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The opportunities of the competitive advantages use of the social and cultural capital for pro-modernization institutional reforms in Kazakhstan are considered in the article. Based on a number of sociological surveys national-specific features of the cultural capital are marked, which can encourage the country's social and economic development: bonding social capital, propensity for taking executive positions (not ordinary), mobility and adaptability (characteristic for nomad cultures), high value of education. The analysis shows the resources of the productive use of these socio-cultural features.

Social life carries various social and cultural phenomena which significantly interact with our lives, creating the difference in-depth reports and the newly formed relationship between generations in the family and society. Changes in thought, behavior, or actions strands understand if inequality and differences emerge and develop from social constraints. In today's society that mostly resembles a space without borders, it is possible to absorb new ways and ideas regarding lifestyle, thinking, and conduct. Many sociological and psychological studies argued that, especially in the early 60-s of the twentieth century, adolescents are more likely to be directed towards the ideas, practices, and characterized as countercultural movements. The study "Socio-cultural differences between generations in Elbasan" was conducted to identify social and cultural factors that affect the growth of differences between generations in the family and society. Identification of socializing factors such as media, schools, technology, and impacts arising from other cultures through immigration. Underlining the importance and analysis of social and cultural elements in change as essential factors in the differences between generations gives meaning to this study. This study's results have been highlighted by analyzing relations between ages and social and cultural changes in Elbasan in recent years.

Objective. This article is aimed at investigating the elements that define, typify and characterize reading as a socio-cultural practice. Design/Methodology/Approach. A bibliographic review was carried out to verify those elements that make possible to relate the socio-cultural practices with the reading. Results/Discussion. The main etymological, procedural and multidimensional attributes that define reading as a socio-cultural practice were exposed, emphasizing the historical, cultural and political dimensions. Conclusions. Reading is much more than the process by which one learns to decode or decipher a certain writing system, rather it is a socio-cultural practice associated with historical, cultural, ideological and institutional relationships. In addition, it can be said that reading as a socio-cultural practice is a practice that has been heavily laden with ideological, normative and prescriptive content, and is warned through various social, political and cultural discourses pertaining to different eras. Originality/Value. The value of visualizing the reading from this perspective lies in the possibilities of studying other scenarios beyond habits, making it possible to enter into the world of meanings assigned to this practice, the motivations that move the reading and the mediations that condition the act of reading.

The article highlights the problem of socio-cultural nature of speech conflicts. Communicators' speech activity is conditioned both by inner and external factors of communication situation. Communicators' personal types are of great importance, as well as their communication schemes. Personal values and principles define human motivation and intention. The asymmetry of communication activity, a speech one included, causes a lot of various conflicts.

This book is a collection of true-to-life essays which offers the reader various ways to view the socio-cultural state of the modern world as seen through the eyes of the author - a somewhat cynical but ethical Japanese professor. Through journeys in various cultures, these stories break numerous stereotypes, from the failure of higher education in Japan to the mysteries of using various types of toilets in Mediterranean Europe. The author narrates brief encounters with all aspects of society, from radical students to conservative academicians, from old-style street merchants to modern business people, from government agencies to independent artists. These stories also include lessons which, the author believes, people and society as a whole can and should learn from such encounters. The episodes highlight what is rapidly being lost across cultures in an era of globalization and the shrinking number of differences that once made every culture independent of the others. The book will captivate those who enjoy seeing another's view of the world, observing many unique 'windows' from which to view global change on a personal level. Also of interest will be the cynical but ethical assessment of the future of Japanese universities which have lost their educational principles at this critical time of survival, and the approaching IT society. Sample Chapter(s). Chapter 1: Paris - The 13th District (40 KB). Contents: Preface; Prologue: A Song in Praise of Japan; Scent of a Lagoon; Battle of Wits!?; More Than Just …. Readership: General audience.

"In the decade or more since publication of the first edition of Understanding Sport, both sport and wider global society have undergone profound change. In this fully updated, revised and expanded edition of their classic textbook, John Horne, Alan Tomlinson, Garry Whannel and Kath Woodward offer a critical and reflective introduction to the relationship between sport and contemporary society and explain how sport remains an important agent and symptom of socio-cultural change. Fully integrating historical, sociological, political and cultural analysis, the book covers every key topic in the study of sport and society, including: - debate, interpretation and theory - sport and the media - sport and the body - sport and politics - commercialization - globalization. Retaining the accessibility and scholarly rigour for which Understanding Sport has always been renowned, this new edition includes entirely new chapters on global transformations, sports mega-events and sites, sporting bodies and governance, as well as a succinct guide to researching sport. With review and seminar questions included in every chapter, plus concise, helpful guides to further reading, Understanding Sport remains an essential textbook for all courses on sport and society, the sociology of sport, sport and social theory, or social issues in sport"--

Анализ трансформаций социокультурного пространства предполагает обоснование содержания понятия и подходов в рамках которых изучение будет производиться. Целью данной статьи является определение стартовых исследовательских позиций по отношению к изучению когерентности (взаимосвязи) процессов социокультурных трансформаций, осуществляемых как в российском обществе, так и за его пределами. Но поскольку решение этой задачи требует многолетних не только теоретических, но и эмпирических исследований, а также обобщения уже накопленного как нами, так и коллегами результатов исследований в России и за рубежом, то мы в данной статье ограничиваемся определением базовых понятий и подходов. Таким образом, в рамках поставленных задач был проведен анализ генезиса понятия «социокультурное пространство» и показано, что для исследования трансформационных процессов социокультурного пространства эвристичным потенциалом обладают социокультурный и деятельностный подходы, позволяющие учитывать специфические особенности и динамику влияния различных факторов на субъектов данного пространства. Отмечено, что для адекватность построения прогнозных моделей относительно потенциала развития и сохранения социокультурного пространства будет зависеть как от детальности анализа всех составляющих (внутренней ситуации, содержания внутренних и внешних процессов трансформаций), а также от оценки когерентости процессов, с учетом их конвергентности и дивергентности. Весьма важно изучать и учесть тенденции внутренних трансформаций, идущих в соседних (других) социокультурных пространствах, поскольку они, являясь следствием их внутреннего развития, а также принятия или непринятия внешнего влияния, обусловливают трансформацию их политических стратегий и, как следствие оказываемого влияния на своих соседей. И не только их, учитывая виртуальность современного социокультурного пространства.

Social, economic and political changes in society have actualized the problem of human migration. However, migration processes are not a new phenomenon, since they accompany human development constantly. It was in the second half of the 19th century that European countries began to keep records of people who migrated. At the same time, the COVID-19 pandemic has stirred up the world today, which, of course, has stopped the pace of migration processes, and the situation with the course of this disease in the world is very different, which can cause a new wave of migration of people to safer countries. In our opinion, it is relevant to pay attention to the effect of socio-cultural factors on the migrant's personality, which is reflected in adaptation and identification processes.

1. Industrial society, social change and sports culture -- 2. Case studies in the growth of modern sports -- 3. Debates, interpretations, theories -- 4. Social stratification and social division in sport -- 5. The social construction of identity and cultural reproduction -- 6. Sport and representation -- 7. Sporting bodies : disciplining and defining normality -- 8. Sport, the state and politics -- 9. Governance and sport -- 10. The labour market -- 11. Sport, commercialisation and commodification -- 12. Global transformations -- 13. Sport spaces, sites and events -- 14. Conclusion : methods for understanding sport culture.

The article justifies the socio-cultural determinacy of human loneliness. Philosophical and cultural discourse has been developing through synthesis of heterogeneous and diverse theoretical positions. The formula by Karl Marx, which shows that the unity of human relationship with nature is determined by the unity of relations between individuals, was of paramount importance for the study. The existence of society and community was considered as two dialectically interrelated forms of sociality, the lack of coordination between which leads to the emergence of human loneliness. The statement of the synergetic paradigm on the non-equilibrium nature of social structures has become heuristically valuable for conducting the research. Relying on the information about age-related peculiarities of human development based on the concept of E. Erickson, allowed to obtain the desired result. The philosophical and cultural interpretation of these and related provisions made it possible to establish that loneliness can be recognised as a consequence of the decreasing community level in the course of interaction between individuals and the impossibility of maintaining its high level, which is expressed in the Meeting of the Self and the Significant Other (one's own Other). It was revealed that: community with a Significant Other is a measure of actualising the integrity and wholeness of the person's being; the more diverse and wider the area of Significant Others, the more harmonious the person's being; the person who has broadened the horizons of the Meeting as fully as possible is truly authentic; an increase in the depth of integration of the person with the processes and phenomena that are natural for each age stage passed, reduces the likelihood of loneliness, and, therefore, makes them more rooted in the existence

The social-cultural approach to economic modernization processes is studied in the article. It states that the specific country-based modernization formula is required for the successful modernization policy, which takes into consideration the informal rules of the concrete country and is based on the competitive advantages coming from the characteristics of social and cultural capital. This approach, being implemented to study Russia and Kazakhstan cases, allows to make some important conclusions: first, about the connection between long-term macroeconomic trends and features of the informal institutions; second, about the opportunity to define general directions for the modernization policy; third, about the possibility to design concrete normative structures based on specific features of social and cultural capital.

Cross-cultural adaptation is a challenging process while sojourning abroad. The inability to understand cultural variation triggers psychological, physical or behavioral difficulties and maladjustment or misunderstanding. Socio-ecocultural underestimation is the root of intercultural resistance, stereotyping, ethnocentrism and racist sentiments among sojourners. Most of the cross-cultural adjustment studies have quantitatively demonstrated factors and predictors of adaptation success. However, the specific forms of cultural variation that impacted sojourning adaptability is blindly explained. Hence, this phenomenological paper autoethnographically observed the socio-ecocultural environment while sojourning in New Zealand. The findings highlighted that cultural awareness and sensitivity assist sojourner's cross-cultural adaptability due to the socio-ecocultural variation.

Este artigo oferece uma desconstrução da idéia de 'crise' da antropologia, ligando-a com um modo de pensar em moda na virada do milênio, mas que recebeu pouco apoio na prática. Argumenta-se que esta noção de crise só pode ser aplicada a alguns segmentos da antropologia anglo-americana, não à disciplina como um todo. O artigo também inclui uma apresentação de alguns dos mais importantes debates e questões terminológicas presentes nos séculos 19 e 20, com ênfase especial no funcionalismo. Um dos argumentos é que algumas das críticas recentemente popularizadas da disciplina devem ser contextualizadas; sua relação com o colonialismo, por exemplo, dado que o papel do antropólogo neste empreendimento foi na verdade muito limitado. O artigo apresenta cinco grupos de temas cruciais para os quais a antropologia contemporânea se volta e sobre os quais algumas das pesquisas mais interessantes estão sendo feitas. Eles são: questões de identidade; pesquisas sobre o corpo; consumo e cultura material; estudos sobre espaço e hibridismo; mídia e cultura popular. Finalmente, advoga-se que a antropologia social e cultural desenvolveu-se muito desde 1911, alcançando um ponto em que pode servir como uma ferramenta poderosa para o entendimento de todas as complexidades do mundo contemporâneo.