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Contributors Part I. Theoretical and Historical Perspectives 1. Social Relationships and Health, Sheldon Cohen, Benjamin H. Gottlieb, and Lynn G. Underwood Part II. Social Support Measures 2. Social Support Theory and Measurement, Brian Lakey and Sheldon Cohen 3. Measuring Social Integration and Social Networks, Ian Brissette, Sheldon Cohen, and Teresa E. Seeman 4. Measuring Perceived and Received Social Support, Thomas A. Wills and Ori Shinar 5. Measuring Relationship Properties and Interactions Relevant to Social Support, Harry T. Reis and Nancy Collins Part III. Social Support Interventions 6. Selecting and Planning Support Interventions, Benjamin H. Gottlieb 7. Support Groups, Vicki S. Helgeson and Benjamin H. Gottlieb 8. One-to-One Support Interventions: Home Visitation and Mentoring, John Eckenrode and Stephen Hamilton 9. Optimizing Support in the Natural Network, Carolyn E. Cutrona and Valerie Cole Part IV. Implications 10. Social Support Measurement and Interventions: Comments and Future Directions, Karen S. Rook and Lynn G. Underwood Index.

"Social Movements and their Technologies explores the interplay between social movements and their 'liberated technologies'. It analyzes the rise of low-power radio stations and radical internet projects ('emancipatory communication practices') as a political subject, focusing on the sociological and cultural processes at play. It provides an overview of the relationship between social movements and technology, and investigates what is behind the communication infrastructure that made possible the main protest events of the past fifteen years. In doing so, Stefania Milan illustrates how contemporary social movements organize in order to create autonomous alternatives to communication systems and networks, and how they contribute to change the way people communicate in daily life, as well as try to change communication policy from the grassroots. She situates these efforts in a historical context in order to show the origins of contemporary communication activism, and its linkages to media reform campaigns and policy advocacy"--

Economic aspects of prevention refer to the costs and benefits associated with measures aimed at preventing various problems and risks. Prevention can include measures aimed at preventing disease, crime, harmful behavior, environmental problems and other areas. There are several important economic aspects of prevention: cost reduction, productivity gains, social and human benefits and long-term sustainability. It is important to realize that prevention requires initial investments and often its economic impact is not immediately visible. However, a long-term evaluation of costs and benefits shows that prevention can be an economically beneficial strategy that brings a large number of socioeconomic benefits for the individual and society as a whole.

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The article deals with the correlation of transformations of social processes and their reflection in the social theory of philosophy. Comparative analysis of the classical form of Marxism and the concept of G.V. Plekhanov as a representative of 'Russian' Marxism reveals differences in the interpretation of the main methodological principle — the principle of materialistic understanding of history. According to the research hypothesis, there are existential characteristics found in G.V. Plekhanov's Marxism in the interpretation of the essence of social subject. The paper reveals the intersubjective nature of social subject, which is considered in the concept of G.V. Plekhanov as the main driving force in history. It is shown that «Russian» Marxism is always demarcated from the position of economic determinism. In this context, an attempt is made to minimize the risk of social analysis losing its effectiveness in the existing philosophical directions of thought. The paper proves the leading role of the principle of materialistic understanding of history in modern social analysis. The analysis of modern social relations allows us to note high relevance of studying the essence of social subject. The author emphasizes the contradictory nature of human inclusion in society, which, in the context of the difficult geopolitical situation in the world and globalization of communication flows, acquires the status of a problem of individual peoples' culture security. In this context, the importance of analyzing the existential characteristics of social subject is noted. The main characteristics of the productive forces of society as a source of social stability are formulated in order to minimize the risk of massization of social subject. The research results can be applied both in the subsequent analysis of the specifics of Russian philosophical thought and in the theoretical consideration of the social relations dynamics and the logic of history.