the monograph reviews an issue of political socialization in modern Russian society. Basing on analysis of challenges of contemporary world situation there are three main threats determined as well as opportunities of teaching social science according to new Federal state educational standards as a medium of political socialization.
the article analyzes the educational policy of Hungary as a tool for forming components of «soft power»: the image of the state in the world public opinion, the socialization of compatriots abroad and the possibility of their use as agents of influence in solving both foreign policy and internal political tasks. The author considers the possibilities of using various methods of forming the attractiveness of education within the framework of social policy, as well as the policy towards national minorities.
