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The problem of eclectics in sociological theory is considered in the article. The method of regulating the order of theorizing in sociology is proposed. It is based on the idea of the inserted system levels corresponding to the categories the 'universal', 'general', 'special', and 'single'. An advantage of methodological approach to the theorizing in sociology compared with the object one is proved...
Interrelations of people, technologies and the newest media-systems become more and more problematical, changing usual modus of power and instrumentality and increasing the need in new ontological dimensions discriminative regarding the individual's 'total media environment' and his perception of the real world. Both in cultural researches and in media theory, the reflection is founded on intuitions...
The article explores the political-economic mechanisms that lead to economic reforms even if the state is 'captured' with the rent-seeking interests, as was the case in Ukraine in 1990th. The authors argue that unless the social capital is strong enough to solve the coordination problems, the rent seeking can be sustainable for a long time only if the players are coordinated forcedly by an authoritarian...
Four periods of development of sociological interpretations of the legitimation phenomenon are differentiated: 1) 'primordium' - initial application of the concept of legitimation (M.Weber, W.Zombart, G.Zimmel); 2) 'theses' - development of the concept of legitimation within the framework of T.Parsons' version of the structural functionalism; 3) 'antitheses' - refutation of the previous 'theses' in...
The article presents the critical overview of the most influential conceptual approaches to the issue of territorial identity in contemporary Western sociological thought. The up-to-date conceptual tools and interrelatedness between major terms, such as space, place, territory, are analyzed. By comparing basic statements of the two key theories of identity - sociological and socio-psychological ones...
The study of social phenomenon of the primitive accumulation of the capital is proposed in the article. The author analyzes the classic definition of the phenomenon in order to define its main features. The result of the analysis is extrapolated on the post-socialist privatization process, particularly in Ukraine. The article tries to draw a parallel between the separation of production factors from...
The paper analyses different forms of political change from putsch to revolution and contends that the 'coloured revolutions' were revolutionary coup d'etats. Conditions promoting and retarding the success of such movements are discussed and cases of 'decremental relative deprivation' are discovered which predisposed the public to insurgency. Conditions for success involve a united and organized opposition...
The article is devoted to research of relationships of marriage partners from the viewpoint of gender equality/inequality. The authoress substantiates a thesis, that the social phenomena and facts are neutral from the viewpoint of gender equality/inequality depending on sex belonging. The discrimination availability cannot be determined as gender one, so the term 'gender' should not be used for their...
In the article, social inequality is examined as a certain aggregate of stratification orders which is constantly reproducing in any society. The conjunction of 'positions & dispositions' is dominant within research of stratification orders. It enables to explain the behavioral specifics of definitely operating individuals and associations as bearers of certain habitus (which is a combination...
The article suggests an analysis of the trends of global development and assessment of the potential of European societies in the context of the rising new global powers. The sources of the study comprise socio-economic forecasts, publications in influential Western media, statistical data (Index of Human Development - HDI, competitiveness index - IMD, productivity index - GGDC), public opinion data...
A national representative survey in November–December 2007 suggests that there was little consensus about the nature of the 'Orange revolution', and that perceptions varied considerably by region and age-group. The main reason for participation was to 'protest against the authorities', but here too there were considerable regional differences. Eight focus groups conducted in different parts of the...
The article is devoted to analysis of the grounded theory strategy. In the introduction, the leading approaches of qualitative research are compared in accordance with two criteria: 1) the parental disciplines; 2) the narrative form. The various options of the grounded theory approach are examined. In the first part of the article, the procedural particulars of the grounded theory strategy are considered...
Ethnic sociology becomes today, in conditions of the increase of significance of ethno-national problems in the public life, one of the important fields of sociologic knowledge. At the same time it is a relatively young sociologic theory of the middle rank (level) in the sphere of the home sociologic theorizing. Thus, the range of publications dedicated to ethno-sociology itself is also rather limited...
The paper urgency is stipulated by a necessity of development of the 'ethics after Auschwitz', the 'philosophy after the Holocaust', and genocide studies in the Ukrainian social sciences. The purpose of the paper is to study Western reflexions on the military violence issue and changes of public morality as the result of speculations on the reasons and moral results of the war. The novelty of research...
Teaching sociology at higher educational institutions of Ukraine is practically characterized by the absence of necessary methodical tools without which this process is deprived of integrity and system, that is observed in practice today. Such a situation is first of all related to the absence of sufficient domestic experience of such activity, in contrast to the West-European and American universities...
The paper is devoted to the study of influence of the present global financial and economic crisis on the man-power market and socio-economic position of working people in the USA and countries-members of the European Union. Special attention is paid to aggravation of the problem of unemployment in the above mentioned countries under the effect of crisis phenomena in the global economy and social...
The authoress reconstructs the conceptual foundations of the present-day political programs targeted to foster the creative society development. The explication of the correlations between the notions of creative industries, creative economy and creative society is a pre-condition of the construction of relevant social theory. The latter plays a crucial role in shaping long-term political programs...
The paper deals with studying a problem of determining the outer and inner conflicts, with revealing their essence and content, attributive characteristics and differences as social phenomena. The main approaches to this problem decision are analyzed. Both the insufficient aspects of offered decisions, and their positive (constructive) sides are revealed, a number of authors' definitions of the inner...
Conceptualization of tradition that would open the possibility to comprehend it using classical and contemporary sociological theories is an urgent necessity in contemporary social sciences. The authoresses propose to consider a tradition as a steady group stereotype of social action that exists in social systems during long period of time and has socio-cultural mechanism of transmission from one...
Transformation of the social responsibility is observed nowadays all over the world. The deficiency of responsibility exists in Ukraine that entails a number of serious social consequences. The responsibility is at the border of the individual and social sphere, that is why it is of a dual-character; it possesses properties of the social and individual. The task of the present-day science is the study...
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