summarized results of the research project; its aim was the development of methodological; methodical; and organizational basis of sociological assessment of social policy effectiveness on regional and municipal levels . Relying on systematic approach; the authors gave definition of the social policy; regional and municipal social policies and some other terms; proposed the own variant of social policy structuring; list of guidelines according to which the relevant object was studied empirically. Complex approach of studying of social policy effectiveness is based on the system of statistical indicators and sociological methods that allow not only to characterize every social policy guideline but also to obtain integrated indices of these guidelines and of the social policy as a whole. Statistical material gathered in Russia; the Kemerovo region; municipal entities; and the results of the conducted sociological study gave opportunity to draw conclusions about positive and negative trends in implementation of social policy in the Kemerovo region and in one of the towns; as well as to prepare recommendations on social policy development.