Sociocultural analysis of socio-political systems: methodological foundations of the study
https://doi.org/10.24290/1029-3736-2021-27-4-216-234
Abstract
This article provides a methodological study of the effectiveness and potential application of sociocultural analysis in the research of socio-political systems the functioning and the development.
The author turns to the theoretical foundations of the sociocultural approach, examines its specificity and integrative nature, and also analyzes the problem of compatibility of the sociocultural approach with the structural functionalism methodology. It is shown that such “methodological union” does not form a contradiction in the study of socio-political systems. On the contrary, this integration allows to include in the focus of research the dynamic features of both institutional and noninstitutional aspects of social life, which helps to fully reveal the possible influences from the subjective grounds on the nature of the evolutionary development of socio-political systems. The use of the sociocultural approach is also being justified by author by the fact that here the subjective determinants of the functioning of socio-political systems are not limited to the framework of political culture, since the specificity of a particular system is also influenced by the civilizational characteristics of the state, the genetic foundations of national cultures, and religion.
Also, the basic methodological principles of sociocultural analysis, which are most relevant for the study of various socio-political systems, are being stated and considered. Among them, special attention is paid to the principle of socio-cultural balance, indicating the permissible possibilities of evolution of each socio-political system and the need for a balance between cultural traditions and structural changes to ensure its sustainable development.
About the Author
N. V. Karpova
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Karpova Natalia V., PhD, Associate professor at the Department of Political Science and Sociology of Political Processes, Faculty of Sociology
Leninskiye Gory, 1-33, Moscow, 119234
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Karpova N.V. Sociocultural analysis of socio-political systems: methodological foundations of the study. Moscow State University Bulletin. Series 18. Sociology and Political Science. 2021;27(4):216-234. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.24290/1029-3736-2021-27-4-216-234
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