Rusakova I.V. Indicators of public and innovative activity of the population of the regions of the Russian Federation from the standpoint of a systematic approach. Petersburg’s Sociology Today, 2018. Vol. 9, pp. 120-142.

Abstract

The article analyzes the role of informal institutions, including volunteer and other volunteer activities, in the life of society and, in particular, in innovative development. The results of studies showing that the actions of people involved in both public activity and innovation are often of the same motivation. The similarity of the dynamics of a number of innovative and social processes is revealed. Inventive activity of the population is analyzed on the basis of grouping of regions according to the level of social activity. The possibility of the existence of a relationship between the innovative and social activity of the population is justified from the standpoint of a systemic approach. In the final part of the article it is proposed to include indicators of social activity of the population in regional and municipal statistics.