Social justice - dream or a factor of consolidation of the society?

The article considers the problem of social justice, which is one of the most actual problems of modern Russia. Relying on the theoretical study and the data of sociological polls, the author of the article analyses the mass perception of Russians on social justice, causes and forms of manifestations of injustice ways of their elimination, the role of the state and society in the assertion of social justice; evaluates the prospects of turning the idea of social justice in the factor of consolidation of Russian society.