Keyword: «social structure»

The author discusses the special features of sociological method to analyze the origin of economic stratification. The author also deals with the changes in the conditions of the modern Russian society transformation.

The article discusses the characteristics of the social structure in terms of the transformation of a modern Russian society. Particular attention is paid to the formation of class structures. In the study of this issue it was used secondary analysis of a variety of sources and documents. In the end, it turns out that the for-mation of a new social structure in modern Russia is characterized by extreme volatility as actively eroded the traditional groups, new types of intergroup integration on the property, income, participation in power structure and social structure.

The article considers peculiarities of transformation of social structure and its influence on social order; it also focuses on the social changes occurring in modern conditions of development of society.