SEARCHING FOR MECHANISMS OF SOCIAL CHANGES IN CONTEMPORARY UKRAINE

Book Review: Savelyev Y. Multidimensional modernity: social inclusion in assessment of social development: monograph / Yuriy Savelyev. – K. : VPC "The University of Kyiv", 2017. – 447 p. [in Ukrainian]

SPECIFIC USAGE OF COMBINED REFLECTIVE METHOD FOR STUDY OF NATIONAL VALUES GROUPS

In the era of postmodernism particularly important for certain countries becoming targets of values. For Ukraine, this group is the national cultural values today. The issue of values in the sociological field is always relevant in general. So there are a number of studies on values for different methods. The proposed research study made use reflective technique to study of national values. Specifically, I.Pryvalova's methodology used which are combined. Its first component in a predefined list of values refers to the method of "measuring" values based on the procedure of "standardized measure". Another – focused on identifying values. Results obtained from reflective of techniques have confirmed ownership studied representatives of Ukrainian youth to those who illustrate the characteristics of postmodernism: the uncertainty cult incomprehensible, frahmentaryzatsiya game language, mixing genres, fashion as a code cultures, belonging to a certain social group, political impartiality, expression , an appeal to the religious consciousness, existential motifs different ways of self-defense game looseness, impartiality, openness. Also, the method allows us to see that at this point in history of Ukraine, American and Ukrainian national cultural values are not contrastive, and in vzayemospivstavymyh ways, indicating that the globalization of cultures and the process of revaluation of stereotypes, attitudes, norms and standards. Overall, the combined reflective technique allows not only to measure the value of and conduct on the basis of the data of different types of additional analysis, but also identify relevant values as of human and purely due to a group of national and compare groups of values of different generations.

IMPLEMENTATION OF EVALUATION AND QUALITY CONTROL OF SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS IN UKRAINE

In 2017 the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine (MON) proposed the Draft for public discussion "On Approval of the Procedure for the Formation of the List of Scientific Professional Publications of Ukraine". The article provides comments and suggestions on the quality control of scientific publications in the context of the problems of social sciences and humanities in Ukraine.

SOCIAL COHESION IN UKRAINE (THE EXPERIENCE OF APPLICATION OF BERTELSMANN STIFTUNG METHOD TO EUROPEAN SOCIAL SURVEY DATA)

The present article highlights the results of social cohesion study fulfilled on datasets collected during the sixth wave of the European Social Survey. The conducted study involved the explanation of the importance of social cohesion as a social phenomenon, caused by a paradigmatic shift of approaches to measuring the quality of life of societies. This involved the consideration of social cohesion as an important factor to measure the "social quality" of life. For this purpose, a technique implemented by Bertelsmann Stiftung was used, which was applied to available sixth wave of European Social Survey data, the latter, which included Ukraine, and further certified through the analysis of other additional sources. The study allowed to make a number of substantive conclusions about the level of social cohesion in Ukraine comparing to European countries and other countries of the world. Some recommendations for further research on social cohesion also have been given. The said phenomenon is important because it once can cover a wide range of socially important issues, being simultaneously at both the individual and the collective (macro) level of consciousness. The research of social cohesion highlights "problematic social spheres", so-called weak points of social relations, and conclusions provide knowledge about the direction, to which the efforts to improve the life of the society should be primarily directed.

GENDER INEQUALITY IN THE LABOR MARKET OF UKRAINE IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES

This article examines the law regulation of the gender equality, and analyzes the phenomenon of gender (in)equalitythe in the labor market in Ukraine in general and IT sphere in particular. Three factors that determine the low level of women participation in the IT sector are being highlighted: structural, organizational, and individual. Aspects of gender segregation in the field of IT in Ukraine are being illustrated by the empirical data gathered from in-depth interviews with female employees of IT companies.

ON THE PROBLEM OF METAPARADIGMATIC TYPOLOGIZATION OF SOCIOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE

The paper examines the problem of pluralism in modern paradigmatic conceptualizations of sociological knowledge. The notion of polyparadigmality, main typologies of paradigms, and attempts of their meta-theoretic generalizations are considered. In this context, most attention paid to the existential paradigm as one of the most relevant approaches to the understanding of current social changes. Based on theoretical and historical perspectives, author proposes a structured typology that includes classical, nonclassical and postnonclassical metaparadigms, each of which, in turn, involves certain paradigms. It is shown that the change of meta-paradigms primarily revealed the increase of sociological self-reflection and the adoption of dialectical logic of objectivism, subjectivism and their subsequent synthesis. There is questioning the very necessity of epistemological application of paradigm and meta-paradigm levels, which can be reduced in scale to theories and paradigms accordingly. Main directions of further meta-systematization of sociological knowledge from a perspective of "theoretical minimalism" is outlined. This perspective's methodological strategy described as rooted in the method of the history of sociology, suggesting strict fixation and comprehensive interrelation of constant, essential elements of paradigms. The problem of meta-systematization has also included the differentiation of explicit and implicit divisions of theory comparison, sociological and social criteria of paradigmatic typology, multidimensional model of theoretical dichotomies, and conceptualization of interdisciplinary connections of meta-paradigms (positivism, existentialism, postmodernism, functionalism, etc.).

SOCIAL SOLIDARITY IN FOUR MAJOR SOCIOLOGICAL TRADITIONS

This article includes definition analysis of social solidarity in structural and functional, conflict, utilitical and interactional sociological traditions. The Author uses methodological approaches for better understanding of the social solidarity category among the representatives of four sociological traditions and observes key sociological conceptions starting from the early 19th century. It is stated, that structional functionalists were first to introduce the category of social solidarity and added broad sense to it including analysis of society`s institutional structure. Conflict theory followers assume, that social solidarity includes conflict, which takes place when rebels unite to perform revolutionary change. Utilitical tradition has liberal views in its core, claiming that rational interests work in favor of each member inside the society. Followers of interactional tradition strengthen the aspect of peace as solidarity`s key feature, which could work out as strikes and meetings. Article also provides analysis and uncovering of the major similar and distinction features of social solidarity category in historical context. The Author summarized views and approaches, stating that violence and sociocultural factors are in core and should be highlighted in mechanism of reaching and maintenance of social solidarity in any society. Sociocultural factors could be used on their own for social solidarity maintenance. Article indicates weak points in social solidarity perception by each sociological tradition and rises again the question of creating the full and solid solidarity theory.

MOTHER'S POSITION AT THE LABOUR MARKET AS A CONDITION OF STRUCTURING OF MOTHERING PRACTICES

The article presents the results of the author's research of the influence of mothers' positions at the labor market on their strategies and practices of mothering. On the example of mothers who combine employment and care for children in contemporary Ukrainian society, the author revealed the basic conditions of structuring of these practices. Among these conditions are mothers' life strategies related to the balance of family and professional responsibilities, their positions related to the employment in public or private sectors of economy, as well as the availability of workplace resources, allowing to combine paid and reproductive labor.

CIVIL ACTIVITY AND KINSHIP: MICRO-TO-MACRO TRANSITIONS IN DEVELOPMENT OF THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL MOVEMENT IN THE 1860-1890S

The author uses James S. Coleman' conception of micro-to-macro transitions as a theoretical tool for reconstruction kinship network as well as network of civil activities among members of "Stara Hromada" (The Old Community). It is impossible to reconstruct social foundations of the Ukrainian national movement according to Ernest Gellner' conception. E. Gellner in his classical book "Nations and Nationalism" explains social origins of modern nationalism as a reaction to industrialization. According to E. Gellner, bourgeois class had the main influence on the process of nation formation during the industrialization. That trend was not possible in Ukrainian social, economic, and political context of XIX century. The main role in Ukrainian nationhood and nation formation played traditional elite (nobles). The Old Community after 1869 was network organization of that social group. The author uses network analysis for empirical evidence. Communication and cooperation between different members of the Old Community were based on principles of estate integration. Marriage was especially significant social practice in the process of community integration. Civil activity with family background was a reaction to contradictory conflation of different social roles. That activity provoked new type of social identity – national identity among representatives of traditional elites. James S. Coleman' conception provides heuristic understanding of aggregation individual actions and attitudes into desirable behaviors at the collective level.

DEMOCRATIC VALUES OF THE UKRAINIAN PEOPLE: STRUCTURE AND FACTORS OF CONSTRUCTING

In this article, according to the 6th wave of the European Social Survey, the concept of the democratic values in its practical and empirical dimension is constructed and analyzed. The main attention is focused on the statistical rationale and description of democratic values structure; the empirical typology of respondents is based on its different inclinations. Besides, article is based on the description of factors, that could influence on the level of inclination and its impact of political and ideological positions of personality. Major attention is devoted to the data analysis in its time perspective (couple of months before Euromaidan's beginning) and the existence of regional distortions in democratic orientations. Author stated, that the level of democratic values might be among the factors of increasing social activity in 2013.