Abstract (English):
In the textbook in a systematic way deals with the professional culture of the researcher, methodological activities and peculiarities of development of social Sciences innovations in modern methodological consciousness, signs of science, structure and types of social research features of classical, nonclassical and neoclassical models of scientific research. Special attention is paid to the development of the concept of the project as social research as well as the logic of scientific research activities aimed at producing new empirical, theoretical and conceptual scientific knowledge. Meets the requirements of Federal state educational standard of higher education of the last generation. The manual is intended for masters of social training areas of higher education.