Informal practices as an element of social constructivism
Abstract
This article examines the role of informal practices as an element of social constructivism. Understanding of social reality can take place from several theoretical and methodological positions: the inductive and deductive approach. The understanding of the inductive approach is based on the concept of social constructivism. This concept highlights the organizational potential of individuals' informal practices. The most accurate description of the specifics of informal practices of people is carried out within the framework of microsociology. In particular, the ethnomethodology of G. Garfinkel allows us to reveal the essence of people's daily actions as a necessary practice-specific element of the organization of order in society.
About the Authors
R. A. Bondarenko
Academy of Management of the MIA of Russia
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
BONDARENKO Roman Aleksandrovich - candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor
Moscow
A. A. Kochkin
Krasnodar University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of
Russia
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
KOCHKIN Anton Andreevich - Lecturer
Krasnodar
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Bondarenko R.A., Kochkin A.A. Informal practices as an element of social constructivism. P.O.I.S.K. 2025;(2):30-39. (In Russ.)
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