Опыт авторства в социологии: баланс между институциональными канонами и индивидуальным стилем

Мониторинг общественного мнения: Экономические и социальные перемены. 2023. № 2. С. 304–326.

Maltsev M.

The article describes the logic according to which sociological authors  maintain the balance between individualal style and institutional rules concerning text writing. Exploring the academic  world of Russian sociology, I attempt to uncover the features of institutional context and how sociologists adapt to the existing “rules of the game”. It is shown that the practice of writing texts is sensitive to the genre. Essentially, the author’s balance between his or her style and in stitutional canons will change, increasing or reducing the degree of freedom depending on the genre. Writing a research article can be accompanied by a change in the position of the internal critic due to the need to compromise when interacting with publishing platforms and reviewers. Besides, it involves forming optimal publishing  strategies,  in  which  preference is given to journals that are tolerant of the author’s vision. I have concluded that the authorship experience in sociology is tied to the context beyond the text’s direct writing — remuneration for meeting publication standards, institutional pressure, and other factors.

Keywords: academic communication, академическая коммуникация, publication strategies, sociology of academic life,, authorship in sociology, writing in sociology, institutional canons of writing, социология академической жизни, авторство в социологии, публикационные стратегии, письмо в социологии, институциональные каноны письма