Sociology of well-being

The monograph develops the theoretical and methodological foundations of the sociology of well-being as an independent branch of sociology designed to investigate how people define and experience well-being. The corresponding terminological apparatus characterizing this direction and applied tools for assessing and measuring the well-being of the Russian population have been developed. Determinants of well-being, factors of well-being, dominants of well-being, domains of well-being are identified as attributes of well-being of individual social groups of Russian society. A typology of strategic approaches to improving the well-being of the population in Russian regions is presented. A model of the strategic architecture of socially oriented well-being of the population of the region as a special type of well-being, implying the focus of society on future development, has been developed. The practical value of the research results is associated with the possibility of their use in strategic planning and management of social policy by public authorities at various levels. For students, postgraduates and teachers of sociological universities and faculties, as well as a wide range of readers interested in welfare issues.