SOCIAL SECURITY: ESSENCE AND SIGNIFICANCE

The paper analyses the phenomenon of social security. Various approaches to the understanding of this term, its content and definition are considered. The author reveals and specifies the most acute problems and dangers that reduce the level of social security of Russian citizens. Special aspects contributing to the understanding of differences between the “social safety” and “social security” terms are specified and described. Basing on the study of the sources, the author determined the psychological aspect of security level understanding by different individuals and made a conclusion about the interrelation of this aspect of understanding with definite social and economic conditions of development of the individual’s region of living. The paper considers the range of issues concerned with the different understandings of determination of social security level of citizens. The author’s suggestion on the manifestation of adequate state policy in the sphere of social benefits and protection implementation as the most important direction of work of a welfare state deserves attention. The author draws the attention to the necessity of carrying out the reforms not only in the social and legal relations but also in other socially important aspects of the life of a citizen.  

While carrying out the analysis of the material under the study, the author addresses the topic of inner comfort status of a person that is taken into account when determining social security in the result of social and spiritual and moral state policy aimed at the provision of normal conditions of human vital activity, his intellectual and professional fulfillment. Methods and sources used, the conclusions made and the paper’s structure and content prove the author’s innovative approach to the issues under discussion and his analytical thinking.