Transformation of the Russian model of the welfare state: trends and development prospects

The purpose of the work is to analyze the principles that form the basis of the Russian model of the social state. The authors set the task to note the value of the well-forgotten principles of constitutional law that are significant for the sustainable development of the Russian model of the social state. As a result of the study, the authors emphasize that the principles that form the basis of the social model of the welfare state are a key segment and an important component of the Russian concept of general welfare. The system of these principles is original, at the same time it is unstable and, accordingly, this circumstance makes it difficult to form an optimal social state model for Russia. For Russia, with its unique characteristics and history of development, a model of social policy is acceptable, within which the optimal number of prerequisites and conditions will be achieved that would allow building a unique system of social relations in the state. Through principles as regulators of social relations, it is possible to effectively implement the concept of the welfare state, which would satisfy the social demand of Russian society. At the stage of development of a new unique model of the welfare state, it is the principles, as regulators of social relations that have an integrative nature, that can allow maintaining parity of interests in the chain of man-society-public power, where man is the highest value and creating a model of sustainable development of social policy. The authors emphasize that the importance of principles as tools for the harmonization of social relations is continuously growing on the basis that they combine constitutional and legal and moral and ethical values in their content. In the evolution of the modern Russian social security system, there is a tendency to return to the "old", unreasonably forgotten principles that are important for the formation of an optimal model of the welfare state.

welfare state, principles of constitutional law, social justice, social solidarity, social cohesion