Main Hopes and Concerns of the Public: Dynamics of Social Attitudes in the Society

Abstract

The article based on the results of monitoring surveys of public opinion analyses the dynamics of social well-being of Russian population. The authors state that modern sociology has a large scientific arsenal for studying public mood, fears and social aspirations. That allows studying the dynamics of the public consciousness over long periods of time and eliciting laws of social development, response of the public to political and economic situation in the country and developments in domestic and foreign policies. The second problem posed by the authors is the level of interest of state bodies in conducting sociological research to study public mood and expectations.