Social policy in the transforming Russian society in fraction of social practices of its actors

Abstract

The article is about the peculiarities of reproduction of poverty and low social sta tus of lonely elderly people through the mechanism of social policy. The article is based on the results of analyzing texts of official documents, newspapers and interviews with the experts and a client of a social service. The author raises the question on a contribu tion of social policy and social work both into a formal increase of weal and multiplica tion of suffering. It regards, in that number, the frustration of social workers in the transforming Russian society, who everyday play the role of scapegoats facing human suffering and having misery resources to relieve them.