Psychology of social changes

The monograph is devoted to theoretical and empirical problems of the interaction of the value and motivational properties of the individual and socio-economic changes in society. The dynamics of value orientations of representatives of various social groups in modern Russian society is analyzed. The value approach to consideration of the essence of social change is substantiated. Considerable attention is paid to theoretical ideas about the psychological nature of the phenomenon of value orientation of the individual: its main characteristics, psychological mechanisms and factors of formation. The book contains a description of the results of specific studies of the personal and group conditionality of economic consciousness and behavior, and also includes the psychological typology of the value orientation of the individual. The relevance of the study of the humanistic aspects of the development of modern personality, groups and society as a whole is shown. The book is intended for psychologists working within the framework of the psychology of the personality, social, historical and economic psychology, as well as for specialists in the field of related industries of knowledge: sociology, social work, management, personnel management, administrative and municipal management