SOCIOLOGICAL STUDIES OF INSTITUTIONAL TRUST IN CHECHEN SOCIETY
Keywords:
Chechen society, sociological studies, poll, questionnaire, transformation, level of institutional trust, development.Abstract
The authors have offered a comparative sociological analysis of the transformations underway in Chechen society, focusing on institutional confidence and trust. The study examines social reality and political processes, with the objective of comparing the evolution of public opinion regarding power and administrative structures in the Chechen Republic, as well as the dynamics of the chosen development course.
The authors used materials from sociological polls conducted by the North Ossetia Center for Social Studies of the Institute of Socio-Political Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Department of Sociological Studies of SOIGSI VNTs, Russian Academy of Sciences, and the Government of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania in May-June 2003 as part of the project "Chechnia in the Socio-Cultural Space of the Russian Federation: Ethnosociological Analysis," along with joint studies by the North Ossetia Center for Social Studies and the Department of Philosophy, Political Science, and Sociology, Chechen State Pedagogical University, in May-June 2017.
The research aimed to:
1. Determine how respondents in the Chechen Republic assess the state of affairs in Russia.
2. Analyze the degree of popular confidence and trust in the structures of power and administration, religious figures, and the media.
The study relied on the quantitative questionnaire method.
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