Moscow State University Bulletin. Series 18. Sociology and Political Science (ISSN: 1029-3736)

Description

The journal “Vestnik Moskovskogo universiteta. Seriya 18. Sotsiologiya i politologiya” ("Moscow State University Bulletin. Series 18. Sociology and Political Science") is a scientific journal of the Faculty of Sociology of the Lomonosov Moscow State University. The journal publishes materials regarding the scientific analysis of the main social development trends, methodological and theoretical issues of modern sociology and political science, particular areas of sociological and political analysis as well as the results of a wide range of empirical research. The main areas of discussion are the issues and the specifics of current social and institutional structure, political processes, issues of social and state policy, social and organizational management, specific features of current social processes. The journal also publishes reviews on the most recent works in the area of social and political sciences, lectures and methodological materials, as well as information and analytical reports on given conferences. The journal includes the "Scientific Life" section publishing the information about scientific and organizational life of sociological and political science communities.
We encourage domestic as well as foreign researchers working in the field of theoretical and empirical sociology, political science, theory, methodology and history of sociology, as well as experts in the areas adjoining to the social and political sciences, to submit their materials. We accept analytical materials, scientific articles, reviews for informational materials on fundamental and applied issues of sociological research. Editorial board of the journal always looks into widening the range of the authors, inviting the researchers from other universities and institutions of the Russian Academy of Sciences as well as from foreign universities.
The journal is included in the List of Russian peer-reviewed journals publishing the main research results of candidate and doctoral dissertations by Higher Attestation Commission (Vysshaya attestacionnaya komissiya, also abbreviated as VAK) of the Ministry of Education and Science of Russian Federation (VAK List). The journal is also recommended by the expert committee on philosophy, sociology, political and cultural research.
The constantly updated editorial board includes members of the Faculty of Sociology of the Lomonosov Moscow State University, as well as representatives of other Russian and foreign universities and scientific communities.