Editorial Policy

The journal publishes articles and scientific reviews devoted to the political, sociological and psychological aspects of social processes in modern society, as well as reviews of scientific works on this issue. The journal focuses on topical issues of development and interaction of various levels of sociality, from personal to global. The journal pursues a policy of supporting research on aspects of social relations in the southern Russian region. Interdisciplinary research based on the synthesis of various methodological approaches is encouraged. The target audience consists of researchers, researchers, teachers who study modern society at the theoretical and empirical levels, as well as representatives of government bodies and civil society structures who are interested in the problems of social development and the possibilities of solving them. Previously unpublished articles in Russian and English are accepted.

The principles of the editorial policy are openness, accessibility, high quality of publications, as well as strict compliance with the ethical standards set out in the requirements for publication ethics. The publication policy is determined by the international editorial board, and the publication process is organized by the editorial board.

Subject areas of the journal

• Political institutions, processes, and technologies
• Political problems of international relations, global and regional development
• Political regionalism. Ethnopolitics
• Social structure, social institutions and processes
• General psychology, personality psychology, history of psychology
• Social Psychology
• Developmental psychology, acmeology

Main categories of the journal

• South of Russia: people, society, politics
• Public Policy
• Political institutions and processes
• Political governance
• Political problems of international relations
• Regional and local policy
• Theory and methodology of psychology
• Developmental psychology
• Personality psychology
• Social Psychology
• Issues of Social Theory
• Sociology and psychology of Politics
• Sociological interpretations
• Security concerns
• Scientific reviews