MARGINAL CONSCIOUSNESS AND BEHAVIOUR AS AN OBJECT OF SOCIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS

Abstract

The paper offers a methodological approach to marginality in the context of sociological study of political consciousness and behaviour. The paper shows the contradictions in political consciousness and behaviour which allow to consider the phenomena in the marginal aspect. The criteria of political consciousness and behavior marginalization in transitive society are listed. The authors characterize some rules of sociological analysis of the phenomena.

Keywords

• political consciousness, political behaviour, marginality, the object of investigation, investigational mechanism, sociological analysis