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Российский средний класс как экономический субъект: характеристика и перспективы
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This paper represents an initial report on findings for a study aimed at analyzing several key aspects of middle class development in the Russian regions (subjects of Federation - oblasts, krays, autonomous republics), namely: Federal and regional government programs to stimulate the growth of the middle class (content, tools of implementation, effectiveness); Behavioral strategies and economic behavior (consumption patterns propensity to save, investment) of different sections of Russian middle class; Middle class value orientation and political preferences (including preferences for democracy).
The author in detail states S. Kordonskii's believing concept that specifi city of the Russian economy consists in domination in it of the estate beginning. It is mainly resource economy. A main objective of its subjects - struggle for an estate rent. Such design is characteristic both for Soviet and the Post-Soviet social and economic device.