Author(s) / Editor(s):

 Simonchuk Olena Volodymyrivna, Doctor of Sciences in Sociology, Head of the Department of Social Structures

 email: e.simon4uk@gmail.com

 ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7685-2387

Year: 2024

Pages: 171–196

Publication language: Ukrainian

Publisher: Institute of Sociology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

Type of Publication: chapter in edited volume

Publication Place: Kyiv

DOI: TBD

The chapter analyzes the dynamics of Ukrainians' perception of social inequality, social justice, and social well-being during a full-scale war based on data from monitoring surveys of the Institute of Sociology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine for 2021–2024. The study revealed a moderate decrease in self-assessments of social and material status while maintaining a stable level of satisfaction with various aspects of life. The wave-like dynamics of the perception of social inequality was recorded - from its mitigation in the first year of the war to a significant exacerbation later, but without exceeding pre-war indicators. Both new lines of social tension (between military and civilians of draft age, IDPs and host communities, those who left abroad and those who remained in Ukraine) and traditional ones (between people from the social "tops" and "bottoms", rich and poor) were identified. Overall, Ukrainian society demonstrates general resilience and relative similarity in the impact of the war on different social groups.

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