Social and Cultural Aspects of Regional Modernisation
The article considers some social and cultural aspects of the modernization of Russian regions as the regions being outstandingly diverse. The new strategies of the regional modernization are to consider not only the region's economic features but also the moods of its inhabitants, their potential to participate in reforms, their cultural capitals and the relations of the social groups constituting the regional social space. The establishment of the middle class is an important prerequisite for the modernization, and this establishment in the social structure depends on the favorable social background and the lowering of the social space tension.