Pub Date : 2023-09-24DOI: 10.19181/socjour.2023.29.3.10
Alexander Temnitskiy
This paper provides an abstract presentation and analyzes the content of the collective monograph titled Typological Analysis in Sociology as a Diagnostic Procedure. The focus is on the possibilities that the method of typological analysis provides when it comes to developing the genre of sociological diagnostics. In the introduction, we consider the approaches towards defining the concept of “sociological diagnostics” that have developed in the domestic scientific community, while noting the persistent ambiguity in its understanding and use. The main part of the paper gives a brief summary of the main theoretical and methodological provisions, the practice and results of applying the method of typological analysis as a tool for sociological diagnostics according to the first three chapters of the monograph. We have identified three connecting links that determine the integrity of the authors’ narrative in revealing the diagnostic potential of the typological analysis method: 1) adherence to the concept of ideal type, 2) search for controllable factors while overcoming methodological “bottlenecks”, and 3) strict observance of the analysis procedure. In conclusion, we reveal the actual and possible limitations in the use of typological analysis for diagnostics of modern social phenomena, and we challenge the selection and development of one ideal type of workers as a standard for making management decisions.
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Pub Date : 2023-06-29DOI: 10.19181/socjour.2023.29.2.6
L. Grinin, A. Grinin, Andrey Korotayev
This article analyzes the process of global population aging, which has a significant impact on all areas of public life in the 21st century. The influence of the population aging process on various areas of social activity will be determined by its scale and depth, i.e. by the potential demographic structure of the future society. At the same time, the ability of modern society to cope with elevated risks associated with this process is a problematic matter. The risks and problems associated with population aging include economic recessions, pension crises, the issue of caring for the increasingly more numerous disabled and frail people, maintaining the financial savings of the elderly, the issue of ageism, and the vulnerability of the elderly during periods of crisis and pandemics, and consequently maintaining life expectancy as well as stable democracy and even world order. These risks and problems are of particular concern given that by the mid-21st century two thirds of people over the age of 65 will be living in medium and low income countries. Moreover, aging will affect even today’s poorest countries that are located in Sub-Saharan Africa with their populations that are still young as of today. In view of this, the problem of social security and healthcare for the elderly is becoming increasingly acute and requires implementing proactive measures. The problem of population aging does not get enough attention from such international organizations as the UN and WHO; in general, studies on this issue both in the public realm and in scientific discourse are limited. However, even now global aging is an extremely important problem, and we assume that it will become the most crucial problem in the future. Thus, not paying sufficient attention to it might lead to negative consequences such as societal tensions, crises and intergenerational conflicts, as well as political and social instability. In this article we approach the process from the perspective of transitioning from perceiving it as a problem to considering it as something that provides new opportunities associated with the more mature and older generation possessing worldly wisdom and experience. Today specific measures must be taken in different areas, and special long-term programs must be adopted to promote a higher health-related quality of life (HRQoL) for the older generation, as well as to combat the widespread stereotype of feeling doomed at an old age, the idea being that your life is over. Grinin et al. point out the importance of technologies, the development of which can be stimulated specifically by the process of global aging and the need to increase life expectancy. As a background for the forthcoming technological wave (which we refer to as the Cybernetic Revolution), global aging may create an acute demand for labor-conservation technologies, as well as provide a powerful stimulus for the field of medicine. Progress in the latter realm would help prolong working age a
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Pub Date : 2023-06-29DOI: 10.19181/socjour.2023.29.2.8
Anita Poplavskaya
The new book by Denis Strebkov and Andrey Shevchuk “What do we know about freelancers? The Sociology of Free Employment” (2022) is a summation of a unique, large-scale, more than a decade-long research project dedicated to understanding the phenomenon of online freelancing. The authors are at the forefront of surveying free employment agents in the country. They describe the history of the formation of the Russian-speaking remote work market, its main participants and the laws by which it functions, while also conducting deep analysis of the origin, spread and transformation of remote self-employment practices and the composition of workers in this realm of labor. Freelancers are defined by the authors of the monograph as people who partake in intellectual and creative work, and freelancing itself is characterized as a sort of embodiment of freedom in the labor market. The title of the book suggests a new area of research — sociology of free employment. The review considers the merits of the monograph, while posing the question of whether we can even assert that independent professionals are truly free, or if there are certain caveats to it.
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Pub Date : 2023-06-29DOI: 10.19181/socjour.2023.29.2.10
I. Dezhina
The article analyzes the Russian science policy that has been implemented during last five years, after setting new goals in 2018. Science policy measures are examined in the projection of three actors. The first actor is the government that sets goals, systems of management and coordination, and allocates the funds. The second actor is the Russian Academy of Sciences, which performs an expert function. The third actor is university science, which has become the main beneficiary of state support in recent years. The aim of the article is to identify the key directions of the country’s science policy in projections of the readiness of the science system to the radically changed geopolitical conditions that have emerged in 2022. During the last five years, the system of science management has evolved towards increased centralization of power. Such system allows concentrating resources on key tasks. However, such tasks that would need centralized effort were not set. The main objectives of the science policy focused on the diversification and integration of the Russian science into the international scientific community (through the improvement of positions in the international ratings, growth of publications indexed in international databases, encouraging academic mobility). The result of the contradicting government policy was unpreparedness of the science sector to sanctions. The state was able to undertake only actions of immediate reaction; the time was lost to develop measures aimed at existence in isolation from key world scientific powers.
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Pub Date : 2023-06-29DOI: 10.19181/socjour.2023.29.2.5
Gevorg Gevorg A. Poghosyan, D. Rogozin
This interview is dedicated to Gennady Semyonovich Batygin (1951–2003), a colleague and friend of Gevork Aramovich Poghosyan. The interview reveals the specifics of his personal communication, the influence that Batygin had on others. The issues of arranging scientific publications, his personal meetings during the 1980’s and 1990’s are also touched upon. The life world is presented of scientific employees who, on the one hand, have achieved significant results in their scientific careers, who by that time had written relevant works on the methodology of social research, received recognition among colleagues, and, on the other hand, those who are easy to communicate with, meet up in their kitchens – not only at the workplace – to discuss things, argue and support each other. The interview reproduces the social environment of the 1990’s, shows how the Merton principle of scientific communism can be realized in practice, according to which knowledge is open and accessible to everyone who is in search of it, and has no status or administrative boundaries.
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Pub Date : 2023-06-29DOI: 10.19181/socjour.2023.29.2.4
I. Shmerlina
This article problematizes the relationship between the sociological and philosophical traditions of Russian social thought based on the material of the subjective school and of Slavophilism. The absence of direct ideological and conceptual continuity between these avenues is shown, albeit they do share common mental and world-view prerequisites. Slavophilism and the subjective school are compared along three lines — epistemological, social, and historiosophical. The distinguishing features that reveal the correspondence between the aforementioned schools are as follows: the orientation towards a holistic view of reality, unifying life and cognition; the ethical dominant of epistemological views and the inclination towards a practical and transformative attitude towards reality; anthropocentrism and personalism; a romantically ecstatic formulation of the popular/commoner issue; missionary and messianic motives of historiosophical quests, and journalism as a genre of theoretical reflection. It is suggested that the cultural codes of the national social mentality are reflected in the outlined worldview complex.
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Pub Date : 2023-06-29DOI: 10.19181/socjour.2023.29.2.3
T. Gavrilyuk, T. Pogodaeva
The aim of this study is to measure and evaluate the application of personalized learning technology based on the system of individual educational paths at the University of Tyumen. In order to collect and analyze the data, the strategy of mix-methods was applied, which allows both for identifying the most common trends in the opinions of the subjects of educational space, and for obtaining detailed interpretations of the ongoing changes. The purpose of the study is to identify the opinions held by the key subjects of education when it comes to educational activity content and technologies, the benefits and risks of individual learning paths and the traditional way of teaching. Interviews with teachers demonstrate that in assessing the positive aspects of the transition to individual learning paths, such aspects have been taken note of as the possibility of focusing on one’s own interests, increased motivation and desire for professional development in a competitive environment, as well as simplification of reporting as a result of digitization. What teachers are apprehensive about is a decline in the fundamental nature of training and the de-professionalization of students, the collapse of stable social ties and identities of teachers, subpar living conditions due to continuous spatial mobility, and uncertainty when it comes to workload. The study showed that a fifth of students are not satisfied with the learning outcomes under new conditions and experience difficulty adapting in mixed groups with other students of different specialties. The variability and individualization of education is not yet a priority for students enrolled in traditional programs. Students pursuing individual study paths do not realize the many advantages the new system provides when it comes to forming the personal qualities necessary for successful selfrealization, due to them lacking the opportunity to compare their form of education to what is considered traditional.
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Pub Date : 2023-06-29DOI: 10.19181/socjour.2023.29.2.7
Natalia Malikova, G. Zborovsky
This article examines the activities of a unique sociological museum, based out of the Ural Federal University in Yekaterinburg. The museum is dedicated to the life and work of Professor L.N. Kogan, one of the highest profile Soviet/Russian sociologists of the second half of the XX century. The authors of the article focus on the goals, methods, style of work of the museum and its significance when it comes to reproducing the history of sociology in the Urals. Described are the main forms and types of the museum’s educational activities among students, postgraduates, applicants receiving sociological education and professional training, as well as teachers and numerous guests of the university, city and region. The article shows how Kogan’s image is constructed in the museum’s space; also considered are the potential of his creativity and its implementation in theoretical and empirical research. A large number of documents, artifacts, and various sources gathered in the museum allow visitors via training sessions and tours to get an idea about the main stages of Kogan’s life, studies, work, and his achievements in scientific, journalistic, and social activities. In the museum you can get acquainted with the style and methods of the scientist’s work, the specifics of his interactions with students, postgraduates, applicants and sociologist colleagues. Almost all of L.N. Kogan’s monographs and most important publications are presented on the shelves. The museum’s exposition demonstrates the breadth of his scientific interests, which, in addition to sociology, extended to such areas as philosophy, political science, cultural studies, art and theater. The museum gives you a vivid idea of the personality of the scientist, his willingness to impart knowledge upon people, his professionalism in the study of social processes, how skilled he was in the culture of academic communication, as well as his ability to instill optimism into people. In addition, thanks to the abundance of historical documents, visitors have the opportunity to trace the history of the formation and development of sociology at the Ural University and the region over a period of 50 years. At the end of the article, the authors introduce the readers of the journal to the future prospects of the work of the L.N. Kogan Sociological Museum.
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Pub Date : 2023-06-29DOI: 10.19181/socjour.2023.29.2.2
D. Timoshkin, Darya Pchelkina, Andrei Samarin, V. Khvorostov, Roman Tomilin
This article analyzes texts written by users of Russian-language digital communication platforms on the topic of emigration to the Republic of Korea. The purpose of the study was to determine what meanings are attributed to the Republic in these texts, and how these images can affect the migration strategies of Russian-speaking migrants. The texts were sourced from relevant communities inside the largest social networks by the number of Russian-speaking users. The research method of choice was discourse analysis. Korea was regarded as an intersectional symbol that combines “migrant” texts into a single discourse. Its significance was determined by means of the authors of the messages constructing associations between the host country and certain situations and actions. It was established that pendulum migrants working in the country illegally, educational migrants, intermediaries, and communities of fans of Korean popular culture are most actively involved in shaping the image of Korea within the considered social media platforms. The messages posted by those users who focus on the shadow segment of the labor market portray Korea as a country that deals with visitors employed in this segment in as lenient a manner as possible. During the visa-free period, you can earn more here than in six months back home, without knowing the language and without having any skills, after which you can go home and return to Korea again once the money you earned has run out. This group describes the following strategy: you enter the country as a tourist for 60 days, and find a job on “samushil” or through an intermediary. Then return to Russia temporarily, or stay in Korea illegally, or use such mechanisms as political asylum and marriage of convenience. Educational migrants describe Korea as a developed, safe and wealthy country, with optimal conditions for permanent residency. Many describe the following strategy: get into the country on a student visa, receive an education, find a job in areas somehow related to servicing Russian-speaking migration flows. Some count on legalization through marriage to a member of the host community. Groups dedicated to Korean popular culture associate the Republic with a male idol, overconsumption, scenery and drama characters. Their users might describe either of the strategies mentioned above. A group of intermediaries reproduces the images conveyed by the texts produced by illegal migrants and k-pop communities, idealizing Korea and omitting the numerous difficulties and risks associated with staying there. Intermediaries essentially provide customers with the opportunity to become a part of this image by selling them paths of migration to and integration in Korea, which are often utilized by pendulum and educational migrants. According to G. Klein’s model of decision-making in a situation of uncertainty, it can be assumed that “migrant” social media containing these images contribute to the dissemination and reproduction of
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Pub Date : 2023-06-29DOI: 10.19181/socjour.2023.29.2.1
V. Korsunova, B. Sokolov
In this article we analyze nationwide and individual trends in emancipative values in Russia during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the correlation between values and various personal COVID-19 pandemic experiences. Using panel data from 3 waves of a survey titled “Values in Crisis” we were able to identify a minor increase in support for choice values and an equally minor decrease in support for equality values between June 2020 and December 2021. Negative personal economic experiences during the pandemic reduce support for equality values whereas future financial concerns are positively, albeit weakly, associated with equality values. Neither personally succumbing to COVID-19 nor health-related anxiety are linked to support for gender equality. Neither indicator of negative pandemic experience correlates with individual choice values. Overall, emancipative value alignments seem to be resistant to shortterm deterioration of living conditions in Russia, both at the societal and the individual level.
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