ORGANIZATION OF THE MILITARY TYPE AS AN OBJECT OF SOCIOLOGICAL RESEARCH
Background: in modern conditions, a comprehensive reform of military structures is being implemented in Russia, new military organizations are being formed, troops of the national guard are being created, the strategies, goals, tasks of various military organizations are being updated. Today there is a need not only to clarify the theoretical basis for the study of a military-type organization, but also to reveal its universal essence, to concretize its general and specific features. Objective: the author of the article supposes to analyze theoretical approaches to the study of military organization, the identification of its universal criteria. Methodology: general theoretical methodological approaches are used: system (system paradigm of T. Parsons), structural-functional (functional paradigm of E. Durkheim). Results: based on the analysis of various organizational paradigms, the shortcomings of traditional concepts are refined, an integrated approach to the content of a military-type organization is presented. Conclusion: the author of the article states that a military organization is a formal association of professional groups of individuals whose service and work activities are managed, coordinated and regulated by the state for the implementation of the following specific goals: protection of social rights, property, citizens' freedoms, defense of the country, separate social groups, the state.