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Sociology of Inequalities in BRICS Countries
Palgrave Macmillan, 2026.
Under the general editorship: K. Odhav, J. Govender
This book brings together original insights from diverse researchers across BRICS nations, offering a multidimensional analysis of recurring socio-economic, cultural, and political challenges. Through a comparative lens, it explores key themes such as identity formation, racialized discrimination, shifting consumption patterns, subaltern counter-publics, social engineering, indigenous knowledge systems, technological advancements, employment dynamics, and the impact of sports and mega-events.
Beyond BRICS, the book holds significant relevance for other emerging economies, including the European Union, the Americas, Africa, and economic groups like Colombia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Egypt, Turkey, and South Africa (CIVETS) and the ‘Next 11’ (Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Philippines, Turkey, South Korea, and Vietnam). These regions grapple with similar concerns regarding inequality and social transformation, making this book a vital resource for scholars, policymakers, and development practitioners.
By examining historical patterns and contemporary developments, this book offers valuable perspectives on how societies evolve and address systemic challenges. Whether analyzing the role of innovation in economic growth, the politics of identity, or the social implications of large-scale events, this book serves as a crucial reference for understanding the forces shaping BRICS nations and beyond.
For academics, policymakers, and anyone interested in global development, this book provides a compelling exploration of pressing social issues and offers comparative insights that extend well beyond the BRICS framework.
Chapters
Strelnikova A., , in: Sociology of Inequalities in BRICS Countries.: Palgrave Macmillan, 2026. Ch. 3 P. 119–134.
Numerous studies show that the Russian educational system generates a number of paradoxical strategies, practices, and attitudes that illustrate various aspects of educational inequality. This paper highlights the paradoxes that accompany the process of instrumental modernization of education: the discrepancies between formal education levels and actual competencies, shifting attitudes toward education, and challenges for teachers ...
Added: February 11, 2026
Research target:
Sociology (including Demography and Anthropology
Language:
English
Рахманова Л. Я., Яровая П. Р., Москвина Д. А. et al., Национальный исследовательский университет "Высшая школа экономики", 2025.
Книга написана в жанре анти-методички по полевой этнографии и обращена «от студента — к студенту». Все главы объединяет стремление авторов поделиться своим полевым опытом, в рамках которого возникали не только трудности, препятствия, но и радостные открытия, побеждали находчивость или вера в себя. Вводный раздел посвящен поиску границ и природы «поля» в социальной антропологии, тогда как ...
Added: May 29, 2026
М.: ООО «Адвансед солюшнз», 2026.
Данный выпуск сборника студенческих статей .Восточная перспектива. включает в себя статьи победителей и призеров XI Международной научной студенческой конференции "Восточная перспектива", состоявшейся 18 мая 2024 года. В 2024 году на конференцию было подано 115 заявок, офлайн и онлайн в конференции приняли участие докладчики и слушатели из различных вузов России и ближнего и дальнего Зарубежья. ...
Added: May 29, 2026
М.: ООО «Адвансед солюшнз», 2026.
Данный выпуск сборника студенческих статей «Восточная перспектива» включает в себя статьи победителей и призеров X Международной научной студенческой конференции «Восточная перспектива», состоявшейся 15 апреля 2023 года. Юбилейная конференция стала знаковым событием для студентов различных подразделений НИУ ВШЭ и других вузов России, занимающихся подготовкой востоковедческих кадров. ...
Added: May 29, 2026
Vorchik A., Вопросы экономики 2026
This work is devoted to a theoretical explanation of the Easterlin paradox, according to which long-term economic growth does not make average level of people's happiness increasing. By happiness, we mean the intensity of emotions people experience while comparing their new income with its expected value, or the target income with its original value. In the first case, ...
Added: May 28, 2026
Mareeva S., Slobodenyuk E., Вопросы экономики 2026 № 5 С. 115–130
The paper analyzes the specifics of status perception and its reflection in the consumption patterns among Russians belonging to the top decile of the income distribution. The study draws on data from a special survey conducted within the framework of the HSE University project “Economic Behaviour of Households”. A comparison of perceptions regarding status-signaling goods ...
Added: May 28, 2026
Pishnyak A., Khalina N., Nazarbaeva E., Вопросы экономики 2026 № 5 С. 34–50
Drawing on the analysis of the consumer and financial practices of the Russian middle class, this article examines whether these practices represent its inherent characteristics or serve as factors of internal differentiation. Using a multidimensional definition of the middle class based on respondents’ income level, education, and occupational status, and relying on data from a ...
Added: May 28, 2026
Tomsk State University Journal of Philosophy, Sociology and Political Science 2026 No. 89 P. 198–205
This study investigates the evolution of identity politics in Bangladesh, tracing its origins from colonial legacies to contemporary challenges under the lens of neocolonialism theory. It examines how religious, ethnic, and linguistic identities have shaped political dynamics, fostering both mobilization and societal division. The research highlights historical roots, including British divide-and-rule policies and the 1947 ...
Added: May 27, 2026
Барьеры «вовлеченного отцовства»: детерминанты распределения родительского труда в российских семьях
Моисеева А. А., Voronina N., Социологические исследования 2026 № 3 С. 74–88
Статья посвящена изучению связи соотношения доходов родителей в нуклеарных семьях со временем родительского труда в России. Также обсуждаются другие факторы, объясняющие временные затраты на родительский труд: характеристики родителей (пол, возраст, образование, занятость, наличие инвалидности), характеристики детей (общее число детей, возраст младшего ребенка, наличие инвалидности), средний доход на члена домохозяйства, тип населенного пункта, а также тип ...
Added: May 27, 2026
Helen Selorm Wohoyie, Anikin V. A., Tomsk State University Journal of Philosophy, Sociology and Political Science 2026 Vol. 90 P. 204–211
Menstrual health serves as a critical litmus test for state intervention in contexts where women’s bodily experiences are historically shaped by stigma, cultural taboos, and structural violence. Drawing on Joseph Gusfield’s theory of social problems, this review traces the moral passage of menstruation in Ghana (1992–2025) from a privately managed, stigmatized phenomenon to a matter ...
Added: May 26, 2026
Balaban M., Vasilizhenko A., Karachurina L. B. et al., Regional Research of Russia 2026 Vol. 16 No. 1 P. 151–169
The population dynamics of settlements are determined by many different factors, including, as
research shows, the availability of educational and healthcare facilities (i.e., basic social infrastructure) close
to home. One can assume a two-way relationship: a decrease in population entails a reduction in the number
of assigned students in schools and healthcare institutions and, as a result, the ...
Added: May 23, 2026
Соколова Е. Н., Рудаков А. Б., Repina E., Вестник Томского государственного университета 2026 № 522 С. 119–129
На основе анализа более двух миллионов сообщений в социальных сетях, практики патриотического активизма в социальных сетях, а также данных интервью с представителями «служащих» профессий, выявлены факторы развития деятельностной компоненты патриотической идентичности. Сделаны выводы о ключевых мотивациях, роли личностных факторов и социализации в формировании социального капитала, а также о связи служения со значимыми ценностями – семьей, ...
Added: May 23, 2026
Монгуш В. Р., Novikova A., Креативные индустрии 2026 Т. 2 № 1 С. 23–41
This article analyzes the historical and cultural background, as well as the current situation and development prospects of the creative industries ecosystem in the Republic of Tuva. A comparative analysis of this remote, subsidized region and its neighbors, the Sakha Republic (Yakutia) and Krasnoyarsk Krai, revealed its strengths, vulnerabilities, and strategies of young creative professionals ...
Added: May 21, 2026
Orekhov A., Zakharov A., Мониторинг общественного мнения: Экономические и социальные перемены 2026 № 2 С. 3–23
This article investigates the health-related lifestyles of Russian youth. Utilizing longitudinal data from the «Trajectories in Education and Profession» study (N = 3398, 2022), a latent class analysis was conducted, identifying three distinct classes of young people (mean age: 26): those adhering to a healthy lifestyle, those prone to unhealthy habits, and those passive about ...
Added: May 21, 2026
Шмитт К., М.: Праксис, 2026.
Классическая работа известного немецкого правоведа и политического теоретика Карла Шмитта, посвященная рассмотрению партизана как «фигуры мирового духа», начиная с его зарождения в ходе борьбы испанского народа против наполеоновских войск в 1808—1813 годах и вплоть до судьбы партизана в ходе «всемирной гражданской войны» ХХ века.
Перевод с немецкого Ю. Ю. Коринца. Новая редакция перевода Т. А. Дмитриева ...
Added: May 20, 2026
Kildyushov O., Мир России: Социология, этнология 2026 Т. 35 № 2 С. 6–21
This article examines a heuristic framework for analyzing the significance of Russian themes in Max Weber’s corpus, in connection with the completion of the complete edition of his works as a comprehensive source base. It highlights the ambivalent position of Russian themes in the his legacy: while Russia was never central to his scholarship, the issue ...
Added: May 20, 2026
Zakharov A., Мониторинг общественного мнения: Экономические и социальные перемены 2026 № 2 С. 3–23
This article investigates the health-related lifestyles of Russian youth. Utilizing longitudinal data from the «Trajectories in Education and Profession» study (N = 3398, 2022), a latent class analysis was conducted, identifying three distinct classes of young people (mean age: 26): those adhering to a healthy lifestyle, those prone to unhealthy habits, and those passive about ...
Added: May 19, 2026
Kuzina L., Popov E., Мониторинг общественного мнения: Экономические и социальные перемены 2026 № 2 С. 170–191
The article examines internet users' tactics for verifying false (fake) information and the factors associated with fact-checking. Working within the framework of the theory of prosumerism and everyday tactics (Michel de Certeau), the authors of the study aim at identifying and describing the arsenal of fact-checking tactics used by the Russian internet audience, and to ...
Added: May 16, 2026
N. V. Mkrtchyan, Regional Research of Russia 2026 Vol. 16 No. 1 P. 170–181
The aim of the study is to assess the provision of all settlements in four regions of the Near North of Russia (Vologda, Kostroma, Kirov, and Yaroslavl oblasts) with social infrastructure institutions and to analyze whether the migration balance of settlements is associated with different provision of these institutions. The study was conducted using data ...
Added: May 16, 2026
Sizov A., Rodionova M., Sedashov E. et al., / NRU Higher School of Economics. Series PS "Political Science". 2026. No. 1.
Rapid development of surveillance technologies is one of the most socially important consequences of the digital age. This paper investigates the factors determining consent to surveillance of various types of personal data and contributes to rapidly growing research on citizens perceptions of surveillance practices. Relying on a comprehensive survey experiment, we study the effects of ...
Added: May 15, 2026
Omelchenko E. L., Гарифзянова А. Р., Мир России: Социология, этнология 2026 Т. 35 № 2 С. 170–193
This article analyzes the situation of Muslims within the Russian penitentiary system. The empirical basis of the study is 74 biographical interviews with former prisoners conducted in three regions of Russia between 2019 and 2022. The analysis focuses on accounts by former male prisoners who identified themselves as Muslims and mentioned Islam and Muslim practices. ...
Added: May 14, 2026
Biryuk D., В кн.: Государственное и муниципальное управление: актуальные проблемы и современные тренды.: СПб.: Санкт-Петербургский университет технологий управления и экономики, 2026. С. 95–99.
This article presents a comparative analysis of the practices of BRICS countries in assessing and accounting for budgetary obligations arising from concession and public-private partnership (PPP) projects. The selection of BRICS nations is justified by their status as major emerging economies actively employing PPPs for infrastructure financing and facing similar challenges in fiscal risk management. ...
Added: April 16, 2026
Vicentin D. C., Salati Marcondes de Moraes G. H., Brandão Fischer B. et al., Technovation 2026 Vol. 150 Article 103438
International scientific collaboration among BRICS countries has intensified in recent years, particularly in the field of science, technology, and innovation (STI). Yet, the underlying cultural and institutional dynamics shaping these partnerships remain underexplored, features that are key to understanding collaborative practices among such a heterogeneous group of countries. We address this gap by investigating how ...
Added: March 11, 2026
Larichev A., Журнал российского права 2025 Т. 29 № 11 С. 164–177
In addition to national norms that define the functioning of local selfgovernment in the state, there are principles and standards established in international agreements to which this state is a party. The aim of the research is to examine the systems of international norms applicable to local self-government issues in the BRICS countries and to ...
Added: February 4, 2026
Boklan D., Московский журнал международного права 2025 No. 4 P. 24–34
INTRODUCTION. This article discusses how such principle of international law as principle of cooperation develops within the BRICS. The choice of this topic is based on the fact that today we are facing crisis of classical international organizations, such as the United Nations and the World Trade Organization on the one hand and on the ...
Added: January 22, 2026