Regional specificity of identity orientations in the socio-political dimension of society

Abstract

The article explores the regional specificity of identity orientations in the socio-political dimension in Ukrainian society. It has been proved that in the modern socio- political dimension of Ukrainian society, the belonging of an individual to a certain regional social space in the process of formation and representation of identity orientations (mainly in political and civil aspects) is of particular importance. The article presents the results of an empirical study of structural and content features and regional specifics of identity orientations in the public mind: three groups of identity orientations in the public mind are identified, aimed at the formation and representation of social, social and civic identity, and their features are highlighted depending on. The purpose of our study is to empirically study the regional specifics of identity orientations in the socio-political dimension in Ukrainian society. Research methods . The methodological support of the research is general scientific methods of cognition the social phenomena and processes (methods of analysis and synthesis, abstraction, generalization, extrapolation and forecasting, logical-historical, comparative comparative and structural-functional analysis) and sociological methods for obtaining empirical data. The results of a sociological survey in the study indicate that most identification strategies have average indicators (answers «sometimes»), but it should be noted the advantage of the meaningful features of group identity that characterize modern society – family, age group, profession. Such orientation signs of self-identification are inherent in traditional Ukrainian society. The result s of theoretical analysis and empirical research have shown that in the modern socio-political dimension of Ukrainian society, the belonging of an individual to a certain regional social space in the process of formation and representation of identity orientations is of particular importance, as well as the fact that such main groups of orientations as social identity, societal identity, civic identity.The article explores the regional specificity of identity orientations in the socio-political dimension in Ukrainian society. It has been proved that in the modern socio- political dimension of Ukrainian society, the belonging of an individual to a certain regional social space in the process of formation and representation of identity orientations (mainly in political and civil aspects) is of particular importance. The article presents the results of an empirical study of structural and content features and regional specifics of identity orientations in the public mind: three groups of identity orientations in the public mind are identified, aimed at the formation and representation of social, social and civic identity, and their features are highlighted depending on. The purpose of our study is to empirically study the regional specifics of identity orientations in the socio-political dimension in Ukrainian society. Research methods. The methodological support of the research is general scientific methods of cognition the social phenomena and processes (methods of analysis and synthesis, abstraction, generalization, extrapolation and forecasting, logical-historical, comparative comparative and structural-functional analysis) and sociological methods for obtaining empirical data. The results of a sociological survey in the study indicate that most identification strategies have average indicators (answers «sometimes»), but it should be noted the advantage of the meaningful features of group identity that characterize modern society – family, age group, profession. Such orientation signs of self-identification are inherent in traditional Ukrainian society. The result s of theoretical analysis and empirical research have shown that in the modern socio-political dimension of Ukrainian society, the belonging of an individual to a certain regional social space in the process of formation and representation of identity orientations is of particular importance, as well as the fact that such main groups of orientations as social identity, societal identity, civic identity.