The objective of this paper is to outline and compare frameworks for studying post- Soviet transformations developed by social scientists from various disciplines in Belarus, Russia and Ukraine. The objective is realized by means of quantitative content analysis of scholarly articles' abstracts in ninety-four journals in eight (inter)disciplinary fields that covers the period of 2001-2015. This paper seeks to answer the question whether differences in the studies of the post-Soviet transformations are defined by country discourse or by the field of study. The research results suggest that there is a two-level mechanism, by which the societal context affects academia, in this case, social sciences and humanities. While general directions of scholarly attention are determined by societal differences, representations of post-Soviet transformations are framed through specific disciplinary lenses that combine both international and post- Soviet features.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)147-177
Number of pages31
JournalComparative Sociology
Volume16
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2017

    Research areas

  • (Inter)disciplinary fields, Comparative sociology, Content analysis, New institutionalism, Post-Soviet transformations, Sociology of science

    Scopus subject areas

  • Sociology and Political Science

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