Habitus in relation to the stock market: National features

Abstract

The present study considers habitus as a matrix of symbolic competencies of the population which form a single system of social stereotypes in relation to the stock market. Different factors which influence forming of the habitus are determined in the paper. Some results of the author's researches characterizing the habitus in Russia are given in the paper. The author also makes a comparison of Russian and American attitude to the stock market.