COLLABORATIONISM IN THE TEMPORARILY OCCUPIED TERRITORIES OF SOUTHERN UKRAINE: A SOCIOLOGICAL ASPECT

Abstract

The article is devoted to a sociological analysis of the manifestations of collaborationism in the territories of Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions, which were occupied as a result of large-scale Russian aggression in February – March 2022. The author conducted a non-formalized analysis and summarization of publicly available information on persons collaborating with the enemy, processed in the SPSS 17.0 program. It has been proven that collaborationism is an institutionally dysfunctional way of social behavior, when the implementation of customary social practices within the framework of traditional social institutions leads to the establishment of the power of the occupiers. It is shown that in the socio-structural dimension, this process takes place through incorporation into social institutions created by invaders, or capture of existing social organizations, as well as through financial and economic interactions. The author comes to the conclusion that the enemy's guides are dominated by representatives of the highest social strata, who before the war held the social status positions of managers and highly qualified workers, had the authority to act on behalf of the state. Accelerated career advancement is characteristic of educators, a large number of whom have gone from technical workers or beginning teachers to directors of educational institutions in a few weeks. Similar processes were noted among small employees who took the places of their former managers. It is also emphasized the extremely high level of manifestations of deviant behavior among persons who entered the service of "law enforcement agencies", which is connected both with the nature of social relations in this area, and with the efforts of collaborators to restore to their own advantage corrupt practices that have become impossible in Ukraine. The researcher states that representatives of the above-mentioned social strata became the biggest beneficiaries after the change of power and make up the social base of the occupation regime.