Elena G. Popkova is a Doctor of Economics, Professor and the President of the autonomous non-profit organization "Institute of Scientific Communications" in Volgograd, Russia (http://archilab.online/) where she organizes various international and national conferences. She is an active researcher who has published in numerous international scientific journals indexed in Scopus (94 publications) and Web of Science and is the author of more than 200 publications in Russian and English.

• Introduction Part I. The Theory of Conflicts in Socio-Economic SystemsChapter 1. Conceptual Approaches to Treatment of the Essence of Conflict as an Economic Category Chapter 2. Causal Connections Between Conflicts in Socio-Economic SystemsChapter 3. Classification of Conflicts in Socio-Economic Systems Chapter 4. Conflicts of Socio-Economic Systems as Their Bifurcation Points: Theory and Methodology of the Systemic Approach Part II. Legal ConflictChapter 5. The Notion of Legal Conflict Chapter 6. Violation of Law as a Legal Conflict Chapter 7. Economic Violation of Law as a Conflict Chapter 8. Mediative Method of Solving Legal Conflicts Part III. Legal Focus of Inter-Corporate Financial ConflictologyChapter 9. Corporate Conflicts in the System of Public Relations, Law and Legislation of the Russian FederationChapter 10. Classification Criteria, Defining the Specific Features of Corporate ConflictsChapter 11. The Concept and Legal Framework for Judging Corporate Conflicts on the US Financial MarketPart IV. The Concept of Growth and Development of Socio-Economic SystemsChapter 12. Methodology of Studying Socio-Economic Systems Through the Prism of the Theory of CyclesChapter 13. Contradiction of Influence of Crises on Growth and Development of Socio-Economic SystemsChapter 14. Comparison of Social and Economic Effects that Accompany Crises of Economic SystemsPart V. Conceptual Substantiation of Studying Crises of Socio-Economic Systems from the Positions of the Theory of ConflictsChapter 15. Crises and Conflicts of Socio-Economic Systems: Similarities and DifferencesChapter 16. Social Effects of Crises of Economic Systems as Manifestation of Conflicts in ThemChapter 17. Conceptual Model of Conflict of Socio-Economic System as an Analogue of the Model of Economic CyclePart VI. Reconsidering the Role of Crises in Development of Socio-Economic Systems as a Result of the 2008 Global CrisisChapter 18. Common Regularities and Peculiarities of the Influence of the 2008 Crisis on Development of Socio-Economic Systems Chapter 19. Transition of Crisis from Stimulator of Economic Development into a Source of Social Problems Chapter 20. Sustainability as a Strategic Goal of Managing Growth and Development of Modern Socio-Economic Systems Chapter 21. Sustainable Development of Economic Entities: Key Objectives, Stages and Stakeholder Interests Part VII. Classification of Participants of the Global Economic System from the Position of the Theory of Economic CyclesChapter 22. Socio-Economic Systems in the Phase of Crisis (Long Recession) Chapter 23. Sustainable Socio-Economic SystemsChapter 24. Stagnating Socio-Economic SystemsPart VIII. "Conflict-Free" as a New Direction of Development of Modern Socio-Economic SystemsChapter 25. "Conflict-Free" as a Characteristic of the Process of Development of Socio-Economic Systems Chapter 26. Development of "Conflict-Free" Socio-Economic System: a View from the Positions of the Theory of Conflicts and the Theory of SystemsChapter 27. The Basic Principles of "Conflict-Free" Development of Socio-Economic Systems Part IX. The Fundamental Platform for Studying "Conflict-Free" Socio-Economic SystemsChapter 28. Factors of Regional Identity as a Dynamic Structure Chapter 29. Socio-Economic Aspects of Formation and Development of Territorial Clusters in the Context of Global and Russian Institutional Problems Chapter 30. Signs of "Conflict-Free" Socio-Economic System Chapter 31. Methodological Recommendations and Criteria of Measuring of "Conflict" Level of Socio-Economic System Part X. Perspectives of Managing "Conflict-Free" Socio-Economic SystemsChapter 32. Efficient Corporate Governance is a Driving Force of Uncontroversial Development of Corporation as a Local Social and Economic System Chapter 33. Trans-border Region vs Trans-conflict Region: Similarities and Differences in Management of Territorial BordersChapter 34. Algorithm of Transition of Modern Socio-Economic Systems to a "Conflict-Free" Path of Development Chapter 35. Algorithm of Transition of Modern Socio-Economic Systems to a "Conflict-Free" Path of Development The Mechanism of Managing "Conflict-Free" Socio-Economic SystemChapter 36. Methodological Approach to Evaluating the Effectiveness of Development of "Conflict-Free" Socio-Economic System Conclusions

This volume consists of 36 chapters that examine the role of conflict in the development of socioeconomic systems and the connection between conflict and economic crisis, focusing on the sustainable development of economic systems and their conflict-free character. Contributors working at universities and other institutions in Russia discuss conflict in terms of the contradiction of interests of economic subjects during their interaction, the reluctance of economic subjects to adapt to changes, and failure in the socioeconomic system. They describe the theory of complex socioeconomic systems, including causal connections between conflicts, the classification of conflicts, and their bifurcation points; the idea of legal conflict, including economic violation of the law as a conflict and a mediative method of solving legal conflicts; corporate conflicts and their features and legal framework; the growth and development of socioeconomic systems, including the theory of cycles, the effects of crises and their influence on growth and development, and the social and economic effects of crises of economic systems; the similarities and differences between crises and conflicts in socioeconomic systems, the social effects of crises as a manifestation of conflicts in them, and a model of conflict; the role of crises in the development of socioeconomic systems as a result of the 2008 global financial crisis; the classification of socioeconomic systems into phases of crisis, sustainability, and stagnation; the conflict-free nature of socioeconomic systems and the role of regional identity, territorial clusters, signs of conflict-free systems, and criteria for measuring conflict levels; and managing conflict-free systems, including corporate governance.