Vol. 4 No. 3 (2013)

Articles

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  Description of the Modern Conspicuous Consumption (on the Example of Yerevan City)

  Seda Hovsepyan

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  Abstract

  Human mentality is changing and habitually involving new information and territory. On account of this societies are becoming wider and unlimited. Not developed and developing countries are trying to achieve developed countries. The reason of that process is the development of media: TV, radio, internet, etc. That is why the exploration of the conspicuous consumption development opportunities is so important. A sociological research, which was held in Yerevan, intended to describe the nature of conspicuous consumption and the facts that influence it. The typology of conspicuous consumption concerning different measures was created. Standards of technology, which includes stereotypic and comparable consumptions. 2. Customers’ behavior, which includes status, glamorous consumptions, and consumption which is directed to save and develop social communications. The uniqueness of conspicuous consumption is not limited in types of goods or services; it also depends upon the store or shop, where someone can get these goods or services and the location of the store. As a result of comparisons of different characters and categories of consumers and uniqueness of conspicuous consumption the consumers are included in 4 groups: economic, business, luxury, exclusive. One of the most obvious markers of this typology is the specific brand. In order to stimulate conspicuous consumption and make it more systematized and profitable, different organizations are using various technologies of public relations, branding and advertising. So it is obvious from the example of Yerevan City, that conspicuous consumption is a typical kind of consumption in Armenia.

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  Some Issues of Reintegration of the Migrants Returning to Armenia

  Haykanush Chobanyan

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  The issues of the migrants returning to Armenia and their reintegration in the country of their origin are discussed in the present article. Someinstitutional, economic and social aspects of the reintegration of returning migrants, as well as other related factors (migration projects, human, financial and cultural capital) are also discussed in the article. Different models of reintegration, institutionale basis, as well as the Armenian experience of solving the problems of returning migrants have also been analysed.

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