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Diversification and fragmentation of Russian sociology

Larissa TitarenkoElena Zdravomyslova

pp. 103-123

Abstract

Post-Soviet sociology demonstrates great variety of organizations involved in the production of sociological knowledge. Sociological diversity relates to political segmentation of organizations and their different attitudes toward the post-Soviet political system that causes other divisions. Sociology has divided into pro-government pollsters and 'service sociologists' vs. democratic and liberal sociologists producing independent expertise. Their modes of knowledge production differ, which affects the field of public sociology. In the latest years, professional conditions of non-government research institutions that receive funds from foreign organizations got significantly worse because of the law on foreign agents. Ongoing fragmentation and diversification feature the functioning of sociology in Russia.

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Published in:

Titarenko Larissa, Zdravomyslova Elena (2017) Sociology in Russia: a brief history. Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan.

Pages: 103-123

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-58085-2_6

Full citation:

Titarenko Larissa, Zdravomyslova Elena (2017) Diversification and fragmentation of Russian sociology, In: Sociology in Russia, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 103–123.