In this fairly forgotten reply to German historian Felix Rachfahl — one of the mostvocal critics of Weber’s thesis in “The Protestant Ethics” — Weber further elaborates the central argument of his sociology of religion ...

This paper concerns life cycle related changes in subjective material living conditions, evaluated in terms of perceived past improvement or deterioration and expected future improvement and deterioration in different time ...

Lack of socio-political stability is one of the main problems in transitional society. The most important characteristics of social stability are protest attitudes and their destabilization potential – social tension. ...

There has been presented a new research direction in sociology aimed to analyzehistorical process. Taking into account various theoretical models of historical process based on corresponding paradigms (Marxist, functional, ...

The essay discusses Weber’s sociology of law, which is an essential part of his theoretical heritage, and also Weber’s analysis of relations between formal kinds ofrationality in law, economy and administration. Weber’s ...

23 июня 1999 года Институт социологии НАН Украины, Социологическая ассоциация Украины и Всеукраинское общественное объединение “Народная солидарность за социальную защиту и взаимопомощь" провели в Киеве Круглый стол “Пути ...

The major assertion of the paper is that social integration rests on shared practices, habits, and traditions. The concepts of practical knowledge and style within the context of pragmatic approach to norms and rules ...

There have been discussed the aspects of participation of Ukrainian specialists dealing with election technologies, first of all — experts in sociology and politicalsciences, in large-scale election campaigns like the ...

In the article based on sociological research data, the author has discussed how those who took part in doing away with Chernobyl pollution (the liquidators) estimate their living conditions and how it depends on deterioration ...

There have been discussed the characteristic features of urbanization development in Ukraine determining the way of transformation from its extensive stage to intensive one. Special attention has been paid to the new tends, ...