Social Legitimation of Capitalism in Ukraine: from Socio-cultural Path-dependence to Rationalization of Economic Situation

What is it about?

Social legitimation of capitalism in the post-soviet society passes through the process of substitution of traditionally set socio-cultural path-dependence by the value-rational comprehension of own interests of gaining socio-psychological subjectness

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Why is it important?

Despite the fact that most East-European countries completed the post-communist transit in the 2000’s, social transformation still continues in Ukrainian society. Such backwardness is explained by socio-cultural limitations of legitimation of market institutes. The acceptance of these institutes depended not only on the sensation of efficiency of economic reforms,but also on the reflection of foreign-policy and democratic preferences.