DYNAMICS OF THE BASIC VALUES OF THE POPULATION IN ASTRAKHAN REGION (BASED ON A SPECIFIC SOCIOLOGICAL RESEARCH)
The article presents results of investigation of the basic values structure of the population in Astrakhan region on the basis of results analysis of the monitoring sociological studies aimed to identify the dynamics in the basic values structure. The research is based on the method of construction functionallyfocusing clusters of population basic values, which was developed by N. I. Lapin. During the analysis the structure of each cluster was verified. In order to identify the typical features in the structure of each cluster values of the population a comparison of the data with the results of similar studies nationwide was carried out.