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"Historical Sociology" published on by Oxford University Press.

Analysis of the pre-1989 situation; Redefinition of the discipline since 1990; Core theoretical and methodological orientations; Thematic orientation and funding; Public space and academic debates; Views on further development.

Analysis of the pre-1989 situation; Redefinition of the discipline since 1990; Core theoretical and methodological orientations; Thematic orientation and funding; Public space and academic debates; Views on further development.

Analysis of the pre-1989 situation; Redefinition of the discipline since 1990; Core theoretical and methodological orientations; Thematic orientation and funding; Public space and academic debates; Views on further development.

Analysis of the pre-1989 situation; Redefinition of the discipline since 1990; Core theoretical and methodological orientations; Thematic orientation and funding; Public space and academic debates; Views on further development.

Analysis of the pre-1989 situation; Redefinition of the discipline since 1990; Core theoretical and methodological orientations; Thematic orientation and funding; Public space and academic debates; Views on further development.

Analysis of the pre-1989 situation; Redefinition of the discipline since 1990; Core theoretical and methodological orientations; Quantitative and qualitative methods; Thematic orientation and funding; Public space and academic debates; Views on further development.

Analysis of the pre-1989 situation; Redefinition of the discipline since 1990; Core theoretical and methodological orientations; Thematic orientation and funding; Public space and academic debates; Views on further development.

Analysis of the pre-1989 situation; Redefinition of the discipline since 1990; Core theoretical and methodological orientations; Thematic orientation and funding; Public space and academic debates; Views on further development.

Analysis of the pre-1989 situation; Redefinition of the discipline since 1990; Core theoretical and methodological orientations; Thematic orientation and funding; Public space and academic debates; Views on further development.

The article is about specific features of the institutional development of Ukrainian sociology from 1990 to the beginning of 2004. Basing on empirical data related to the distribution of Candidate and Doctor's dissertations, the authors reveal the main tendencies in growth of the scientific and professional sociological community. There are discussed both current state and prospects of research by Ukrainian sociologists, as well as analyzed relations between sociology and the transforming society.

"The well-known distinction between soft and hard science cuts a sharp line of demarcation
between hard and soft facts of scientific studies. Physics deal with precise
hard facts characteristically whereas social sciences are confronted with imprecise
soft social facts because social facts are notoriously vague, interpretative facts of
meaning. Therefore Fuzzy logic seems to fit perfectly the needs of social scientist
that look for mathematical precise models to deal with vague, imprecise data [52].
In this contribution we discuss the usefulness of Fuzzy logic for social sciences in
general, and especially sociology. In a first step we summarize some fundamentals
of 'fuzzy thinking' for social scientist. This will lead to the discussion of the
need of fuzzy thinking in action theory, systems theory, modernization theory and
empirical research.We discuss the advantage of fuzzy thinking for action theory and
social systems theory at length whereas the discussion of fuzzy thinking in modernization
theory and empirical research falls short. Modernization theory and empirical
research just function as further examples for the need and usefulness of fuzzy thinking." (excerpt)