PREFACE

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INTRODUCTION: CONCEPTUALISING SOCIAL DYNAMICS
Nikolai Genov

1

PART I: THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES

THE LIFE ROULETTE
Towards a New Methodology for Social Descriptions and Analyses
Svetoslav Stavrev

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NEW APPROACHES TO SOCIOLOGICAL SURVEYS
Maxim Molhov

34

PART II: ECONOMIC SOCIOLOGY

APPROACHES TO THE POST-SOCIALIST TRANSFORMATION: "CREATIONISM" OR "LEGACIES OF THE PAST"?
Tanya Chavdarova

45

GLOBALISATION AND INNOVATION
Naiden Monchev

57

LABOUR CONFLICTS AND SOCIAL CHANGE
Dimiter Dimitrov

69

TOURISM IN THE CONTEXT OF SOCIETAL TRANSFORMATION
Ivan Velev

80

PART III: SOCIOLOGY OF POLITICS

CLIENTELISM AND SOCIAL EXCLUSION
Stephan E. Nikolov

92

PUBLIC OPINION AND SECURITY POLICY
Yantsislav Yanakiev

106

PROBLEMS OF PENSION INSURANCE IN BULGARIA
Elisaveta Ignatova

123

PART IV: SOCIOLOGY OF CULTURE

SOCIAL REPRESENTATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS: BULGARIAN SOCIETY IN A CROSS-CULTURAL CONTEXT
Velina Topalova

139

INDIVIDUALISATION AND SOCIAL INTEGRATION IN THE BUILDING OF INFORMATION SOCIETY
Natalia Nikolaeva

152

THE POLITICAL EXPLOITATION / ABUSE OF OLD AGE AND INTERGENERATIONAL CONFLICTS
Elka Todorova

165