Социс 2010 №8 SOCIOLOGICAL STUDIES MONTHLY No. 8 2010 Founded 1974 CONTENTS THEORY. METHODOLOGY LITVAK N.V. On the classifications of “information society’ concepts KACHANOV Yu.L. Poly-paradigmatic approach, logics, and sociological notions SILAEVA V.L. On uses of the ‘virtual’ notionECONOMIC SOCIOLOGY URBAN О.А. Making of effective owners in the basic branches of Kuzbass industries TSHERNYSH М.F. Reforms effects in St.-Petersburg and ShanghaiPOLITICAL SOCIOLOGY ROTMISTROV А.N. Social movements: a classification of sociological conceptions МАRКОVICH М. Коssovo and European civilizationDEMOGRAPHY. MIGRATIONS КLUPT М.А. Demographic agenda for the 21st century: theories and realities ZAUSAEV V.К., МIKHАLЕV V.P., МЕNЕRVIN М.G., BURDAКОVА G.I. Settling centers of the Far East – a basis for the making of stable population КURABTSEV V.L. Southern Federal territory: a new migration waveETHNOSOCIOLOGY SAVIN I.S. Russians in Kazakhstan today TSVETKOVA I.V. ‘One of us’ image in the consciousness of Togliatti Russian population МАКАRОV А.Ya. Specifics of ethno-cultural adaptation among migrants’ children in Moscow schoolsRURAL SOCIOLOGY LIUBLINSKY V.V. «Islands of socialism» amidst the ocean of market economy LIUBLINSKY V.V. «Islands of socialism» amidst the ocean of market economy TIMUSH А.N. Moldavian village in crisis situation SOCIOLOGY OF CULTURE IL’YASOV F.N. Death fear phenomenon in modern society ELIUTINA М.E., PHILIPPOVA S.V. Burial ritual practices: changing contents HISTORY OF SOCIOLOGY JOAS H. Action is a state in which people exist in the world GRОМОV I.А., LUKIANОV V.Т. Меthodology of scientific cognition and E. Durkheim’s values theoryFACTS. COMMENTS. NOTES - REFLECTING ON A NEW BOOK - BOOK REVIEWS - BOOKS IN BRIEF - CONTENТS