I start with the question of whether populism can be a strategy for renewing the Left. I argue that populism has such potential if: a) it is used for bringing together ?scattered consciousnesses?, b) if it advocates and goes in the direction of radical reform, c) if it is accompanied by minutely pre-defined reform policies, and most importantly d) if the Left manages to bridge populism?s inherent gap between the promised and the fulfilled. Among the various definitions of populism discussed at the outset of the text, I choose to use one that defines populism as a discursive-rhetorical style and technique of doing politics. I offer six antitheses that could be considered to have contributed to the fall of the Left. The focus then shifts to the success and failure of the Third Way, which I interpret as a collection of ideologemes, phrases, and floating signifiers used for new populist rhetoric. I then seek to demonstrate what Le Bon?s Psychology of the Crowd - in which important topics about populism are discussed - has to say about the psychology of populism and the mechanisms of acceptance of populist rhetoric, and whether it contains any useful lessons for the Left. In the last part I propose six theses and discuss populism as a strategy for renewing the Left.
我首先提出的问题是,民粹主义能否成为左翼复兴的一种策略。我认为,民粹主义具有这样的潜力,如果:a)它被用来汇集分散的意识?b)如果它倡导并朝着激进改革的方向发展,c)如果它伴随着细致入微的预先定义的改革政策,最重要的是d)如果左派成功地弥合了民粹主义?承诺与实现之间固有的差距。在本文开头讨论的民粹主义的各种定义中,我选择将民粹主义定义为一种话语修辞风格和政治技巧。我提供了六个可以被认为是导致左派衰落的对立面。然后焦点转移到第三条道路的成功和失败,我将其解释为用于新民粹主义修辞的意识形态,短语和浮动能指的集合。然后我试图证明勒邦?《群众心理学》(Psychology of the Crowd)——其中讨论了关于民粹主义的重要话题——不得不谈到民粹主义的心理和民粹主义言论的接受机制,以及它是否包含了对左派有用的教训。在最后一部分,我提出了六个论点,并讨论了民粹主义作为左翼复兴的战略。
{"title":"Can populism and how be a new strategy for renewing the left?","authors":"M. Višić","doi":"10.2298/soc2003330v","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2298/soc2003330v","url":null,"abstract":"I start with the question of whether populism can be a strategy for renewing the Left. I argue that populism has such potential if: a) it is used for bringing together ?scattered consciousnesses?, b) if it advocates and goes in the direction of radical reform, c) if it is accompanied by minutely pre-defined reform policies, and most importantly d) if the Left manages to bridge populism?s inherent gap between the promised and the fulfilled. Among the various definitions of populism discussed at the outset of the text, I choose to use one that defines populism as a discursive-rhetorical style and technique of doing politics. I offer six antitheses that could be considered to have contributed to the fall of the Left. The focus then shifts to the success and failure of the Third Way, which I interpret as a collection of ideologemes, phrases, and floating signifiers used for new populist rhetoric. I then seek to demonstrate what Le Bon?s Psychology of the Crowd - in which important topics about populism are discussed - has to say about the psychology of populism and the mechanisms of acceptance of populist rhetoric, and whether it contains any useful lessons for the Left. In the last part I propose six theses and discuss populism as a strategy for renewing the Left.","PeriodicalId":43515,"journal":{"name":"Sociologija","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68778273","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The paper has been conceived in the form of considerations on the process of research preparation and realization based on the in-depth interview as a research method. In the broader context of criticism levelled at qualitative research methods, all the phases related to data compilation and the phases of work done on the compiled material have been described and explained. An attempt has been made to use a specific example to point out all the principles which guide research and analysis, how researchers uses reflective research and the arguments in favor of certain choices, how systematicity is achieved, and to provide illustrations of the complexity and scientific relevance of research procedures in the creation of a highquality database. In addition, a discussion has been provided on the scientific basis of the entire process of database creation and the analytical procedures involved in working on it.
{"title":"Reflexivity and the use of the in-depth interview as a research method for family practices -based on research of socioeconomic strategies of action of families in Serbia","authors":"Nemanja Krstić","doi":"10.2298/soc2001063k","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2298/soc2001063k","url":null,"abstract":"The paper has been conceived in the form of considerations on the process of research preparation and realization based on the in-depth interview as a research method. In the broader context of criticism levelled at qualitative research methods, all the phases related to data compilation and the phases of work done on the compiled material have been described and explained. An attempt has been made to use a specific example to point out all the principles which guide research and analysis, how researchers uses reflective research and the arguments in favor of certain choices, how systematicity is achieved, and to provide illustrations of the complexity and scientific relevance of research procedures in the creation of a highquality database. In addition, a discussion has been provided on the scientific basis of the entire process of database creation and the analytical procedures involved in working on it.","PeriodicalId":43515,"journal":{"name":"Sociologija","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68777402","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The paper investigates the relationship between intrinsic rewards and work-related attitude (job satisfaction) as well as possible moderators of this relationship, such as: age, gender, education level, position (managerial/nonmanagerial), length of total work experience, tenure in the organisation, type of organisation`s business activity, company size and ownership structure of the company. We used data collected via questionnaire filled-in by 738 employees working in 283 different companies in the Republic of Srpska. Results indicate that there is a strong positive correlation between intrinsic rewards and job satisfaction. Furthermore, the results revealed that, among selected individual and organisational factors, only 3 factors - education level, managerial/non-managerial position and ownership structure of the company moderate the relationship between intrinsic rewards and job satisfaction in the selected sample.
{"title":"Moderators of the relationship between intrinsic rewards and job satisfaction: The evidence from the Republic of Srpska","authors":"Biljana Bogićević-Milikić, Dragana Došenović","doi":"10.2298/soc2003416b","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2298/soc2003416b","url":null,"abstract":"The paper investigates the relationship between intrinsic rewards and work-related attitude (job satisfaction) as well as possible moderators of this relationship, such as: age, gender, education level, position (managerial/nonmanagerial), length of total work experience, tenure in the organisation, type of organisation`s business activity, company size and ownership structure of the company. We used data collected via questionnaire filled-in by 738 employees working in 283 different companies in the Republic of Srpska. Results indicate that there is a strong positive correlation between intrinsic rewards and job satisfaction. Furthermore, the results revealed that, among selected individual and organisational factors, only 3 factors - education level, managerial/non-managerial position and ownership structure of the company moderate the relationship between intrinsic rewards and job satisfaction in the selected sample.","PeriodicalId":43515,"journal":{"name":"Sociologija","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68778389","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The deficiency of new public management (NPM) has become evident by the end of the 20th century. At the same time, society is turning to new initiatives that seek to address social and environmental problems. One of those initiatives is a social entrepreneurship that uses market forces to create social value. The paper presents the conceptual framework that answers the questions ?Do social enterprises exist because of the NPM flaws??. The comparison between the two phenomena has been made by following Drechsler?s analysis of NPM flaws. The results show a connection between virtues nurtured by social enterprises and shortcomings that diminished NPM.
{"title":"Demystifying the relationship between new public management and social entrepreneurship: A conceptual framework","authors":"Marija Stanković","doi":"10.2298/soc2003438s","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2298/soc2003438s","url":null,"abstract":"The deficiency of new public management (NPM) has become evident by the end of the 20th century. At the same time, society is turning to new initiatives that seek to address social and environmental problems. One of those initiatives is a social entrepreneurship that uses market forces to create social value. The paper presents the conceptual framework that answers the questions ?Do social enterprises exist because of the NPM flaws??. The comparison between the two phenomena has been made by following Drechsler?s analysis of NPM flaws. The results show a connection between virtues nurtured by social enterprises and shortcomings that diminished NPM.","PeriodicalId":43515,"journal":{"name":"Sociologija","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68778469","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The research focus is on whether transnational middle-class migrants perceive Belgrade as a city suitable for their way of life. At the outset, the analytical framework links the social production of contemporary cities to processes of globalization and transnational migration, with a focus on post-socialist cities and Belgrade as the object of empirical research. The second part of the paper contains data analysis based on the 21 semi-structured interviews with middleclass transnational migrants who had lived and worked in Belgrade for at least a year at the time of the interviews, conducted in late 2018 and early 2019. The analysis focuses on the opinions of transnational migrants regarding housing and working conditions in Belgrade in comparison to their previous experiences; on daily routines and practices they can or cannot realize in Belgrade; and on the importance they attach to globally standardized places (such as international cafes, restaurants, shopping malls, etc.) as compared to locally specific equivalents. In the concluding section, seeking to examine whether the Belgrade entrepreneurial urban policy meets the expectations of these transnational actors, the key research findings are summarized in a manner accordant with the inputs they could provide for Belgrade?s urban development.
{"title":"Whether transnational middle-class migrants perceive Belgrade as an attractive and comfortable city","authors":"M. Petrovic","doi":"10.2298/SOC2004549P","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2298/SOC2004549P","url":null,"abstract":"The research focus is on whether transnational middle-class migrants perceive Belgrade as a city suitable for their way of life. At the outset, the analytical framework links the social production of contemporary cities to processes of globalization and transnational migration, with a focus on post-socialist cities and Belgrade as the object of empirical research. The second part of the paper contains data analysis based on the 21 semi-structured interviews with middleclass transnational migrants who had lived and worked in Belgrade for at least a year at the time of the interviews, conducted in late 2018 and early 2019. The analysis focuses on the opinions of transnational migrants regarding housing and working conditions in Belgrade in comparison to their previous experiences; on daily routines and practices they can or cannot realize in Belgrade; and on the importance they attach to globally standardized places (such as international cafes, restaurants, shopping malls, etc.) as compared to locally specific equivalents. In the concluding section, seeking to examine whether the Belgrade entrepreneurial urban policy meets the expectations of these transnational actors, the key research findings are summarized in a manner accordant with the inputs they could provide for Belgrade?s urban development.","PeriodicalId":43515,"journal":{"name":"Sociologija","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68778694","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Quantitative research is still dominant in public policy, but qualitative methods are being increasingly used as sources of primary data. In addition to their main practical purpose, qualitative applied policy research studies are used to legitimize public policy programs, social interventions, and initiatives. Compared to quantitative research, qualitative methods provide insight into the contextual and complex situational factors, which may be highly relevant for successful social interventions. Focus group interviews are commonly used in social interventions for data collection. Focus group interviews may contribute to a better articulation of implicit opinions and preferences, and enable triangulation based on multiple perspectives and information (beneficiaries, stakeholders). We argue that focus groups in public policy research and social interventions are based on the same methodological principles as focus groups in basic research, including sampling, facilitation, and ethical issues. Some modifications are necessary due to the main purpose of focus groups (the intervention), situational factors, and logistic fieldwork issues.
{"title":"Qualitative applied research in social interventions and public policy programs: The case of focus group interviews","authors":"S. Ignjatovic","doi":"10.2298/soc2001042i","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2298/soc2001042i","url":null,"abstract":"Quantitative research is still dominant in public policy, but qualitative methods are being increasingly used as sources of primary data. In addition to their main practical purpose, qualitative applied policy research studies are used to legitimize public policy programs, social interventions, and initiatives. Compared to quantitative research, qualitative methods provide insight into the contextual and complex situational factors, which may be highly relevant for successful social interventions. Focus group interviews are commonly used in social interventions for data collection. Focus group interviews may contribute to a better articulation of implicit opinions and preferences, and enable triangulation based on multiple perspectives and information (beneficiaries, stakeholders). We argue that focus groups in public policy research and social interventions are based on the same methodological principles as focus groups in basic research, including sampling, facilitation, and ethical issues. Some modifications are necessary due to the main purpose of focus groups (the intervention), situational factors, and logistic fieldwork issues.","PeriodicalId":43515,"journal":{"name":"Sociologija","volume":"62 1","pages":"42-62"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68777372","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The paper is based on the analysis of narratives from the case studies of two young single mothers from the longitudinal qualitative research in Belgrade. The aims of the paper are exploration and interpretation of the positioning and meaning of motherhood within social biographies of the working-class single mothers. The intention is to study experience of single motherhood among young women with lower social-economic status by exploring how it is contextualised within structural, normative and institutional frameworks, as well as within relational and biographical contexts. The analysis proved the assumption that, although the position of motherhood within their life courses is similar, its meaning within their social biographies is different due to their different experience and subjectivities. In the concluding discussion, I argue for taking into account feelings as part of maternal experience, as well as to interpret agency as embedded in relational and biographical contexts within a young woman’s social biography.
{"title":"Experience of unplanned maternity: Case studies of two young single mothers in Belgrade","authors":"S. Tomanović","doi":"10.2298/soc2002153t","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2298/soc2002153t","url":null,"abstract":"The paper is based on the analysis of narratives from the case studies of two young single mothers from the longitudinal qualitative research in Belgrade. The aims of the paper are exploration and interpretation of the positioning and meaning of motherhood within social biographies of the working-class single mothers. The intention is to study experience of single motherhood among young women with lower social-economic status by exploring how it is contextualised within structural, normative and institutional frameworks, as well as within relational and biographical contexts. The analysis proved the assumption that, although the position of motherhood within their life courses is similar, its meaning within their social biographies is different due to their different experience and subjectivities. In the concluding discussion, I argue for taking into account feelings as part of maternal experience, as well as to interpret agency as embedded in relational and biographical contexts within a young woman’s social biography.","PeriodicalId":43515,"journal":{"name":"Sociologija","volume":"62 1","pages":"153-170"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68777708","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Even though the experience of abortion is a relatively common experience among women in Serbia, personal accounts in relation to abortion are rarely examined. International findings show that having social support is crucial in coping with this experience. The main objective of this research was to examine the ways in which women rely on social support and the ways in which this shapes their experiences. After six semi-structured interviews with women who terminated their first pregnancy, their personal accounts were analyzed using interpretative phenomenological analysis. The role of significant others remains important during the whole experience but with qualitative shifts throughout the phases. In the earliest phases, other people could be perceived as a double threat - they could cause the feeling of shame or be an obstacle in the pregnancy termination. During and after the medical procedure, the need for social support becomes stronger and more complex, although in some cases it remains unmet. Most prominent social figures are mothers and romantic partners. Participants with responsive and supportive social surroundings coped more easily than others whose support is nonexistent or overly normalizing. Research contribution of this study is the analysis of personal accounts of women who had abortion. Practical contribution is raisin awareness of the importance of legitimization of complex and ambiguous feelings during abortion, both by significant others and health psychologists.
{"title":"The role of social support in the experience of abortion: A qualitative study of women’s personal accounts","authors":"Milica M. Skočajić, B. Stanković","doi":"10.2298/soc2002171s","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2298/soc2002171s","url":null,"abstract":"Even though the experience of abortion is a relatively common experience among women in Serbia, personal accounts in relation to abortion are rarely examined. International findings show that having social support is crucial in coping with this experience. The main objective of this research was to examine the ways in which women rely on social support and the ways in which this shapes their experiences. After six semi-structured interviews with women who terminated their first pregnancy, their personal accounts were analyzed using interpretative phenomenological analysis. The role of significant others remains important during the whole experience but with qualitative shifts throughout the phases. In the earliest phases, other people could be perceived as a double threat - they could cause the feeling of shame or be an obstacle in the pregnancy termination. During and after the medical procedure, the need for social support becomes stronger and more complex, although in some cases it remains unmet. Most prominent social figures are mothers and romantic partners. Participants with responsive and supportive social surroundings coped more easily than others whose support is nonexistent or overly normalizing. Research contribution of this study is the analysis of personal accounts of women who had abortion. Practical contribution is raisin awareness of the importance of legitimization of complex and ambiguous feelings during abortion, both by significant others and health psychologists.","PeriodicalId":43515,"journal":{"name":"Sociologija","volume":"62 1","pages":"171-192"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68777804","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Starting from the observation that the COVID-19 pandemic is a socio-cultural and health phenomenon, in this paper we analyse the tabloid news framing of the pandemic in Serbia. Our study examines a month-long period following the first identified case, during which the government introduced preventative measures deemed to be some of the strictest in the world. Applying a news framing analysis to front page news of the three tabloid newspapers Alo, Informer, and Kurir (N = 387), our study identifies nine frames employed in the media reporting about the pandemic. Supplementing the framing analysis with an examination of the narrative roles of heroes, victims and villains in which different social actors are placed, we add to the nuanced understanding of the socio-cultural frames of reference in pandemic reporting. Our analysis establishes that the most prominent frames in the tabloid news stories on COVID-19 in Serbia are prevention and human-interest frames. It shows that the attribution of responsibility frame is used to present citizens as villains who undermine successful state measures, while China and Russia are portrayed as the heroes in the fight against are virus.
{"title":"“Is it possible that people are so irresponsible?”: Tabloid news framing of the COVID-19 pandemic in Serbia","authors":"Jelena Kleut, Norbert Šinković","doi":"10.2298/SOC2004503K","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2298/SOC2004503K","url":null,"abstract":"Starting from the observation that the COVID-19 pandemic is a socio-cultural and health phenomenon, in this paper we analyse the tabloid news framing of the pandemic in Serbia. Our study examines a month-long period following the first identified case, during which the government introduced preventative measures deemed to be some of the strictest in the world. Applying a news framing analysis to front page news of the three tabloid newspapers Alo, Informer, and Kurir (N = 387), our study identifies nine frames employed in the media reporting about the pandemic. Supplementing the framing analysis with an examination of the narrative roles of heroes, victims and villains in which different social actors are placed, we add to the nuanced understanding of the socio-cultural frames of reference in pandemic reporting. Our analysis establishes that the most prominent frames in the tabloid news stories on COVID-19 in Serbia are prevention and human-interest frames. It shows that the attribution of responsibility frame is used to present citizens as villains who undermine successful state measures, while China and Russia are portrayed as the heroes in the fight against are virus.","PeriodicalId":43515,"journal":{"name":"Sociologija","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68778671","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Empirical research on different problems and aspects of the LGBT population is no longer so rare in Serbia. This community and its problems are often the cause of strong reactions in one part of society. Therefore, attitudes of the general population towards the LGBT community can be used for creating value orientations indicators. In this paper, we will show the importance of cognitive interviews in the assessment of such indicators. A cognitive interview allows us to methodologically investigate the validity of the questions (statements) used in the questionnaire. The indicator to which we have paid attention in this paper (?Gay men and lesbians should be free to live their life?) is a good example of what role a cognitive interview can have in sociological research. By using the cognitive interview, it is possible to explore the different meanings that respondents attach to specific statements or specific terms. As such, the method also points to ?unexpected? meanings that the researchers did not have in mind.
{"title":"Contribution of a cognitive interview to assessing the validity of indicators and data quality in quantitative research on the example of attitudes toward gays and lesbians","authors":"Bozidar Filipovic","doi":"10.2298/soc2001124f","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2298/soc2001124f","url":null,"abstract":"Empirical research on different problems and aspects of the LGBT population is no longer so rare in Serbia. This community and its problems are often the cause of strong reactions in one part of society. Therefore, attitudes of the general population towards the LGBT community can be used for creating value orientations indicators. In this paper, we will show the importance of cognitive interviews in the assessment of such indicators. A cognitive interview allows us to methodologically investigate the validity of the questions (statements) used in the questionnaire. The indicator to which we have paid attention in this paper (?Gay men and lesbians should be free to live their life?) is a good example of what role a cognitive interview can have in sociological research. By using the cognitive interview, it is possible to explore the different meanings that respondents attach to specific statements or specific terms. As such, the method also points to ?unexpected? meanings that the researchers did not have in mind.","PeriodicalId":43515,"journal":{"name":"Sociologija","volume":"21 1","pages":"124-142"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68777631","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}