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Living in techno/digital/neo-feudalist times
International Sociology. 2026. Vol. 4. No. 2. P. 183–190.
The socioeconomic gap between the top earners and the remainder of the population has
expanded dramatically in the past few decades. Social scientists have been examining this issue
from several theoretical and empirical perspectives. Recently, the observation that the extent
and type of current global inequality is paralleling that of medieval feudalism is gaining a foothold.
This essay examines this theme through two major and recent publications that, I argue, sacrifice
the scientific value of the parallel with the feudalist economy in favor of political mobilization.
Ataeva A., Sanina A., Styrin E. M. et al., Вестник международных организаций: образование, наука, новая экономика 2026 Т. 21 № 3 Статья 7
The article is devoted to the analysis of international indicator models used as proxy
measures of a state’s institutional characteristics and the quality of its governance
environment, as well as to the development of a methodology for their comparative
evaluation in terms of methodological robustness and analytical applicability. Based on a
systemic analysis of 23 international and regional indices ...
Added: October 14, 2026
А.И. Жданов, А.В. Коротаев, Социологические исследования 2026 № 9 С. 3–15
The study examines the impact of digital technologies – primarily the Internet and social media – on the likelihood of revolutionary processes emerging in the 21st century. Based on an analysis of panel data for countries around the world in the 21st century and the use of logistic regression for rare events, it is shown ...
Added: October 13, 2026
Kim J., Lee K., Industrial and Corporate Change 2026 Vol. 35 No. 5 P. 1122–1152
This study represents one of the first attempts to develop a global typology of regional innovation systems (RIS) across both advanced and catching-up economies, identifying distinct pathways for regional technological catch-up. Utilizing United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) patent citation data from 33 regions worldwide over the period 2000–2017, we construct several RIS indicators, ...
Added: October 13, 2026
Горюнов И. О., Dorofeeva Z., Социологический журнал 2026 Т. 32 № 3 С. 55–77
В статье анализируются динамика и особенности социально-экономического статуса интернет-пользователей в России в период с 2003 по 2024 г. на основе данных РМЭЗ НИУ ВШЭ. Цель исследования — оценка, в какой степени конкретные показатели социально-экономического статуса объясняют использование Интернета индивидом, а также того, как эта взаимосвязь менялась за рассматриваемый период. Для целей исследования интернет-пользователи были разделены ...
Added: October 13, 2026
Xu S., Yu H., Ren T. et al., Journal of Knowledge Management 2025 Vol. 29 No. 10 P. 3410–3436
Purpose
This study aims to investigate the role of knowledge management in enhancing urban innovation within the context of smart cities, with a particular emphasis on the function of future communities as foundational units of knowledge-driven development. It aims to distinguish the respective contributions of knowledge acquisition and knowledge sharing as input mechanisms, while examining the ...
Added: October 13, 2026
Savinykh M., Вестник Томского государственного университета. История 2026 Т. 102 № 17 С. 147–156
This study investigates the evolution of interaction between expert communities and state authorities in Rus-sian foreign policy from the late Soviet period through the post-Soviet era. The aim is to reconstruct the historical trajec-tory of expert-authority relations, identify the critical junctures that shaped contemporary practices, and explain the mechanisms of path-dependency that have produced the ...
Added: October 13, 2026
Katchanov Y. L., Социологическое обозрение 2026 Т. 25 № 3 С. 36–61
The paper proposes a theoretical framework for analyzing the scientific elite, conceptualizing knowledge production as a dynamic structure shaped by internal contradictions. The scientific elite is understood not as a collection of outstanding researchers, but as a structural effect of knowledge production — a position within the scientific space that concentrates the maximum volume of ...
Added: October 13, 2026
ИДВ РАН, 2026.
This paper addresses the issue perceiving the national Vietnamese costume as a tool of cultural representation in the context of official state events held in Vietnam and abroad. The study focuses on specific cases of protocol visits, meetings, forums, and beauty contests, where the ao dai and other types and elements of national clothing are ...
Added: October 12, 2026
Dadykina M., Известия Российской академии образования 2026 Т. 2 № 74 С. 50–65
In modern economic law, the concept of "business entity" refers to an individual or legal entity (or association) en- gaged in economic activity for profit. Since the concept of a legal entity in Russia only fully developed in the late 18th century, the use of this term in the context of the Russian economy of ...
Added: October 12, 2026
Shabanova M. A., Социологические исследования 2026 № 9 С. 96–109
The article raises the question of ethical consumption as an “invisible” sphere of modern civil society in Russia, one that expands its boundaries and functions. Using data from a representative survey (N=2,011, December 2024), the study reveals the level of Russians’ engagement in various types of ethical consumption that cover different stages of goods handling. ...
Added: October 12, 2026
Radaev V., Социологический журнал 2026 Т. 32 № 3 С. 78–107
В работе раскрывается история появления и распространения в России компьютерных и видеоигр. Через призму межпоколенческого анализа на основе репрезентативных количественных данных исследуется рост вовлеченности россиян в видеоигры, а также растущая зависимость от видеоигр. В качестве основного источника информации привлекаются данные Российского мониторинга экономического положения и здоровья населения НИУ ВШЭ (РМЭЗ НИУ ВШЭ). Использовались данные за ...
Added: October 12, 2026
Radaev V., Форсайт 2026 Т. 20 № 3 Статья 31440
В работе раскрывается история появления пользовательских цифровых технологий и их распространения среди российского населения. По открытым интернет-источникам построена хронология ключевых событий с 1990-х годов. На основе репрезентативных количественных данных исследуется достижение сначала широкой, затем массовой и, в ряде случаев, всеобщей вовлеченности россиян в наиболее важные цифровые технологии.
В качестве основного источника информации для анализа вовлеченности населения ...
Added: October 12, 2026
Kotelnikova Z., Radaev V., Sinyavskaya O., Мониторинг общественного мнения: Экономические и социальные перемены 2025 № 3(187) С. 3–12
На протяжении XX века происходило становление и развитие социологии потребления как самостоятельной отрасли со своими теоретическими основаниями и богатыми эмпирическими изысканиями. Сегодня нарастает потребность в пересмотре и обогащении многих сложившихся социологических подходов к анализу потребительского поведения в контексте новых глобальных вызовов.
Цель специальной рубрики журнала «Мониторинг общественного мнения: экономические и социальные перемены», представляемой авторами этой вводной ...
Added: October 12, 2026
Kuzminov Y., Ovcharova L., Radaev V., Вопросы экономики 2026 № 5 С. 5–16
This article introduces the special issue of the "Voprosy Ekonomiki" journal, which focuses on household economic behavior. The issue is based on the "Economic Behavior of Households" project, which has been implemented at the Higher School of Economics since 2023. The project consists of two components: a field component, which involves collecting sociological data, and ...
Added: October 12, 2026
Rodkin P. E., RIO Russia In & Out 2026 Vol. 9 No. 29 P. 63–70
Korean popular culture, including cinema, television series, the music industry, art, design, architecture, and consumer and corporate brands, is analyzed within the framework of the larger phenomenon and collective concept of the Korean Wave. The structure of the audience's presence and familiarity with Korean brands in the market and in the public consciousness is highlighted, ...
Added: October 12, 2026
Veselova L. S., Азия и Африка сегодня 2026 № 9 С. 38–48
The article examines the consumer practices of China’s middle class in the context of the transformation of Confucian values under the influence of market reforms, urbanization, the expansion of the domestic market, and the state ideology of contemporary China. The focus is on how traditional norms of family responsibility retain their normative significance while being ...
Added: October 12, 2026
Nikulina Y., / Высшая школа экономики. Серия EC "Economics". 2026. № 1.
This paper estimates the impact of the international sanctions of 2014 and 2022, as well as the food embargo, on the technical efficiency of agricultural enterprises. The assessment was carried out using panel data from agricultural enterprises specializing in dairy production in the Leningrad Region for the period 2010–2023, employing stochastic frontier analysis. It is ...
Added: October 11, 2026
Баранов А. И., Социологические исследования 2026 № 9 С. 69–80
This paper examines the implications of George Herbert Mead’s conception of political institutions in the context of the problem of social change. The problem lies in how the modern governmental institution combines stability and transformative capacity. Mead’s concept of time provides a general framework for understanding change, expressed in sociality as a phase of adjustment. ...
Added: October 11, 2026
Fudan Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences 2026
This study reassesses whether economic globalization is compatible with carbon mitigation across nine Shanghai Cooperation Organization economies over 1997 to 2024. A sequenced panel design is applied: pre-estimation diagnostics establish cross-sectional dependence, slope heterogeneity, and mixed integration orders; fixed effects with Driscoll and Kraay standard errors provides the preferred conditional mean estimate; Hansen threshold regression, ...
Added: October 11, 2026
Shams S., International Review of Sociology 2026 Vol. 36 No. 1 P. 262–289
Vertical disintegration reshaped economic activity and especially
employment, with the rise of contractual networks for the
production and distribution of goods and services that were once
under direct corporate control. With minor exceptions, much of
the recent research shows the decline in working conditions that
accompanies the demise of promotion trajectories, predictable
pay, and generally retentive labor practices that were a ...
Added: June 27, 2026
Shams S., Historical Materialism 2015 Vol. 23 No. 1 P. 179–190
Discussion of the role of central banking and financial restructuring in the 2008 crisis ...
Added: April 24, 2025
St. Petersburg: Saint Petersburg State University, 2024.
Added: March 21, 2025
Shevchuk A., Экономическая социология 2023 Т. 24 № 5 С. 11–53
Contemporary sociology of work pays increasing attention to the study of the work experiences of individuals engaged in digital labour platforms. However, for a deeper understanding of the gig economy, this approach needs to be complemented by an analysis of the digital platforms as organizational structures and social actors. This article proposes a conceptual framework ...
Added: December 1, 2023
Uysal K., International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy 2023 Vol. 43 No. 1/2 P. 142–155
Purpose – The paper brings Foucauldian analysis of neoliberal governmentality in the discussion on the new forms of labour control within digital labour platforms. The aim of the paper is to reveal the effect of control mechanisms employed by platforms on “entrepreneurial self” within the context of work relations. Design/methodology/approach – Drawing on in-depth interviews, conducted with workers under different service categories, ...
Added: May 18, 2022