It was claimed over 50 years ago that medicine cannot do without sociology, but what impact have sociologists had on quality of health care? Most clinicians and managers would not be able to identify sociology's contribution even though it forms part of the educational preparation of healthcare professionals, including medical practitioners. Why does sociology seem invisible when it is so relev...

In the context of distinction between normative and descriptive approaches to relationship science religion, this article discusses recent work sociologist Elaine Ecklund. It reviews four her published outputs, summarising data concerning views religious people professional scientists, including their positions on religion cognate issues, attempt show relevance these in a particular formational...

In his landmark trilogy, The Information Age: Economy, Society and Culture, sociologist Manuel Castells argued that networks, information technology, global economic flows were altering the nature of politics, power, states. This article examines network dynamics wrote about in relation to transnational crime illicit markets. further explores Castells’s influence on study organized crime, econo...

The perception of the Russian people as settled is widespread among intelli­gentsia. However, many figures culture (from I.S. Aksakov to A.M. Gorky) noted similarity character with nomadic peoples. In their opinion, Russians are also characterized by desire wander, search for a better life, and in spiritual sphere – dissatisfaction existing state affairs, higher ideals. Our article suggests tha...