Institute of Sociology NASU

TIMELY THOUGHTS UPON THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DECREE OF THE PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE "ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIOLOGICAL SCIENCE IN UKRAINE"

stmm. 2021 (1): 184-200

DOI https://doi.org/10.15407/sociology2021.01.184

IURII IAKOVENKO, Doctor of Sciences in Sociology, Full Professor, Honored Education Worker of Ukraine, Professor at the Sociology and Political Science Department, Faculty of Linguistics and Social Communications, National Aviation University (build. 8, 1, Lubomyr Huzar Av., Kyiv, 03058, Ukraine)

iurii_iakovenko2017@ukr.net

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6006-8651

The essay presents the author's subjective perception of a number of state institutions’ activities regarding their implementation of the directives of the Decree of the President of Ukraine «On the Development of Sociological Science» dated 25.04.2001 for twenty years from the date of its publication. The author's subjective point of view, in particular, is a consequence of the fact that he was a member of the working group on the development of this decree, and the beginning of the 21st century was a time when the Ukrainian society, state, political, public figures, scientists were expecting the decisive development of various spheres of life. However, in fact, these expectations met with latent resistance from shadow structures, the essence of which was to avoid publicly disclosing their intentions through science and education. So, because of the Ministry of Education and Science order No. 642 of July 9, 2009 «On the organization of the study of humanitarian disciplines at the free choice of the student», the active part of youth, namely students was given a very narrowed way of social development understanding; primarily it have happened in technical universities, where the members of executive branch of the power will have been taught en masse. It is when the financial interests are embodied through the implementation of large-scale technical and economic projects, for example, the construction of highways, and not the protection of public health. However, in the leading universities, where sociologists have been taught, the initiative of teachers to show their will to improve the quality of the students’ preparing and evaluation does not subside.

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Keywords: assessment of the state institutions’ activities regarding development of sociology, relations between sociologists and power structures’ representatives