Ecology of the rural world as an object of sociological research

Экология сельского мира как предмет социологического исследования

Vinogradsky, Valery (Виноградский, Валерий) (), Vinogradskaya, Olga (Виноградская, Ольга) () and Nikulina, Ekaterina (Никулина, Екатерина) ()
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Vinogradsky, Valery (Виноградский, Валерий): Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
Vinogradskaya, Olga (Виноградская, Ольга): Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
Nikulina, Ekaterina (Никулина, Екатерина): Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

Russian Peasant Studies, 2020, vol. 5, 125-142

Abstract: The article considers rural environmental issues as an object of sociological research and emphasizes the need to conduct surveys of expert communities. Such an approach allows to identify, follow and analyze the development of various environmental practices typical for rural residents, and to evaluate innovations and initiatives at both house- holds and settlement level. The authors insist on the need to use the previously tested expert questionnaire and to rely on the cases that meet the specific requirements of the study. For instance, in the considered case, the authors faced methodological difficulties when discussed rationality of the environment use and interdependence of available natural resources and everyday human activities. Thus, the article presents a ‘field-tested’ methodology of sociological research focusing on the in-depth analysis of environmental issues in rural worlds.

Keywords: ecology; rural world; sociological research; qualitative methodology; informal social-ecological practices; rural households; rural residents; natural environment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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