2020. N 13/14

The article considers the possibility of studying grassroots environmental initiatives from the standpoint of the theory of “Network society” and the analysis of social networks. As an example, we use a network analysis of e-mail correspondence of participants of the grassroots environmental movement — “movement against the construction of the Nord stream-2 gas pipeline through the Kurgalsky reserve”. A theoretical approach to network analysis of grassroots environmental initiatives is described. The main concepts and categories of social network analysis are considered. The results of a network analysis of the correspondence of traffic participants are presented. These results show that the movement under study is indeed largely network-based and is described fairly well within the framework of the proposed approach. The main conclusion is that network analysis can be used in the study of grassroots environmental initiatives, and it makes it possible to obtain meaningful information about these movements.

Strengthening of cooperation between the state, business, companies and workers in overcoming socio-economic barriers to the development of society is becoming a clear global trend. This cooperation is implemented in the corporate social responsibility (CSR) policy, which has the most diverse forms in the practice of the American and European experience. Within the framework of theoretical and methodological approaches, several CSR models have been developed, representing the possibilities of conjugating the interests of all interested participants and obtaining the greatest possible benefit for the business and the company’s reputation. The Chinees practice demonstrates non-traditional principles of CSR implementation, the influence of national culture, as well as the principles of doing and organizing business in direct connection with the state. This experience is extremely original, therefore, acquaintance with its socio-cultural characteristics, presented not only by foreign, but also by Chinese researchers is certainly important and useful. This allows us to make some comparisons with CSR practices in Russia, where the principles of this policy are just beginning to emerge and to be supported by big business.

Sociological knowledge is created by sociologists who, in one way or another, are forced to interpret latent knowledge of various actors. In an attempt to overcome these problems, formal methods of non-numerical statistics and informal methods in the form of literary theories developed. In one way or another, these approaches have modeled social knowledge, which is actually studied by sociologists. However, advanced computer platforms for a variety of communication make it possible to create applications that allow social actors to independently describe their latent knowledge and thereby form social knowledge. This article describes how you can establish connections between certain aspects of knowledge using the program Diagogue created by the authors, using the example of conceptualizing an article annotation.

This article is considered the first steps of national athletics, which originated in Russia in the last quarter of the 19 th century, including the information about the objective source study and methodological difficulties are faced by researchers. From the beginning the social origin and biographical data of the first Russian athletes, the places of their first competitions, the reasons that led them to join circles and the struggle for official registration are clarified. Thus, the distinctive features of the formation and existence of sports organizations in this period are revealed, which can be conventionally called the “time of circles” (small groups), or “the era of circles”. These identified signs, first of all, include initiative from below (from persons), the willingness of people working in the main non-sports work to invest their money in the activities of clubs where they spent active leisure time, emphasis not on “professionalism”, but on a healthy lifestyle, the simultaneous participation of athletes in different types sports. It is thanks to these fundamental ideas that the “founding fathers” of Russian athletics and their closest followers harmoniously blended into Soviet reality and became the organizers of Soviet mass sports, including Soviet athletics, the TRP complex, and sports education. It was these factors that played a huge role in the physical education of the younger generation, who stood up to defend the Fatherland in 1941 and finally defeated the most inhuman enemy in our history. Unfortunately, this era has ended, and now the era of “money-funs” has come in the world of sports, sport has become a spectacle and a means of earning big money even to the detriment of the health and future fate of athletes. Therefore, turning to the sources at the moment seems timely and vital.