REGIONAL INCOME DIFFERENTIATION IN THE CONTEXT OF SOCIAL JUSTICE (ON THE EXAMPLE OF THE REPUBLIC OF MORDOVIA)
The article presents an assessment of the implementation of social justice’s principles as a guarantee of a peaceful and prosperous co-existence of people of the region by the example of the Republic of Mordovia. The author examines the socio-economic aspect of the «social justice» phenomenon in its inextricable link with the economic growth. Income indicators and its differentiation in the past five years were used in the analysis. Effectiveness of the measures to improve the population’s living standards in the Republic can be judged based on the research results.