Социс 2009 №4 SOCIOLOGICAL STUDIES MONTHLY No.4 2009 Founded 1974 CONTENTS SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIETY BURAWOY M. What is to be done? Theses on the degradation of social existence in a globalizing world WIEVIORKA M. Some considerations after reading M. Burawoy’s article: “What is to be done?” BURAWOY M. Rejoinder: for a subaltern global sociology? TOSHCHENKO Zh.T., ROMANOVSKY N.V. Public or professional public sociology? SHEREGY F.E. Russian applied sociology. Stimuli and gnosiology barriers ECONOMIC SOCIOLOGY ZARUBINA N.N. Evolving rationality in a globalizing world under impact of money SHABANOVA M.A. Business-education in Russia: specifics of a new generation of businessmen POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY КOZYREV G.I. Construed ‘victim’ as a means of making a steered conflict situation AVKSENTIEV V.A, AKSIUMOV B.V., KHOTS A.Yu. Conflict of civilizations. Pro et contra – in experts’ opinion TOLMATSH A.D. Terrorism phenomenon in mass opinion SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION SINELINA Yu.Yu. Orthodox Christian and Moslem believers. Comparative study of religious behavior and value orientations KUBLITSKAYA E.A. Specifics of religiosity studies in contemporary Russia SOCIOLOGY OF YOUTH VISHNEVSKI Yu.R., TRYNOV D.V., SHAPKOV V.T. Students’ civic culture. Issues and trends BOYAK T.N. Moral values of rural youth (a study in Buriatia and Chita region) HISTORY OF SOCIOLOGY GUSEV A.N. Social distance category in G. Simmel’s writing BANG TAVEY Re.: History of sociology in China THE FIRST STEPS – ACADEMIC EVENTS – BOOK REVIEWS – BOOKS IN BRIEF- CONTENTS