SOCIAL INEQUALITY AND DECONSOLIDATION OF SOCIETY

Abstract

The article’s aim is a study the aspects of social inequality as a factor of society’s consolidation in the depressed region. In the article has been used the statistical method and mass surveys. The main results – features of risk of development of social structure in the region are studied; the new materials demonstrating increase of a social and economic inequality and social tension in society are presented: deep gaps in differentiation of the income, level and quality of life of the rich and poor population; social groups, which are mostly subjected to modern threats, are defined; the consequences of a social inequality, which conduct to disintegration of society are reflected. The main conclusions – the region’s society has a certain underlying strength for a survival, but the threat of the society deconsolidation gradually increases as a consequence of the poor effectiveness of the governmental system, the estrangement of the authorities from the society, the reduction of the population “field of activity” because of the economic stagnation in the region, “capital flight” and other reasons.