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Approaches to class analysis Approaches to class analysis
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Wright, E. O. (Ed.). (2019). Approaches to class analysis [In Russian], transl. from English. E.Β Simonchuk. Kiev: Institute of Sociology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.

Π Π°ΠΉΡ‚, Π­. О. (Π Π΅Π΄.). (2019). ΠŸΠΎΠ΄Ρ…ΠΎΠ΄Ρ‹ ΠΊ классовому Π°Π½Π°Π»ΠΈΠ·Ρƒ, ΠΏΠ΅Ρ€Π΅Π²ΠΎΠ΄ с англ. Π•.Β Π‘ΠΈΠΌΠΎΠ½Ρ‡ΡƒΠΊ. КиСв: Π˜Π½ΡΡ‚ΠΈΡ‚ΡƒΡ‚ социологии НАН Украины.

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The problem of social class is one of the central ones in sociology and, at the same time, constantly debatedΒ β€” both regarding the definition of the concept of class, its role in social theory and its significance for the sociological analysis of post-industrial society. The book outlines the theoretical foundations of six alternative approaches toΒ class analysis in modern sociology, which are represented by the expertsΒ in the respective directions. In conclusion, E.Β O.Β Wright (the initiator and editor of this collective monograph) offers a conceptual generalization of the analyzed approaches based on the formulation of six central questions, the answers to which determine the differences between the corresponding class concepts.

This book, first published inΒ English inΒ 2005, was widely recognized over the next decade and has been included in the curriculum of many universities. Its translation is addressed both to specialists in class analysis, and to students and post-graduate students studying sociology.

Trade unions and employers’ associations in a social class perspective Trade unions and employers’ associations in a social class perspective
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Simonchuk, E. (2018). Trade unions and employers’ associations in a social class perspective [In Ukrainian]. Ukrainian society, 2Β (61), 31–50.

Π‘ΠΈΠΌΠΎΠ½Ρ‡ΡƒΠΊ, О. (2018). ΠŸΡ€ΠΎΡ„ΡΠΏΡ–Π»ΠΊΠΈ Ρ‚Π° асоціації Ρ€ΠΎΠ±ΠΎΡ‚ΠΎΠ΄Π°Π²Ρ†Ρ–Π² Ρƒ пСрспСктиві ΡΠΎΡ†Ρ–Π°Π»ΡŒΠ½ΠΎΠ³ΠΎ класу. Π£ΠΊΡ€Π°Ρ—Π½ΡΡŒΠΊΠΈΠΉ соціум, 2Β (61), 31–50.

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Social classes in the political sphere of society Social classes in the political sphere of society
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Simonchuk, E. (2018). Social classes in the political sphere of society: support for and trust in parties [In Russian]. Sociology: theory, methods, marketing, 2, 64–96.

Π‘ΠΈΠΌΠΎΠ½Ρ‡ΡƒΠΊ,Β Π•. (2018). ΠšΠ»Π°ΡΡΡ‹ Π² политичСской сфСрС общСства: ΠΏΠΎΠ΄Π΄Π΅Ρ€ΠΆΠΊΠ° ΠΏΠ°Ρ€Ρ‚ΠΈΠΉ ΠΈ Π΄ΠΎΠ²Π΅Ρ€ΠΈΠ΅ ΠΊ Π½ΠΈΠΌ. Боциология: тСория, ΠΌΠ΅Ρ‚ΠΎΠ΄Ρ‹, ΠΌΠ°Ρ€ΠΊΠ΅Ρ‚ΠΈΠ½Π³, 2, 64–96.

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Using the data of the Monitoring social survey of the Institute of Sociology of the NASU, the European Social Survey and a number of targeted studies of the working and middle classes, the author gives an empirically substantiated answer to the question: which of the social classes and to what extent are involved in political processes in Ukraine. The basic indicators of political and ideological consolidation of the classes are as follows: membership rate of their representatives in political parties, considered in temporal and comparative perspectives; class differences in the distribution of supporters of different political and ideological currents; level of trust in political parties displayed by representatives of different classes; their evaluation of the parties. effectiveness in representing the interests of certain classes. For each of these indicators, class differences have been recorded. Thus, representatives of the service class and (especially) small and medium-sized owners are characterised by a higher rate of political party membership, sympathy for parties and politicians and trust in them, less left-wing. ideological self-identification than those belonging to the working class and routine non-manual workers. However, employees and small business owners do not perceive political parties as effective tools for promoting and protecting their interests, as evidenced by an extremely low rate of party membership and very low trust in them among representatives of these classes. The existing parties are viewed rather as creations of the class of large employers.

Dynamics of protest mood of Ukrainians in the period of independence Dynamics of protest mood of Ukrainians in the period of independence
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Simonchuk, E. (2018). Dynamics of protest mood of Ukrainians in the period of independence [In Ukrainian]. In E. Golovakha & O. Stegniy (Eds.), Present and future in global and local projections. Proceedings of the International Sociological Readings in Memory of N. Panina (pp. 41–51). Kiev: Institute of Sociology, NAS of Ukraine.

Π‘ΠΈΠΌΠΎΠ½Ρ‡ΡƒΠΊ, О. (2018). Π”ΠΈΠ½Π°ΠΌΡ–ΠΊΠ° протСстних настроїв ΡƒΠΊΡ€Π°Ρ—Π½Ρ†Ρ–Π² Ρƒ ΠΏΠ΅Ρ€Ρ–ΠΎΠ΄ нСзалСТності. Π’ Π„.Β Π†.Β Π“ΠΎΠ»ΠΎΠ²Π°Ρ…ΠΈ & О.Β Π“. БтСгнія (Π Π΅Π΄.), БучаснС Ρ‚Π° ΠΌΠ°ΠΉΠ±ΡƒΡ‚Π½Ρ” Π² Π³Π»ΠΎΠ±Π°Π»ΡŒΠ½ΠΈΡ… Ρ– Π»ΠΎΠΊΠ°Π»ΡŒΠ½ΠΈΡ… проСкціях. ΠœΠ°Ρ‚Π΅Ρ€Ρ–Π°Π»ΠΈ ΠœΡ–ΠΆΠ½Π°Ρ€ΠΎΠ΄Π½ΠΈΡ… соціологічних Ρ‡ΠΈΡ‚Π°Π½ΡŒ пам’яті Н.Β Π’. ΠŸΠ°Π½Ρ–Π½ΠΎΡ— (сс. 41–51). ΠšΠΈΡ—Π²: Інститут соціології НАН Π£ΠΊΡ€Π°Ρ—Π½ΠΈ.

Labor Movement in Post-Soviet Ukraine Labor Movement in Post-Soviet Ukraine
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Simonchuk, E. (2018). Labor Movement in Post-Soviet Ukraine. In V. Bakirov & Y.Β Golovakha (Eds.). Ukrainian Sociology in the 21st Century: Theory, Methods, Research Results (pp. 355–376). Kharkiv: V.Β N.Β Kazarin Kharkiv National University.

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Social classes in modern societies Social classes in modern societies
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Simonchuk, E. (2018). Social classes in modern societies: the heuristic potential of class analysis [In Russian]. Kiev: Institute of Sociology, NAS of Ukraine.

Π‘ΠΈΠΌΠΎΠ½Ρ‡ΡƒΠΊ, Π•. (2018). Π‘ΠΎΡ†ΠΈΠ°Π»ΡŒΠ½Ρ‹Π΅ классы Π² соврСмСнных общСствах: эвристичСский ΠΏΠΎΡ‚Π΅Π½Ρ†ΠΈΠ°Π» классового Π°Π½Π°Π»ΠΈΠ·Π°. КиСв: Π˜Π½ΡΡ‚ΠΈΡ‚ΡƒΡ‚ социологии НАН Π£ΠΊΡ€Π°ΠΈΠ½Ρ‹.

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European socio-economic classification European socio-economic classification
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Simonchuk, E. (2017). European socio-economic classification: aΒ new instrument for class analysis [In Ukrainian]. Ukrainian society, 2 (61), 32–44.

Π‘ΠΈΠΌΠΎΠ½Ρ‡ΡƒΠΊ, О. (2017). Π„Π²Ρ€ΠΎΠΏΠ΅ΠΉΡΡŒΠΊΠ° ΡΠΎΡ†Ρ–Π°Π»ΡŒΠ½ΠΎ-Π΅ΠΊΠΎΠ½ΠΎΠΌΡ–Ρ‡Π½Π° класифікація: Π½ΠΎΠ²ΠΈΠΉ інструмСнт класового Π°Π½Π°Π»Ρ–Π·Ρƒ. Π£ΠΊΡ€Π°Ρ—Π½ΡΡŒΠΊΠΈΠΉ соціум, 2 (61), 32–44.

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In the modern class analysis, two trends can be observed: the implementation of research rojects based on the alternative class schemes and at the same time on a tendency to use the standard of social class measurement. To promote the second trend, the European Statistical Agency in 2010 proposed a new instrument for determining the social class in the comparative statistical and sociological studies – the European Socio-economic Classification (ESeC). This article describes the history of the classification creation and its conceptual and operational basis. It describes class categories and their grouping options; compares the results of the class positions distribution in Ukraine, in a number of Eastern and Western European countries based on the European Social Survey (ESS) of 2004–2012. Thus, the conceptual basis of this classification is the class scheme of J. Goldthorpe, which differentiates class positions in two ways: according to the relations of buying and selling labor, and according to the nature of contractual relations of employees. ESeC includes 10 classes, which for certain research purposes can be aggregated or disaggregated in different ways. Its design is available both in international projects (in particular, ESSΒ  and ISSP) and national (for example, in the monitoring and omnibus of the Institute of Sociology of NASU). The comparative data of the ESS project indicates the proximity of the class structures profiles of Ukraine, Russia and Eastern European countries, which are defined in accordance with ESeC. At the same time, theΒ principal differences between the post-socialist countries and the economically developed Western European countries are evident: mainly in the smaller share of the middle class positions (the salariat and the intermediate class) and, at the same time, in a higher share of the working class, especially the industrial one. The similarity of the gender profiles of the ESeC-classes of the post-socialist countries under comparison is also noted.

Class distribution of the population of Ukraine Class distribution of the population of Ukraine
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Simonchuk, E. (2017). Class distribution of the population of Ukraine according to the European socio-economic classification [In Ukrainian]. Social Dimensions of Society, 9 (20), 22–33.

Π‘ΠΈΠΌΠΎΠ½Ρ‡ΡƒΠΊ, О. (2017). Класовий Ρ€ΠΎΠ·ΠΏΠΎΠ΄Ρ–Π» насСлСння Π£ΠΊΡ€Π°Ρ—Π½ΠΈ Π·Π³Ρ–Π΄Π½ΠΎ Π· Π„Π²Ρ€ΠΎΠΏΠ΅ΠΉΡΡŒΠΊΠΎΡŽ ΡΠΎΡ†Ρ–Π°Π»ΡŒΠ½ΠΎ-Π΅ΠΊΠΎΠ½ΠΎΠΌΡ–Ρ‡Π½ΠΎΡŽ ΠΊΠ»Π°ΡΠΈΡ„Ρ–ΠΊΠ°Ρ†Ρ–Ρ”ΡŽ. Π‘ΠΎΡ†Ρ–Π°Π»ΡŒΠ½Ρ– Π²ΠΈΠΌΡ–Ρ€ΠΈ ΡΡƒΡΠΏΡ–Π»ΡŒΡΡ‚Π²Π°, 9Β (20), 22–33

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Protest attitudes of the Ukrainian population Protest attitudes of the Ukrainian population
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Simonchuk, E. (2017). Protest attitudes of the Ukrainian population: dynamics and socio-group profile [In Ukrainian]. In V. Vorona & M. Schulga (Eds.), Ukrainian society. Monitoring of Social Change, 4Β (18) (pp. 145–160). Kyiv: Institute of Sociology, NAS of Ukraine.

Π‘ΠΈΠΌΠΎΠ½Ρ‡ΡƒΠΊ, О. (2017). ΠŸΡ€ΠΎΡ‚Π΅ΡΡ‚Π½Ρ– установки насСлСння Π£ΠΊΡ€Π°Ρ—Π½ΠΈ: Π΄ΠΈΠ½Π°ΠΌΡ–ΠΊΠ° Ρ– ΡΠΎΡ†Ρ–Π°Π»ΡŒΠ½ΠΎ-Π³Ρ€ΡƒΠΏΠΎΠ²ΠΈΠΉ ΠΏΡ€ΠΎΡ„Ρ–Π»ΡŒ. Π’ Π’.Β Π’ΠΎΡ€ΠΎΠ½Π° & М.Β Π¨ΡƒΠ»ΡŒΠ³Π° (Π Π΅Π΄.), Π£ΠΊΡ€Π°Ρ—Π½ΡΡŒΠΊΠ΅ ΡΡƒΡΠΏΡ–Π»ΡŒΡΡ‚Π²ΠΎ. ΠœΠΎΠ½Ρ–Ρ‚ΠΎΡ€ΠΈΠ½Π³ ΡΠΎΡ†Ρ–Π°Π»ΡŒΠ½ΠΈΡ… Π·ΠΌΡ–Π½,випуск 4(18) (сс. 145–160). ΠšΠΈΡ—Π²: Інститут соціології НАН Π£ΠΊΡ€Π°Ρ—Π½ΠΈ.

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Institutsionalizatsiya klassovogo analiza v Ukrainskoi sotsiologii Institutsionalizatsiya klassovogo analiza v Ukrainskoi sotsiologii
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Simonchuk, E. (2016). The institutionalization of class analysis in Ukrainian sociology [In Russian]. Sociology: theory, methods, marketing, 4, 19–39.

Π‘ΠΈΠΌΠΎΠ½Ρ‡ΡƒΠΊ,Β Π•. (2016). Π˜Π½ΡΡ‚ΠΈΡ‚ΡƒΡ†ΠΈΠΎΠ½Π°Π»ΠΈΠ·Π°Ρ†ΠΈΡ классового Π°Π½Π°Π»ΠΈΠ·Π° Π² украинской социологии. Боциология: тСория, ΠΌΠ΅Ρ‚ΠΎΠ΄Ρ‹, ΠΌΠ°Ρ€ΠΊΠ΅Ρ‚ΠΈΠ½Π³, 4, 19–39.

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This article presents a discussion of the status of class analysis in modern Ukrainian sociology. The author highlights the features of institutionalization of any given discipline in three spheres (theoretical, empirical and organizational). Using them, she analyzes the history of the study of social class in the post-Soviet period and make conclusions about the institutionalization of class analysis in sociology. In addition, the author records some trends in its modern development: the recognition of the relevance of class analysis in explaining structural innovations; the orientation in the theoretical, empirical and organizational spheres towards international (rather than post-Soviet) standards; the use of a combination of both Western/global and national-specific conceptualizations, methodologies and tools in the research practice; the implementation of alternative approaches to the class and at the same time a striving for a standard/uniform model of class definition. In conclusion, the author discusses the progress in the development of Ukrainian class analysis and the problems that accompany it.

(Π£ΠΊΡ€) Π―ΠΊ Π±ΡƒΡ‚ΠΈ антикапіталістом Π² XXI столітті (Π£ΠΊΡ€) Π―ΠΊ Π±ΡƒΡ‚ΠΈ антикапіталістом Π² XXI столітті
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Wright, E.O. (2016). How to be anti-capitalist in the 21st century [In Russian]; transl. from English E.Β Simonchuk. Sociology: theory, methods, marketing, 4, 3–18.

Π Π°ΠΉΡ‚, Π•. О. (2016). Как Π±Ρ‹Ρ‚ΡŒ антикапиталистом Π² XXI Π²Π΅ΠΊΠ΅; ΠΏΠ΅Ρ€Π΅Π²ΠΎΠ΄ с Π°Π½Π³Π». Π•.Β Π‘ΠΈΠΌΠΎΠ½Ρ‡ΡƒΠΊ. Боциология: тСория, ΠΌΠ΅Ρ‚ΠΎΠ΄Ρ‹, ΠΌΠ°Ρ€ΠΊΠ΅Ρ‚ΠΈΠ½Π³, 4, 3–18.

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(Π£ΠΊΡ€) Π‘Ρ‚Π°Π½ Ρ– пСрспСктиви вивчСння ΡΠΎΡ†Ρ–Π°Π»ΡŒΠ½ΠΈΡ… класів: міТдисциплінарн (Π£ΠΊΡ€) Π‘Ρ‚Π°Π½ Ρ– пСрспСктиви вивчСння ΡΠΎΡ†Ρ–Π°Π»ΡŒΠ½ΠΈΡ… класів: міТдисциплінарн
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Simonchuk, E. (2016). Status and Prospects for the Study of Social Classes: An Interdisciplinary Conference [In Russian]. Sociology: theory, methods, marketing, 4, 211–226.

Π‘ΠΈΠΌΠΎΠ½Ρ‡ΡƒΠΊ,Β Π•. (2016). БостояниС ΠΈ пСрспСктивы изучСния ΡΠΎΡ†ΠΈΠ°Π»ΡŒΠ½Ρ‹Ρ… классов: мСТдисциплинарная конфСрСнция. Боциология: тСория, ΠΌΠ΅Ρ‚ΠΎΠ΄Ρ‹, ΠΌΠ°Ρ€ΠΊΠ΅Ρ‚ΠΈΠ½Π³, 4, 211–226.

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Tematicheskie klastery sovremennogo klassovogo analiza Tematicheskie klastery sovremennogo klassovogo analiza
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Simonchuk, E. (2016). Thematic clusters of contemporary class analysis [In Russian]. Sociology: theory, methods, marketing, 2, 3–25.

Π‘ΠΈΠΌΠΎΠ½Ρ‡ΡƒΠΊ,Β Π•. (2016). ВСматичСскиС кластСры соврСмСнного классового Π°Π½Π°Π»ΠΈΠ·Π°. Боциология: тСория, ΠΌΠ΅Ρ‚ΠΎΠ΄Ρ‹, ΠΌΠ°Ρ€ΠΊΠ΅Ρ‚ΠΈΠ½Π³, 2, 3–25.

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This article proposes a classification of research areas of contemporary class analysis, which consists of six thematic clusters: the study of the genesis of social classes; their nature; distribution; class effects; subjective aspects; and of class conflicts and actions. The description of each cluster contains main research questions, a list of key terms and concepts, as well as the names and publications of class analysts that represent a given thematic area. Within each of the selected clusters, the author identified three trends of understanding modern class inequalities, divisions and conflicts: conservative (recognition of the status quo of the classes as the basis of macro-social structure, as well as the relevance of the prevailing class concepts); revisionist (strategies of renewing class analysis while leaving the primacy of class structure in the matrix of social stratification); and nihilistic (recognition of the shift from class inequalities and structures of the industrial era to the complex/classless inequality of post-industrial era and a call to accept the inevitability of the progressive reduction of the relevance of class analysis).

Class mapping: tradition and innovatio Class mapping: tradition and innovatio
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Simonchuk, E. (2016). Class mapping: tradition and innovation [In Russian]. Sociology: theory, methods, marketing, 1, 26–51.

Π‘ΠΈΠΌΠΎΠ½Ρ‡ΡƒΠΊ,Β Π•. (2016). ΠšΠ°Ρ€Ρ‚ΠΎΠ³Ρ€Π°Ρ„ΠΈΡ€ΠΎΠ²Π°Π½ΠΈΠ΅ классов: Ρ‚Ρ€Π°Π΄ΠΈΡ†ΠΈΠΈ ΠΈ Π½ΠΎΠ²Π°Ρ†ΠΈΠΈ. Боциология: тСория, ΠΌΠ΅Ρ‚ΠΎΠ΄Ρ‹, ΠΌΠ°Ρ€ΠΊΠ΅Ρ‚ΠΈΠ½Π³, 1, 26–51.

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The debates between class analysts in the past two decades have revealed the main problems of mapping the class structure and identified possible prospects for improving the appropriate methodologies and techniques. This article summarizes the results of the discussion about the construction and the use of empirical class schemes and proposes an original scheme/matrix of class position identification on the basis of three criteria. The macro-classes (employees and owners/employers) are allocated according to their relation to property of the means of production. Meso-classes are formed according to horizontals and verticals of each of these matrices. These are the positions allocated in the matrix of the owners according to the level of the entrepreneurial activity and the sector-industry specialization. In the matrix of employees the position allocation is based on the skill levels and the sector-industry specialization of their occupation. Micro-classes are the positions formed at the intersection of the criteria of meso-classes. The article describes the empirical operationalization of the class positions matrix and different ways of their aggregation. The hypotheses for the validation of the proposed matrix are formulated.

The term β€œclass” in contemporary sociology: classification of the meanings The term β€œclass” in contemporary sociology: classification of the meanings
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Simonchuk, E. (2015). The term β€œclass” in contemporary sociology: classification of the meanings [In Russian]. Sociology: theory, methods, marketing, 3, 21–38.

Π‘ΠΈΠΌΠΎΠ½Ρ‡ΡƒΠΊ,Β Π•. (2015). ΠšΠΎΠ½Ρ†Π΅ΠΏΡ‚ «класс» Π² соврСмСнной социологии: классификация Π·Π½Π°Ρ‡Π΅Π½ΠΈΠΉ. Боциология: тСория, ΠΌΠ΅Ρ‚ΠΎΠ΄Ρ‹, ΠΌΠ°Ρ€ΠΊΠ΅Ρ‚ΠΈΠ½Π³, 3, 21–38.

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The article discusses the varieties of meaning of the term β€œclass” and class concepts in modern sociology. In the past two decades we have accumulated such a diverse range of interpretations of this subject that the researchers of class have become increasingly aware of the need to summarize and order them to facilitate the discussion of the class-related issues. The article provides an overview of several generalizing classifications of various meanings of the term β€œclass” and class concepts, created between 2000 and 2013 by authoritative analysts in this field (Aage SΓΈrensen, Goran Therborn, Erik Olin Wright, Mike Savage). It is concluded that there is no trend towards the universal concept of class. On the contrary, multiform conceptualizations of class continue to coexist within the contemporary class analysis.