MIDDLE CLASS IN THE STRUCTURE OF A REGIONAL SOCIETY (EVIDENCE FROM THE MIDDLE VOLGA REGIONS)  

Vlasova Ekaterina Mikhaylovna, Postgraduate student, Ulyanovsk State Technical University, cat_simbirsk@pochta.ru
Shinyaeva Olga Viktorovna, Doctor of sociological sciences, professor, sub-department of political science, sociology and public relations, Ulyanovsk State Technical University, cat_simbirsk@pochta.ru

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The criteria of singling the middle class out of Russian regions structure are considered in the article. The author uses theoretical and methodological approaches taking into account modern Russian society stratification as well as her own study data of average income level population group of the three Middle Volga regions: Samara region, Ulyanovsk region and the Republic of Marij El. The complex approach of the singling the middle class out based on objective criteria made it possible to define this social group reproduction factors in various constituents of the Russian Federation. And it allowed emphasizing the regional characteristics of the middle class quantity and quality distribution.

middle class identification criteria, economic and occupational structure of the middle class, social well-being of the middle class, middle class rote in the regions development.