ANALYTICAL MODEL FOR STUDY OF SHOEMAKING IN SAINT-PETERSBURG AND MUMBAI

Authors

  • Юрий Витальевич Веселов Saint Petersburg State University, 7/9 Universitetskaya Emb., 199034, Saint Petersburg, Russia
  • Рубен Вартанович Карапетян Saint Petersburg State University, 7/9 Universitetskaya Emb., 199034, Saint Petersburg, Russia
  • Михаил Владимирович Синютин Saint Petersburg State University, 7/9 Universitetskaya Emb., 199034, Saint Petersburg, Russia
  • Бослe Балкришна Витхал University of Mumbai, India, 400098, Mumbai, Santacruz (E), Vidyanagri
  • Кандерао Хариш Прасенжит University of Mumbai, India, 400098, Mumbai, Santacruz (E), Vidyanagri

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21638/10.21638/11701/spbu12.2017.102

Abstract

The article presents the development of an analytical model of comparative sociological research of shoemaking crafts in two modern megapolises — Mumbai (India) and Saint-Petersburg (Russia). The model is the basis for further empirical research into artisans (shoemakers) from different social environments. Attention is focused on the similarities and differences between shoe practices of two cities and two cultures. Formation of such a context is due to the theoretical comprehension of everyday practices, their conditions of production in shoemaking facilities in the Russian and Indian megacities, taking into account the specifics of orders, especially the institutional structures and networking among shoemakers.The authors consider that the similarity of shoemaking practices examined, of their social context and of structures, is reflected in the resemblance of the meanings and professional strategies’ in shoemakers’ procedures. Initially a comparative model of social structures of Russia and India is proposed. The mode of capitalist development in both countries is analyzed, and the general and specific tendencies are identified. On that basis, a comparison of the institutional structures between the cities of St. Petersburg and Mumbai is made. The peculiarities of historical development and social role of cities in Russia and in India are pinpointed. The multilevel system of comparing the key social settings of the cities’ institutional environment is provided. Finally, the authors attempt a systematic comparison of social contexts of communicative practices among shoemakers in both cities. Shoemaking practices of two cities are undertaken with different consumer demand and with different cultural attitudes. A significant portion of the shoemaking craft on the streets of both cities is done by newcomers or migrants that use their local ethno-social networks for labour practices. The diversity of technical equipment between shoemakers of St-Petersburg and Mumbai is discovered. An original model is developed that serves as a basis for empirical studies of artisans (shoemakers) in different social environments.

Keywords:

analytical model, comparative study, metropolis,, craft

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.
 

References

Литература

Ковалевский М. М. Очерк происхождения и развития семьи и собственности. М.: КомКнига, 2007. 152 с.

Aslund A. Russia’s Capitalist Revolution: Why Market Reform Succeeded and Democracy Failed. Washington: Peterson Institute, 2007. 384 р.

Меньшиков С. М. Анатомия российского капитализма. М.: Международные отношения, 2008. 428 с.

Капитализм в России: в поисках новых институциональных оснований // ред. М. В . Синютин. СПб.: Реноме, 2013. 168 с.

Chakrabarti A., Cullenberg S. Transition and development in India. London: Routledge, 2003. 374 р.

Interrogating India’s Modernity: Democracy Identity and Citizenship / ed. S. Jodhka. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2013. 356 р.

Crony Capitalism in India: Establishing Robust Counteractive Institutional Frameworks / eds. N. Khatri, A. O jha. Basingstoke: Palgave Macmillan, 2016. 228 р.

Jodhka S. Caste in Contemporary India. New Delhi: Routledge, 2015. 252 р.

Вебер М. Город // Избранное. Образобщества. М.: Юрист, 1994. С. 309–446.

Castels M. The Informational City. Information Technology, Economic Restructuring and the Urban-Regional Process. Oxford, Cambridge: Blackwell. 1989. 416 р.

Крупный город: проблемы и тенденции развития / ред. В. А. В оротилов. Л.: Наука, 1988. 167 с.

Образ жизни населения крупного города: опыт комплексного социального исследования / Андрейченко И. Н. и др.; под ред. А. С. П ашкова; ЛГУ. Научно-исследовательский институт комплексных социальных исследований. Л.: Изд-во ЛГУ, 1988. 288 с. (Человек и общество. Вып. 23).

Веселов Ю. В. Экономическая социология одного города: пространство Петербурга // Журнал социологии и социальной антропологии. 2009. Т. X II, № 2. С. 153–185.

Bombay: Metaphor for Modern India / eds. Patel S., Thorner A. New Dalhi: Oxford University Press, 2003. 298 р.

Bombay and Mumbai: The City in Transition / eds. S. Patel, J. Masselos. New Dalhi: Oxford Univercity Press, 2003. 347 р.

De Wit J. Urban Poverty, Local Governance and Everyday Politics in Mumbai. London: Routledge India, 2017. 320 р.

Россияне и китайцы в эпоху перемен: Сравнительное исследование в Санкт-Петербурге и Шанхае начала XX I века / под общ. ред. Е. Н. Даниловой, В. А. Я дова, П. Давэя. М.: Логос, 2012. 452 с.

Социальные характеристики Санкт-Петербурга и Шанхая в начале XX I века. М.: Институт социологии РАН, 2010. 112 с.

Экономическая социология: теория и история / Веселов Ю. В . и др.; под ред. Ю. В . Веселова, А. Л . Кашина. СПб.: Изд-во «Нестор-История», 2012. 770 с.

Amin S. Russia and the Long Transition from Capitalism to Socialism. New York: Monthly Review Press, 2016. 142 р.

Гершенкрон А. Экономическая отсталость в исторической перспективе. М.: Дело, 2015. 536 c.

Handbook on Social Stratification in the BR IC Countries. Change and Perspective / eds. P. L i, M. K. Gorshkov, C. S calon, K. L . S harma. Singapore: World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., 2013. 822 р.

Veselov Y., Sinyutin M., Kapustkina E. Trust, Morality, and Markets Rethinking Economy and Society via the Russian Case. Frankfurt am Main: PeterLang, 2016. 152 р.

Индекс экономической свободы на сайте Херитедж Фаундейшн. URL: http://www.heritage.org/index/ranking (дата обращения: 15.12.2016).

Индекс распределения семейного дохода на сайте ЦРУ URL: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2172rank.html (дата обращения: 15.12.2016).

Veblen T. The Beginning of Ownership // American Journal of Sociology. 1898–9. Vol. 4, N 3. Р. 352–365.

Дюмон Л. Homo hierarchicus: опыт описания системы каст. СПб.: Евразия, 2001. 480 с.

Малое и среднее предпринимательство в Санкт-Петербурге и Ленинградской области в 2014 году. Статистический сборник / Петростат. СПб.: ОП Петростат, 2015. 186 с.

Дамберг С., Чикадзе Е. Армяне в обувном бизнесе Петербурга // Этничность и экономика: сб. статей по материалам международного семинара (Санкт-Петербург, 9–12 сентября 1999 г.) / под ред. О. Бредниковой, В. Воронкова, Е. Чикадзе. СПб.: ЦНСИ, 2000. С. 54–59.

Bhosale B. V., Prasenjeet K. Kolahapur: Paramparik Charmaudvog Airanvivar. Mumbai: Dr. Babasahaeb Ambedkar Centre of Social Justice. 2012. 36 р. (in Marathi).

Болтански Л., Кьяпелло Э. Новый дух капитализма. М.: Новое литературное обозрение, 2011. 976 с.


References

Kovalevskii M. M. Ocherk proiskhozhdeniia i razvitiia sem’i i sobstvennosti [Survey of the origins and development of family and property]. Moscow, KomKniga Publ., 2007. 152 p. (in Russian)

Aslund A. Russia’s Capitalist Revolution: Why Market Reform Succeeded and Democracy Failed. Washington: Peterson Institute, 2007. 384 p.

Menshikov S. M. Anatomiia rossiiskogo kapitalizma [Anatomy of Russian capitalism]. Moscow, Mezhdunarodnye otnosheniia Publ., 2008. 428 p. (in Russian)

Kapitalizm v Rossii: v poiskakh novykh institutsional’nykh osnovanii [Capitalism in Russia: in search of a new institutional basis]. Ed. by M. V. S inyutin. St. Petersburg, Renome Publ., 2013. 168 p. (in Russian)

Chakrabarti A., Cullenberg S. Transition and development in India. London, Routledge, 2003. 374 p.

Interrogating India’s Modernity: Democracy Identity and Citizenship. Ed. by S. Jodhka. New Delhi, Oxford University Press, 2013. 356 p.

Crony Capitalism in India: Establishing Robust Counteractive Institutional Frameworks. Eds. N. Khatri, A. O jha. Basingstoke, Palgave Macmillan, 2016. 228 p.

Jodhka S. Caste in Contemporary India. New Delhi, Routledge, 2015. 252 p.

Weber M. [The City]. Izbrannoe. Obraz obschestva [Selected Works. The image of society]. Мoscow, Jurist Publ., 1994, pp. 309–446. (in Russian)

Castels M. The Informational City. Information Technology, Economic Restructuring and the Urban-Regional Process. Oxford, Cambridge, Blackwell. 1989. 416 p.

Krupnyi gorod: problemy i tendentsii razvitiia [Big city: problems and development trends]. Ed. by V. A . Vorotilov. Leningrad, Nauka Publ., 1988. 167 p. (in Russian)

Obraz zhizni naseleniia krupnogo goroda: Opyt kompleksnogo sotsial’nogo issledovaniia [The way of life of the population of a large city. Experience in integrated social studies]. I. N. A ndrejchenko etc. Ed. A. S . Pashkov. LGU. Nauchno-issledovatel’skii institut kompleksnykh sotsial’nykh issledovanii. Leningrad, Publishing house of Leningrad State University, 1988. 288 p. (Chelovek I obschestvo [Man and society]; Vypusk. 23). (in Russian)

Veselov Yu.V. Ekonomicheskaia sotsiologiia odnogo goroda: prostranstvo Peterburga [Economic sociology of one city: space of St-Petersburg]. Zhurnal sotsiologii i sotsial’noi antropologii [Journal of sociology and social anthropology], 2009, vol. X II, no. 2, pp. 153–185. (in Russian)

Bombay: Metaphor for Modern India. Eds. S. Patel, A. Thorner. New Dalhi, Oxford University Press, 2003. 298 p.

Bombay and Mumbai: The City in Transition. Eds. S. Patel, J. Masselos. New Dalhi, Oxford Univercity Press, 2003. 347 p.

De Wit J. Urban Poverty, Local Governance and Everyday Politics in Mumbai. London, Routledge India, 2017. 320 p.

Rossiiane i kitaitsy v epokhu peremen: Sravnitel’noe issledovanie v Sankt-Peterburge i Shankhae nachala XXI veka [The Russians and Chinese in an era of change: a Comparative study in St. Petersburg and Shanghai at the beginning of XXI century]. Eds. E. N. Danilova, V. A . Y adov, P. Davaa. Moscow, Logos Publ., 2012. 452 p. (in Russian)

Sotsial’nye kharakteristiki Sankt-Peterburga i Shankhaia v nachale XXI veka [Social characteristics of St-Petersburg and Shanghai at the beginning of the XXI century]. Moscow, ISRA N Publ., 2010. 112 p. (in Russian)

Ekonomicheskaia sotsiologiia: teoriia i istoriia [Economic Sociology: theory and history]. Yu. V. Veselov etc. Eds. Yu. V. Veselov, A. L . Kashin. St. Petersburg, Nestor-Istoriya Publ., 2012. 770 p. (in Russian)

Amin S. Russia and the Long Transition from Capitalism to Socialism. New York, Monthly Review Press, 2016. 142 p.

Gerschenkron A. Ekonomicheskaia otstalost’ v istoricheskoi perspektive [Economic backwardness in historical perspective]. Moscow, Delo Publ., 2015. 536 p. (in Russian)

Handbook on Social Stratification in the BRIC Countries. Change and Perspective. Eds. P. Li, M. K. Gorshkov, C. S calon, K. L . S harma. Singapore, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., 2013. 822 p.

Veselov Yu., Sinyutin M., Kapustkina E. Trust, Morality, and Markets Rethinking Economy and Society via the Russian Case. Frankfurt am Main, PeterLang Publ., 2016. 152 p.

Indeks ekonomicheskoi svobody na saite Kheritedzh Faundeishn [Index of economic freedom at Heritage Foundation site]. Available at: http://www.heritage.org/index/ranking (accessed: 15.12.2016). (in Russian)

Indeks raspredeleniia semeinogo dokhoda na saite TsRU [Index of family budget distribution at CIA city]. Available at: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2172rank.html (accessed: 15.12.2016). (in Russian)

Veblen T. The Beginning of Ownership. American Journal of Sociology, 1898–9, vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 352–365.

Dumont L. Homohier archicus: opyt opisaniia sistemy kast [Homo hierarchicus: the experience of the description of the system of castes]. St. Petersburg, Eurasia Publ., 2001. 480 p. (in Russian)

Maloe i srednee predprinimatel’stvo v Sankt-Peterburge i Leningradskoi oblasti v 2014 godu. Statisticheskii sbornik [Small and middle entrepreneurship in St-Petesburg and Leningrad region. Statistical compendium]. Petrostat. St. Petersburg, OP Petrostat, 2015. 186 p. (in Russian)

Damberg S., Chikadze E. [Armenians in the Shoe business in St. Petersburg]. Etnichnost’ i ekonomika: Sb. statei po materialam mezhdunarodnogo seminara (Sankt-Peterburg, 9–12 sentiabria 1999 g.) [Ethnicity and economy]. Eds. O. B rednikova, V. Voronkov, E. C hikadze. St. Petersburg, CISR Publ., 2000, pp. 54–59. (in Russian)

Bhosale B. V., Prasenjeet K. Kolahapur: Paramparik Charmaudvog Airanvivar. Mumbai, Dr. Babasahaeb Ambedkar Centre of Social Justice. 2012. 36 p. (in Marathi)

Boltanski L., Chiapello E. Novyi dukh kapitalizma [The New Spirit of Capitalism]. Moscow, Novoe literaturnoe obozrenie Publ., 2011. 976 p. (in Russian)

Published

2017-04-25

How to Cite

Веселов, Ю. В., Карапетян, Р. В., Синютин, М. В., Витхал, Б. Б., & Прасенжит, К. Х. (2017). ANALYTICAL MODEL FOR STUDY OF SHOEMAKING IN SAINT-PETERSBURG AND MUMBAI. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Sociology, 10(1), 23–37. https://doi.org/10.21638/10.21638/11701/spbu12.2017.102

Issue

Section

Sociology of labor and professions

Most read articles by the same author(s)