The proposed article is of a staging, problem-oriented nature and is part of the work on the implementation of the research work "Social modelling of regional inequalities and ways to overcome them in the context of interregional and federative relations.”

The focus is on the problem of adjustability of socio-economic and socio-cultural inequalities. The genesis of the problem and some forms of manifestation of social inequality in the course of the transformational processes of modern Russian society are analysed. Methodological grounds for studying the controllability of inequalities are presented. The authors have developed a programme of sociological research that includes the formulation of the problem, the definition of the object and subject of research. The key goal and main research tasks are outlined, the choice of methods for collecting and analysing empirical data is substantiated, and the requirements for the selection of empirical research objects are described.

The main idea of the general study is to assess the state of regulation of socio-economic and socio-cultural inequalities that has developed in the regions of our country, as well as to discover the possible dependence of this state on the effectiveness of the management system in the region. Based on this assessment, it is planned to develop in future proposals for improving political and administrative mechanisms aimed at increasing the controllability of social inequalities.

sociology of governance, socio-economic and sociocultural inequalities, sociological research program, governance system in the region, authorities and administrations

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