scholarly journals Polygamy, the Commodification of Women, and Underdevelopment

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-34
Author(s):  
Daniel Seligson ◽  
Anne E. C. McCants
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Family Systems ◽  
Social Institutions ◽  
Social Conventions ◽  
Bride Price

Abstract Family systems shape social institutions, yet they are rarely considered in histories of economic development. In this article, we show that a suite of social conventions—such as age gaps at marriage, bride price, sequestration, and discrimination and violence against women—are overrepresented in polygamous societies as compared to monogamous societies. This dichotomy can be explained on the grounds that polygamy produces a chronic scarcity of marriageable females. We argue that this suite, which we call gamos and which we quantify by two different methods, has demonstrably significant consequences for social, institutional, and economic development.

SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND THEIR IMPACT ON THE CYCLICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE ECONOMY

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 133-147
Author(s):  
I.R. LYAPINA ◽  
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T.A. ZHURAVLEVA ◽  
I.V. SKOBLIAKOVA ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Social Institutions ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Regulatory Processes ◽  
The Family ◽  
Production And Distribution ◽  
Optimization Mechanism ◽  
Theoretical Foundations

The purpose of the research is to study of the features of the influence of social institutions on the cyclicality and dynamics of economic development in the context of identifying the role of social institutions at individual phases of the cycle of economic development, as well as consideration of the functions and tools of social institutions by phases of economic development. The subject of the research is a set of roles, functions and tools of social institutions related to different phases of the cycle of economic development. The methodological base is formed for the implementation of scientific research tasks. Its tools are methods that allow reflecting the features of the influence of social institutions on the cyclical nature of the economy: the method of theoretical foundations, the method of grouping, the method of analysis, the method of comparison, the method of implication. As a result of the study, it is indicated that the functions of social institutions should be highlighted: the consolidation of emerging social relations, adaptation, regulatory processes, a communication basis and a translational basis. The instruments that influence economic fluctuations are formed in the context of social institutions. Thus, the institution of the family is characterized by the use of an optimization mechanism, the concept of sustainability of social relations, the concept of production and distribution of economic benefits in order to meet the needs of each of the subjects.

scholarly journals Strategi Pemberdayaan Masyarakat di Masa Pandemi melalui Program Peduli Dampak Corona (APDC) di LAZ Dompet Dhuafa Cabang Malang

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 153-169
Author(s):  
Muhamad Faiz Abudalisa ◽  
M. Hafiar Baidlowi
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
World Economy ◽  
Social Institutions ◽  
Animal Husbandry ◽  
Fish Farming ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Community Empowerment ◽  
Artificial Ponds ◽  
Vegetables And Fruits

This study intends to provide a formulation of community empowerment strategies during the pandemic which is carried out by the Malang branch of the Dompet Dhu'afa zakat institution. So far, every zakat institution has focused programs on the community (not only mustahik), but the program is only sudden and not programmed. However, the community empowerment strategy carried out by Dompet Dhu'afa was very effective because it was followed by an accurate management pattern, proportional-based programs and economic development. This is important to research, considering that a community empowerment strategy has not been formulated which has become a national pilot in the midst of a weakening world economy. This research is a descriptive qualitative study with a phenomenological approach to social institutions. All data are primary and extracted based on interview and documentation guidelines, in the final stage it is presented after going through the triangulation process. From the results of this study, several important things were found, namely the implementation of the Aksi peduli Dampak Corona program (APDC) during the Covid-19 pandemic, namely: 1) fish farming in artificial ponds, a freshwater fish cultivation program managed directly by the surrounding community. using artificial pond media, 2) Empowered Farmers are farming activities in the form of local vegetables and fruits which are commodities in the Malang region. Which in turn is managed directly by the surrounding community and directly supervised by experts from planting, maintenance, harvesting, to marketing, 3) Animal husbandry is one of the Corona Impact Care Action movements, here Dompet Dhuafa East Java presents approximately 30 sheep to be managed by surrounding communities affected by this pandemic as well as the stock for distributing the Sacrificial Animal Spread program next year.

scholarly journals Population Dynamics in Pre-Modern China

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhongwei Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Population Growth ◽  
Chinese Population ◽  
Environmental Changes ◽  
Demographic History ◽  
Social Institutions ◽  
Population History ◽  
Chinese History ◽  
Population Changes ◽  
The Past

China constituted one of the earliest civilizations in the world. During most of the past two millennia, China was also one of the most advanced economies and the home of around a quarter of the world’s population. By the start of the first millennium, the Chinese population was already about sixty million. In the next two thousand years, China’s population growth and economic development significantly influenced the world’s population changes and history. Partly for these reasons, in the study of population and social history, China’s historical population growth, demographic regimes, marriage patterns, and household formation systems are frequently used as examples in the discussion of population changes, microsocial structure, and their relationships with natural resources and economic development in past times. Population changes were one of the key components of Chinese history. The size and density of the population, the rise and fall of fertility and mortality, and the increase and decrease of population movements were not only related to demographic factors such as age structure. They were also strongly affected by political and economic conditions, social institutions and cultural traditions, and natural and social environments. Therefore, studies of demographic history, those conducted recently in particular, often shed new light on economic, political, social, and environmental changes in the past. This bibliography, through reviewing major works published in Chinese and English, provides an introduction to China’s main historical population data sources, major research questions, and debates in the study of Chinese population history. It also introduces recent advances in Chinese historical demography and important research findings made by these developments.

Trust and Social Capital

2009 ◽  
pp. 75-91
Author(s):  
Ben Kei Daniel
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Policy Analysis ◽  
Social Institutions ◽  
Wide Spread ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Trusting Relationships ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Computational Systems

Regardless of any approach taken for examining social capital, researchers continuously converge on some key issues such as trust and yet diverge on several others about concrete and consistent indicators for measuring social capital. Many researchers believe that presence or absences of social capital can be solely linked to trusting relationships people build with each other as well as social institutions of civil engagement. It is not clearly known however, whether trust itself is a precondition for generating social capital or whether there are other intermediary variables that can influence the role of trust in creating social capital. In addition, similar to social capital, the definition of trust is problematic and it remains a nebulous concept and equally, with many dimensions. Interests in the analysis of trust are wide spread among many disciplines, notably policy analysis, economic development, reliability and security of distributed computational systems and many others. The variety of approaches currently employed to investigate trust and different interpretations of its role in fostering social capital has resulted into a diverse array of knowledge about the concept and its relationship to social capital. This Chapter provides a broader overview of work on trust. It discusses how researchers have used trust as a proxy for measuring social capital.

Economic Development and Social Institutions: S. Jayapandian: Convertibility Clause and Investment Climate-An IFMR Survey. Institute for Financial Management and Research, Madras, 1980, xiii, 68p., Rs. 15.

1982 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 247-259
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Financial Management ◽  
Cost Benefit Analysis ◽  
Cost Benefit ◽  
Social Institutions ◽  
Public Enterprise ◽  
Indian Society ◽  
Investment Climate ◽  
The North ◽  
The Family

Economic Development and Social Institutions: S. JAYAPANDIAN: Convertibility Clause and Investment Climate—An IFMR Survey. D. ARUNA: Social Cost Benefit Analysis. LEON SWARTZBERG, Jr.: The North Indian Peasant Goes to Market. ARVIND K. SHARMA: Management Development in Public Enterprise. MAN SINGH DAS and PANOS D. BARDIS ( Eds.): The Family in Asia. BINOD C. AGRAWAL: Cultural Contours of Religion and Economics in Hindu Universe. RAGHUVIR SINHA: Family to Religion: A Theoretical Exposition of Basic Social Institutions. R. JAYARAMAN: Caste and Class : Dynamics of Inequality in Indian Society.

The main characteristics of social institutions of state economic development

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-47
Author(s):  
Вячеслав Щербин ◽  
Vyacheslav Shcherbin ◽  
Наталия Симченко ◽  
Nataliya Simchenko
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Social Institutions ◽  
Functional Characteristics ◽  
Conceptual Content ◽  
State Economic Development ◽  
Definition Of

In this paper using of the conceptual content of the concept of “institution” described. The regulatory, informational, evolutionary, transactional and organizational approaches to the definition of the concept of “institution” are analyzed. The definitional, status and functional characteristics of social institutions of economic development of the country are analyzed and discussed.

Religiosity and economic attitudes in post-communist Central Europe: Some additional evidence

2019 ◽  
Vol 66 (4) ◽  
pp. 522-542
Author(s):  
Pavol Minarik
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Institutional Change ◽  
Central Europe ◽  
Explanatory Variable ◽  
Social Institutions ◽  
Transition Process ◽  
Economic Research ◽  
Economic Attitudes ◽  
Communist Countries

Religion and religiosity are rarely the main focus of economic research; although, some studies have already shown the importance of religion for economic development. Previous research has also provided some evidence that religiosity matters in the process of formation of economic attitudes. Economic attitudes and culture in general affect social institutions and economic development, especially in the periods of institutional change. This article provides some additional evidence that religiosity has had an impact on economic attitudes in post-communist countries. Thus, religion shall be taken seriously as an explanatory variable when it comes to evaluation of transition process and its outcomes.

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