THE STUDY OF PROFESSIONS AND PROFESSIONAL GROUPS IN RUSSIAN SOCIOLOGY: THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL ANALYSIS
In this article, we present an analysis of the main methodological areas of the sociology of professions. Based on the typology of these approaches with respect to the levels of sociological analysis, it is stated that macrosociological approaches to the study of professions and professional groups dominate in Russian sociology, which allows studying the processes of their formation and institutionalization. At the same time, more recently, the tendency of development of microsociological approaches to the study of everyday social interaction and communication mechanisms within the groups has been developing.