Oleksandr Rakhmanov
Biographic Data
| ID | 4152018 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Oleksandr Rakhmanov |
| GIVEN NAMES | Oleksandr |
| FAMILY NAME | Rakhmanov |
| SIGNATURE | RAKHMANOV O |
| AFFILIATIONS | National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8884-5515 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 23 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Digitalization of economic life and social stratification in Ukraine
The article analyzes the mutual influence of digitalization on economic life and social stratification in Ukraine. The potential of social stratification theories in explaining digital inequalities is clarified. Based on data from a 2024 monitoring study by the Institute of Sociology of the NAS of Ukraine, the indicator of the use of digital tools in the workplace was analyzed in relation to the financial situation, employment status, self-assess…
The perception of Ukrainians about political life in the post-war period and the prospects for the spread of populism
The non-acceptance by the majority of the population of Ukraine of the idea of elections during a full-scale war is a forced prolongation of the legitimacy of existing state institutions. Ukrainians understand all the risks of such elections for the political system under martial law, agreeing to the norms of legislation and compliance with democratic procedures. At the same time, a sufficiently significant number of the population is forming, wh…
The socio-economic origins of left-wing populism in Ukraine
The socio-economic impoverishment of the population due to the prolonged structural crises of the economy has led to the phenomenon of left-wing populism in Ukraine. Economic attitudes related to populist ideas were analyzed based on empirical data. Ukrainians' support for populism was manifested in their attitude to the structure of property in the economy and mechanisms for ensuring material well-being. However, if the support of the dominance …
Determinants of economic attitudes in a post-communist society
This article investigates the sources of economic attitudes of Ukraine’s population based on the 7th wave of the WVS. It examines the utilitarian and sociocultural explanations of variations in the five dichotomies, which reflect pro-capitalist and pro-socialist views on various aspects of economic life. The utilitarian explanation suggests that economic attitudes associated with institutional change are determined primarily by socioeconomic stat…
The phenomenon of populism in developed and transitional societies
Recently, in many countries around the world there is a coming to power of political forces that differ from established political actors. The concept of «populism» is used when charismatic leaders and their parties offer the population to overcome existing socio-economic problems through simple, non-institutional solutions. Although these politicians and parties may differ in ideological rhetoric, they all have common features. The scientific li…
The oligarchization phenomenon of political power in Ukraine
The article analyzes the oligarchization phenomenon of political power in Ukraine as a system of control by owners of large capital over state institutions. The formation of powerful national capital was facilitated by public opinion’s unacceptability of attracting foreign capital and the monetary form of privatization of state-owned enterprises. The negative attitude of the population to the consequences of privatization was used by the oligarch…
Socio-political consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic as challenges to the legitimacy of social order in Ukraine
The article analyzes the results of a sociological study of the socio-political consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ukrainian society. The economic and social difficulties faced by people during the lockdowns have, as expected, caused dissatisfaction with the actions of state institutions. Public opinion on the government's efforts to combat the pandemic was based on its chaotic, inconsistent and often belated actions regarding the introduct…
Determinants of citizens' attitude to the Ukrainian government
The article considers the perception of citizens of the government of Ukraine depending on the institutional forms of its formation. Citizens 'attitudes toward government are individuals' reactions to government policies and the activities of its leaders. The formation of these reactions occurs by comparing one's own expectations about the government's activities with the perception of the results of these activities. The dynamics of the influenc…
Why do Ukrainians oppose land sales? The problem of legitimacy of private land tenure in post-Soviet society
Millions of Ukrainians own land plots but cannot sell them, as the free land market is still restricted. The government of Ukraine is delaying the liberalization of the land market, given the negative attitude of most Ukrainians to the sale of agricultural land. At the same time, the phenomenon of ambivalent consciousness is observed in Ukrainian society, when the negation of the land market and the recognition of land ownership are combined. The…
Social perception of private owners of the production means in Ukraine
The main markers of social perception of private owners by the Ukrainian population are the content of private property and the form of personal involvement of private owners in production. The research objective was to analyse the social perceptions determinants of private owners of enterprises and land. Using the data of a sociological survey conducted by the Institute of Sociology of the NAS of Ukraine in August 2019, private owners’ social pe…
Mechanistic perspectives in sociological metatheorising
The paper analyses the prospects for sociological metatheorising with regard to social mechanisms and mechanism-based explanations of social reality. The author has done a critical review of the most important works concerning a mechanism-based approach to social phenomena. The following points have been brought into focus: the basic principles of social mechanisms, examples of their use in sociological theories and prospects for their integratio…
Educational characteristics of the big business top managers in Ukraine
The paper dwells upon the educational characteristics of big business top managers in Ukraine. The empirical data formed in February 2014 and it is based on the biographies of 200 top managers of Ukrainian companies. The author established that large companies are led by one of the most educated social groups: the vast majority (99%) [...]
The formation of labour market for top managers in Ukraine
Paper dwells upon the main stages of labor market for top managers in Ukraine. Author outlines the impact of Ukrainian and transnational capital on the development of corporate management. Author explores the potential of the infrastructural provision of Ukrainian labor market by top managers. Specific requirements for the effective activity of top managers in Ukraine [...]
Career of top-manager of large corporations in western countries
This article analyzes the empirical research of development of CEOs career in the West. The paper singles out a number of common and distinctive features of Western European and American CEO about their social background, education,and features move up the career ladder. Discovered the influence of firm size on turnover and occupational mobility of top managers. It is shown age-related features to achieve top executive positions, length of stay o…
The concept of top manager in big business
The article is devoted to the categorical analysis of the concept of top managers in big business. This paper identifies the main dimensions of corporate governance that distinguish top management as a social group. Ownership of the assets of the company selects top managers-owners and hired top managers.Measurement of the hierarchy of the company distinguishes CEO, functional executives and line executives. Top managers of subsidiaries are subje…
The implications of social subjectivity in value orientations of Ukrainian capitalists
The article analyzes the implications of social subjectivity in value orientations of large owners of Ukraine. Social subjectivity of large capital owners due to personal characteristics that were formed in the school years. In the value orientations of large owners declared their own self-awareness that they are the social basis of national sovereignty. Geopolitical orientation of Ukrainian capitalists mainly focused on Ukraine’s integration wit…
Lifestyles of Ukrainian capitalists as a demonstration of social subjectivity in society
The article analyzes the lifestyles Ukrainian capitalists. Large owners of Ukraine by the symbolic value of the purchased luxury goods or exclusive services strive to strengthen its social subjectivity. Demonstrative consumption of Ukrainian capitalists is encountering strong resistance from society, because in public opinion is dominated by the notion that money is only way to achieve the vital success
The formation of business elite in Central European countries
The article analyzes the process of forming of business elites in Countries of Central Europe. Admission of foreign investors to the mass privatization of state property caused the phenomenon of “capitalism without capitalists”. The driving forces of reformation of the economy became technocrats and intellectuals, because range of influence was limited. A few stratum of [...]
Formation and reproduction of social strata of large capital owners in Russia
The article analyzes the formation and reproduction of social strata of large capital owners in Russia. A new class of large private owners through nontransparent privatization was at the disposal of large resources and had relative independence from the state in 1990. But mostly nomenclature origin of large capital owners was an obstacle to further [...]
The role of large capital owners in Ukrainian economy
The article analyzesthe role of large capital ownersin Ukrainian economy. Found that in mostareas of the Ukrainian economy is dominated by national private capital, which is the basis of GDP(60–65%). Thanks to Ukrainian large capital owners became possible a reconstruction of technologicalandcooperative relationsbetweenproduction units. Formation of large capital is concerned mainlywith black metal and engineering. [...]
Features of formation and recreation of bourgeoisie in Western Europe countries
The article gives analysis of the formation and reproduction of the bourgeoisie in most Western European countries. It was found that closer integration of the bourgeoisie with large landowners in the UK and France contributed to the spread of bourgeois values among the ruling elite and further liberalization of these societies. Instead, lack of integration [...]
Formation and reproduction of bourgeois class in the USA
The article gives analysis of formation and reproduction of the bourgeoisie in the United States. It was found that having low influence of traditional land aristocrats American bourgeoisie took over the functions of dominant elites. This enabled a quick spread of bourgeois values among all the society. The formation of the bourgeois class initially was [...]
Normative self-regulation and social efficiency of business through the prism of the mass consciousness
For the modern Ukrainian society, the questions of the formation of a normative regulation of the business are analyzed. Using the cross-cultural analysis of the normative self regulation and the social efficiency of the business in the mass consciousness of 24 European nations, the real place of social norms of the Ukrainians in the European [...]
Determinants of economic attitudes in a post-communist society
This article investigates the sources of economic attitudes of Ukraine’s population based on the 7th wave of the WVS. It examines the utilitarian and sociocultural explanations of variations in the five dichotomies, which reflect pro-capitalist and pro-socialist views on various aspects of economic life. The utilitarian explanation suggests that economic attitudes associated with institutional change are determined primarily by socioeconomic stat…
Why do Ukrainians oppose land sales? The problem of legitimacy of private land tenure in post-Soviet society
Millions of Ukrainians own land plots but cannot sell them, as the free land market is still restricted. The government of Ukraine is delaying the liberalization of the land market, given the negative attitude of most Ukrainians to the sale of agricultural land. At the same time, the phenomenon of ambivalent consciousness is observed in Ukrainian society, when the negation of the land market and the recognition of land ownership are combined. The…
Normative self-regulation and social efficiency of business through the prism of the mass consciousness
For the modern Ukrainian society, the questions of the formation of a normative regulation of the business are analyzed. Using the cross-cultural analysis of the normative self regulation and the social efficiency of the business in the mass consciousness of 24 European nations, the real place of social norms of the Ukrainians in the European [...]
Features of formation and recreation of bourgeoisie in Western Europe countries
The article gives analysis of the formation and reproduction of the bourgeoisie in most Western European countries. It was found that closer integration of the bourgeoisie with large landowners in the UK and France contributed to the spread of bourgeois values among the ruling elite and further liberalization of these societies. Instead, lack of integration [...]
Formation and reproduction of bourgeois class in the USA
The article gives analysis of formation and reproduction of the bourgeoisie in the United States. It was found that having low influence of traditional land aristocrats American bourgeoisie took over the functions of dominant elites. This enabled a quick spread of bourgeois values among all the society. The formation of the bourgeois class initially was [...]
The formation of business elite in Central European countries
The article analyzes the process of forming of business elites in Countries of Central Europe. Admission of foreign investors to the mass privatization of state property caused the phenomenon of “capitalism without capitalists”. The driving forces of reformation of the economy became technocrats and intellectuals, because range of influence was limited. A few stratum of [...]
Formation and reproduction of social strata of large capital owners in Russia
The article analyzes the formation and reproduction of social strata of large capital owners in Russia. A new class of large private owners through nontransparent privatization was at the disposal of large resources and had relative independence from the state in 1990. But mostly nomenclature origin of large capital owners was an obstacle to further [...]
The role of large capital owners in Ukrainian economy
The article analyzesthe role of large capital ownersin Ukrainian economy. Found that in mostareas of the Ukrainian economy is dominated by national private capital, which is the basis of GDP(60–65%). Thanks to Ukrainian large capital owners became possible a reconstruction of technologicalandcooperative relationsbetweenproduction units. Formation of large capital is concerned mainlywith black metal and engineering. [...]
The implications of social subjectivity in value orientations of Ukrainian capitalists
The article analyzes the implications of social subjectivity in value orientations of large owners of Ukraine. Social subjectivity of large capital owners due to personal characteristics that were formed in the school years. In the value orientations of large owners declared their own self-awareness that they are the social basis of national sovereignty. Geopolitical orientation of Ukrainian capitalists mainly focused on Ukraine’s integration wit…
Lifestyles of Ukrainian capitalists as a demonstration of social subjectivity in society
The article analyzes the lifestyles Ukrainian capitalists. Large owners of Ukraine by the symbolic value of the purchased luxury goods or exclusive services strive to strengthen its social subjectivity. Demonstrative consumption of Ukrainian capitalists is encountering strong resistance from society, because in public opinion is dominated by the notion that money is only way to achieve the vital success
Career of top-manager of large corporations in western countries
This article analyzes the empirical research of development of CEOs career in the West. The paper singles out a number of common and distinctive features of Western European and American CEO about their social background, education,and features move up the career ladder. Discovered the influence of firm size on turnover and occupational mobility of top managers. It is shown age-related features to achieve top executive positions, length of stay o…
The concept of top manager in big business
The article is devoted to the categorical analysis of the concept of top managers in big business. This paper identifies the main dimensions of corporate governance that distinguish top management as a social group. Ownership of the assets of the company selects top managers-owners and hired top managers.Measurement of the hierarchy of the company distinguishes CEO, functional executives and line executives. Top managers of subsidiaries are subje…
Educational characteristics of the big business top managers in Ukraine
The paper dwells upon the educational characteristics of big business top managers in Ukraine. The empirical data formed in February 2014 and it is based on the biographies of 200 top managers of Ukrainian companies. The author established that large companies are led by one of the most educated social groups: the vast majority (99%) [...]
The formation of labour market for top managers in Ukraine
Paper dwells upon the main stages of labor market for top managers in Ukraine. Author outlines the impact of Ukrainian and transnational capital on the development of corporate management. Author explores the potential of the infrastructural provision of Ukrainian labor market by top managers. Specific requirements for the effective activity of top managers in Ukraine [...]
Social perception of private owners of the production means in Ukraine
The main markers of social perception of private owners by the Ukrainian population are the content of private property and the form of personal involvement of private owners in production. The research objective was to analyse the social perceptions determinants of private owners of enterprises and land. Using the data of a sociological survey conducted by the Institute of Sociology of the NAS of Ukraine in August 2019, private owners’ social pe…
Mechanistic perspectives in sociological metatheorising
The paper analyses the prospects for sociological metatheorising with regard to social mechanisms and mechanism-based explanations of social reality. The author has done a critical review of the most important works concerning a mechanism-based approach to social phenomena. The following points have been brought into focus: the basic principles of social mechanisms, examples of their use in sociological theories and prospects for their integratio…
Determinants of citizens' attitude to the Ukrainian government
The article considers the perception of citizens of the government of Ukraine depending on the institutional forms of its formation. Citizens 'attitudes toward government are individuals' reactions to government policies and the activities of its leaders. The formation of these reactions occurs by comparing one's own expectations about the government's activities with the perception of the results of these activities. The dynamics of the influenc…
Why do Ukrainians oppose land sales? The problem of legitimacy of private land tenure in post-Soviet society
Millions of Ukrainians own land plots but cannot sell them, as the free land market is still restricted. The government of Ukraine is delaying the liberalization of the land market, given the negative attitude of most Ukrainians to the sale of agricultural land. At the same time, the phenomenon of ambivalent consciousness is observed in Ukrainian society, when the negation of the land market and the recognition of land ownership are combined. The…
Socio-political consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic as challenges to the legitimacy of social order in Ukraine
The article analyzes the results of a sociological study of the socio-political consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ukrainian society. The economic and social difficulties faced by people during the lockdowns have, as expected, caused dissatisfaction with the actions of state institutions. Public opinion on the government's efforts to combat the pandemic was based on its chaotic, inconsistent and often belated actions regarding the introduct…
The phenomenon of populism in developed and transitional societies
Recently, in many countries around the world there is a coming to power of political forces that differ from established political actors. The concept of «populism» is used when charismatic leaders and their parties offer the population to overcome existing socio-economic problems through simple, non-institutional solutions. Although these politicians and parties may differ in ideological rhetoric, they all have common features. The scientific li…
The oligarchization phenomenon of political power in Ukraine
The article analyzes the oligarchization phenomenon of political power in Ukraine as a system of control by owners of large capital over state institutions. The formation of powerful national capital was facilitated by public opinion’s unacceptability of attracting foreign capital and the monetary form of privatization of state-owned enterprises. The negative attitude of the population to the consequences of privatization was used by the oligarch…
The socio-economic origins of left-wing populism in Ukraine
The socio-economic impoverishment of the population due to the prolonged structural crises of the economy has led to the phenomenon of left-wing populism in Ukraine. Economic attitudes related to populist ideas were analyzed based on empirical data. Ukrainians' support for populism was manifested in their attitude to the structure of property in the economy and mechanisms for ensuring material well-being. However, if the support of the dominance …
Determinants of economic attitudes in a post-communist society
This article investigates the sources of economic attitudes of Ukraine’s population based on the 7th wave of the WVS. It examines the utilitarian and sociocultural explanations of variations in the five dichotomies, which reflect pro-capitalist and pro-socialist views on various aspects of economic life. The utilitarian explanation suggests that economic attitudes associated with institutional change are determined primarily by socioeconomic stat…
The perception of Ukrainians about political life in the post-war period and the prospects for the spread of populism
The non-acceptance by the majority of the population of Ukraine of the idea of elections during a full-scale war is a forced prolongation of the legitimacy of existing state institutions. Ukrainians understand all the risks of such elections for the political system under martial law, agreeing to the norms of legislation and compliance with democratic procedures. At the same time, a sufficiently significant number of the population is forming, wh…
Digitalization of economic life and social stratification in Ukraine
The article analyzes the mutual influence of digitalization on economic life and social stratification in Ukraine. The potential of social stratification theories in explaining digital inequalities is clarified. Based on data from a 2024 monitoring study by the Institute of Sociology of the NAS of Ukraine, the indicator of the use of digital tools in the workplace was analyzed in relation to the financial situation, employment status, self-assess…
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