No 3 (2014)

Articles

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RUDN Journal of Sociology. 2014;(3):5-6
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The Slavic ideas of Yuriy Krizhanich

Golenkova Z.T.

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The article examines the sociological and political views of the Slavic public figure of the XVII century - Yuriy Krizhanich (Juraj Križanić). He was exiled to Tobolsk where he developed a Pan-Slavonic grammar that incorporated numerous Slavic languages and wrote the original scientific works seeking to understand the role of the Slavs and Russia in the world historical process. His works provide an interesting sociological perspective on the public administration, the social structure and the sectors of the economy of that time.
RUDN Journal of Sociology. 2014;(3):7-22
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Sociological theory and social reality

Díez Nicolás J.

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This paper pretends to demonstrate the complementary relations between three relatively recent sociological theories, each one of which explains a different aspect of the same social object: the origin, diffusion and change of social and cultural values, aiming at demonstrating that there is not such a thing as a sociological theory that explains all, but rather diverse theories that offer partial explanations of social reality. To that effect, and on the basis of the necessary relationship between theory and research, three different theories are evaluated separately: Hawley’s and Duncan’s theory of the social ecosystem, Galtung’s centre-periphery theory, and Inglehart’s theory of values’ change in modern-industrial societies, offering theoretical and empirical evidence of their complementary relations, based on Spanish and international data. Social ecosystem and centre-periphery theories show a high level of generalization (through space and time) and a high level of abstraction, though both can easily operationalize their main concepts through valid and reliable indicators. The theory of values’ change, however, though showing a high level of generalization, is limited in time to the historical period after World War II, and also shows a high level of abstraction. Centre-periphery theory and values’ change theory use individual and collective units of analysis, but social ecosystem theory only uses collective units, by definition. The three theories lead to the conclusion that ‘security’ values will gain a growing importance in present societies.
RUDN Journal of Sociology. 2014;(3):23-43
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The natural-historical and socio-cultural foundations of personal self-identification

Kvasova I.I.

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The article describes some sources of personal self-identification that belong to the sphere of the unconscious and preconceptual, of certain predispositions and potentials, collective memory and traditions. The author believes that these ‘primary structures’ of human experience can be studied with the help of natural-historical approach along with the socio-cultural one.
RUDN Journal of Sociology. 2014;(3):44-53
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Madness, creativity and irrationality: the problem and its interpretation in the works of Michel Foucault

Osipova E.D.

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The article examines the theme of madness and creativity in the works of one of the most famous scientists of the XX century - Michel Foucault. The author emphasizes the interpretation of the irrational side of the human consciousness, the relationship of madness and creativity and the way the society treats the insane. Foucault does not only describe these social phenomena, but as a historian of social thought criticizes the ideas and concepts they are socially embodied in. The article focuses on Foucault’s idea that madness is created by the society, constituted by the social practices and cannot be separated from creativity.
RUDN Journal of Sociology. 2014;(3):54-63
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Sociological reflection of semantic reality in unstable everyday life

Sovenko O.S.

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The article examines the subjective reality of contemporary European societies from the standpoint of semantic reflection - the representations of semantic worldview of subjects in sociological terms - taking into account the constant variability of everyday perception and interpretation of reality due to the variability of its social, political, economic, cultural, informational and other aspects.
RUDN Journal of Sociology. 2014;(3):64-72
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Place-(re)naming practices as an object of sociological study: an analytical overview

Terentyev E.A.

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The article presents an analytical overview of the theoretical and empirical studies devoted to the interpretation of place names and place-(re)naming practices in social sciences. The author suggests a classification based on the distinction of two key approaches to the place-(re)naming practices - cultural and critical. The article focuses on the critical approach formed under the influence of such trends in the contemporary sociology as: 1) the surge of interest to the collective memory and practices of commemoration; 2) the expansion of sociological theory into geographical disciplines and the emergence of ‘social production of space’ theories; 3) the domination of critical research orientation. Finally, the author discusses some limitations of the critical approach and the ways to overcome them with the help of theoretical and methodological resources of neopragmatic sociology.
RUDN Journal of Sociology. 2014;(3):73-86
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Urban environment as a determinant of behavioral practices: formats of sociological conceptualization

Ilmukhin V.N.

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The sociological study of the city as a social and cultural phenomenon is fundamentally important for the description and understanding of nowadays world. The human transformation of the environment has long been regarded as not unilateral: the impact of the urban environment on the behavioral practices is ubiquitous due to various factors and obvious in many spheres of human activity. A number of complex scientific theories and not just some separate works are trying to prove that in the modern world the city is not only a type of settlement - it is a complex socio-cultural formation with many specific features that make the life of urban dwellers quite special and therefore it becomes the focus of sociological interest.
RUDN Journal of Sociology. 2014;(3):87-98
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The problem of cognitive biases in the sociological measurement of consumers’ ‘satisfaction’

Wolfson Y.R.

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The article is devoted to the problem of consumers’ cognitive biases in sociological surveys. The author believes that despite respondent’s willingness to give true and objective answers his perception is biased by different factors. There is no way to get rid of such biases in sociological surveys for respondents do not know that their perception is affected at a very deep, unconscious level of cognition. The article offers a number of examples of such cognitive biases caused by social factors as well as non-social.
RUDN Journal of Sociology. 2014;(3):99-107
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Conceptual problems of the intellectual labor economics

Lebedev S.N.

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The article is based on the detailed analysis of the intellectual labor and takes into account theoretical and practical aspects of the intellectual labor economics in the transition to the information society. The author describes the nature, specific features, content, structure and the bases for classification of the intellectual labor.
RUDN Journal of Sociology. 2014;(3):108-120
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The role of gold in ensuring the monetary stability of financial system

Rubtsov N.N.

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The central problem of the modern financial system is finding a mechanism for its stabilization and overcoming its imbalance and constant commitment to systemic risks. The author believes the solution of this problem lies in the fundamental change of the generating matrix of the modern financial system based on debt and multiple levels of debt derivative liquidity. The article shows that the restoration of the monetary status of gold can become the most powerful stabilizing factor for financial system and lead to productive solution of the problem of progressive and balanced economic development.
RUDN Journal of Sociology. 2014;(3):121-134
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Russian state demographic policy: problems and prospects for population reproduction management

Ustinova O.V.

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The demographic crisis in Russia at the turn of the century set a difficult sociological task of finding ways to monitor and influence the processes of population reproduction. There is an obvious development of the state demographic policy, but its effectiveness is questionable. Although the state measures partially improve the demographic situation in the country, they do not provide consistent results and their impact is quite short-term and unpredictable. The article examines the demographic situation in Russia between 1992 and 2012 and evaluates the impact of the state demographic policy on the reproduction of the population.
RUDN Journal of Sociology. 2014;(3):135-142
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Russian students’ life plans: gender and other differences in the estimates of prospects in the labor market

Narbut N.P., Trotsuk I.V.

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The article summarizes the results of the survey conducted on a sample of students of the Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia to test the questionnaire developed for the operationalization of the youth expectations and concerns in the professional sphere. Previously (1) we described the general features of students’ worldview considering labor market and career plans, in particular the striking combination of quite diverse reasons such as evaluation of the PFUR prestige and image together with very thoughtful and idealistic considerations. This time we focused on factors determining differences in students’ estimates of the situation on the labor market, their commitment to the ideals of personal achievements, perception of studying and requirements of employers, the confidence that they can find a job easily and quickly and fears to become an unemployed, lonely and poor person. The data of national surveys in recent decades show that the Russian society manifests itself as a stereotypical and traditional one in gender questions, especially when it comes to the positions of men and women in the labor market, thus the authors focus on gender differences in students’ responses to the survey questions, but mention other significant distinctions as well.
RUDN Journal of Sociology. 2014;(3):143-168
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On the problem of interethnic situation in the Udmurt Republic

Uvarov S.N., Kozlovsky S.V.

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The article is devoted to the current state of interethnic relations in the Republic of Udmurtia. Considering the population perception of labor migrants from other ethnic groups, the authors identify the key problems in the sphere of interethnic communication and reasons for intolerant behavior, suggest some ways to reduce tensions in everyday social interaction.
RUDN Journal of Sociology. 2014;(3):169-177
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Family, marriage, love - equal or unrelated concepts for Russian youth?

Trotsuk I.V., Savelieva E.A., Saleh A.A.

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The article emphasizes the continuing relevance of the sociological study of the relationship between concepts of family, marriage and love for the family is one of the oldest types of social interaction and the basic social institution in the foreseeable future. The authors reconstruct the key themes of the sociological discussion on the key trends in the transformation of family models and the main features of the Russian research tradition in the field. At first the authors summarize contexts and accents in the studies evaluating the role of the family in the contemporary society and the main factors determining the ‘normality’ of the ‘families’ that previously were considered unacceptable forms of relations. In the second part of the article, the authors discuss the results of the senior students’ survey conducted in the PFUR to characterize the youth perception of family, marriage and love. In particular, the article presents the dominant interpretations of love, marriage and family, the features of an ‘ideal partner’ and ways to find him/her, the basic components of an ‘ideal family/marriage’, the conditions for legal marriage, its negative aspects and reasons not to divorce. The sphere of family and marriage relations in Russia is full of gender stereotypes, thus we focused on the differences between boys and girls that revealed the youth continuing commitment to the traditional role models - a man as a ‘money-maker’ and a woman as a ‘homemaker’.
RUDN Journal of Sociology. 2014;(3):178-198
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Public opinion in the Roman Republic

Gasparishvili A.T., Zotova L.V.

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The article deals with the forms of the public opinion manifestation in the Republican Rome. The authors show that in the Roman Republic the public opinion existed in the form of the ‘public tribunal’ of the Roman people that was respected, omnipresent, all-pervading and volatile.
RUDN Journal of Sociology. 2014;(3):199-206
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The feedback in the studies of interpersonal interaction

Amyaga N.V., Aymautova N.E., Onzimba Leniungo Z.B.

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The article examines the problem of interpreting and studying the feedback in interpersonal interaction as a result of some reflective position. A scientist interested in the feedback has to study the reflective positions as well and to consider their ‘second order’, i. e. to identify the object of his research as a certain number of direct and reverse processes together with their possible subjective representation. Considering the interaction of the sociologist with his customer, this means the necessity to correctly understand and reflect the goals, interests and negotiating tools of the other party that determine the success of negotiations.
RUDN Journal of Sociology. 2014;(3):207-215
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RUDN Journal of Sociology. 2014;(3):228-229
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