Citation

Mareeva, Svetlana (2020). Socio-economic inequalities in modern Russia and their perception by the population. The Journal of Chinese Sociology, 7(1), 10. PMCID: PMC7327491

Abstract

This paper focuses on the objective situation regarding inequalities and their subjective perception by the population in Russia in recent years. It is shown that socio-economic inequalities are currently perceived by the population as excessive and illegitimate, and the gap between expectations and social reality has led to growing requests for “leveling” being made to the state. This analysis of the perception of social inequalities is carried out against a background of the objective situation with inequalities that is characterized by the equalization of incomes in the middle layer of society and simultaneously by the growing gap between the top and the rest of the population. Key challenges and crossroads that the state faces in terms of developing socio-economic policies aimed at reducing inequalities are identified.

URL

http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40711-020-00124-9

Reference Type

Journal Article

Year Published

2020

Journal Title

The Journal of Chinese Sociology

Author(s)

Mareeva, Svetlana

PMCID

PMC7327491