Pankova O. Reasons for and motives of a protest behaviour of industrial enterprises' workers in the Donetsk region.

The thesis is devoted to investigation of the conceptual principles of the social and labour conflictness and to analysis of the reasons for and motives of a protest behaviour of industrial workers in their empirical measurement. The theoretical and methodological background is defined, as well as the essential relationship between such notions as a social protect, a social conflict and a protest behaviour. The functional essence, institutional base, place and role of the protest behaviour in the system of social relations and in particular, in the social and labour sphere are determined. The structure of reasons for and motives of the protest behaviour of the workers at industrial enterprises in the Donetsk region is systemized and well grounded, and their specific character in the region is marked. The main results of the investigation have found a practical application at the level of government and regional administration.