scholarly journals Fresh contact: Youth, migration, and atmospheres in India

2018 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 313-330 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane Dyson
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Word Meaning ◽  
Local Environment ◽  
Social Nature ◽  
Environmental Setting ◽  
The Social ◽  
Youth Agency ◽  
Indian Village ◽  
High Degree

This paper uses long-term research in an Indian village to develop Karl Mannheim’s notion of each generation’s ‘fresh contact’ with their inherited social and environmental setting. I examine how a generation of young people re-apprehend their local environment following a period of migration. I argue that young people aged between 25 and 34 who have lived outside their locality re-appraise their village economically and spiritually when they return home. I point to the social nature of this ‘fresh contact’, its spatial character, and the high degree of reflexivity that young men display in discussing their own agency as a generation – a point that emerged especially clearly in their discussion of the term ‘ mahaul,’ a Hindi word meaning ‘atmosphere’. The paper contributes to geographical and anthropological work on youth agency by highlighting the utility of notions of fresh contact in specific social conjunctures, such as the migration of a particular cohort. At the same time, it suggests the importance of placing alongside Mannheim’s work an explicit focus on the spatial nature of fresh contact, the sociality that constitutes cohorts as generations, and young people’s reflexive capacity to theorise their generational agency.

scholarly journals Measuring the cost of leaving care in Victoria

2006 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 26-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine Forbes ◽  
Brett Inder ◽  
Sunitha Raman
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Independent Living ◽  
The State ◽  
Family Welfare ◽  
Life Outcomes ◽  
The Social ◽  
Measuring Outcomes ◽  
Poor Outcomes ◽  
The Cost

On any given night in Victoria, around 4,000 children and young people live under the care and protection of the State. For many young people, this care extends over a long period of time, sometimes until their 18th birthday. It is well documented that young people leaving State care often lack the social and economic resources to assist them in making the transition into independent living. As a consequence, the long-term life outcomes from this group are frequently very poor. A recent report from the Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare in partnership with Monash University estimated that, for a typical cohort of 450 young people who leave care in Victoria each year, the direct cost to the State resulting from these poor outcomes is $332.5 million. The estimated average outcomes of the leaving care population are based on a recent survey involving sixty young people who had spent at least two years in care as teenagers. This paper provides an overview of the economic methodology used to estimate this cost, and provides discussion of the motivation for measuring outcomes in terms of costs to the State.

scholarly journals The French Left-Wing Radicals

1962 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 203-230 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leo A. Loubère
Keyword(s):  
Hard Core ◽  
Third Republic ◽  
Careful Study ◽  
Left Wing ◽  
The Third ◽  
Social Nature ◽  
The Social ◽  
Form Part ◽  
High Degree

During the first three decades of the Third Republic there appeared a group of left-wing republicans who became known as Radical-Socialists. As a group they had many ideas in common and tended to vote on many issues with a rather high degree of unity. However, a careful study of their voting record allows three divisions to be made among them. On the extreme Left were the hard core Radical-Socialists (HCRS). They are so designated because their voting record attained a total of about 90% on bills and orders of the day of an advanced social nature. Somewhat less consistent were the Radical-Socialists (RS) who attained at least 75%. Among the former were deputies whose stand for reform was about as consistent as that of the average Socialist. Some of the most famous were Georges Clemenceau, Camille Pelletan, Georges Perin, Tony Révillon, Désiré Barodet, Henri and Félix Mathé, Armand Duportal, Félix Cantagrel, Camille Raspati, Sigismond Lacroix, Ernest Lefèvre, Martin Nadaud, Stéphan Pichon, Emile Chautemps and Marius Chavanne. Among the Radical-Socialists were Antoine Achard, Jules Baulard, Henri Maret, Germain Casse, René Goblet, Paul Doumer, Edouard Lockroy, Gustave Mesureur, Louis-Bernard Montaut, Michel Salis, Emile Brousse, Jules Lasbaysses, Roque de Fillol, Gustave Hubbard, and Benjamin Raspati. Another group, somewhat peripheral to the present study but included in order to round it out, were the social Radicals(SR), or Radicaux de Gauche, as they called themselves after 1881. Their voting record averaged about 60%. The term “left-wing Radicals” includes all the above categories. The moderate or orthodox Radicals were really advanced liberals as regards social legislation, and do not form part of the groups examined in this essay.

scholarly journals Cause-Related Marketing: Do Managers Understand and Use This Tool?

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 587-604
Author(s):  
Mafalda M. Miranda ◽  
Susana Costa e Silva ◽  
Paulo Duarte ◽  
Daniel Glaser-Segura
Keyword(s):  
Marketing Strategy ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
Utaut Model ◽  
Cause Related Marketing ◽  
Social Nature ◽  
The Social ◽  
Competitive Factor ◽  
Depth Interviews

AbstractDesign - We relied on data obtained from in-depth interviews with managers. Data categorization allowed the application of the main constructs of the UTAUT model and the unveiling of the level of acceptance of Cause-Related Marketing (CrM) campaigns by managers and its use as a marketing strategy. Purpose – Most of the research on CrM emphasizes the benefits of these campaigns for charities and donors. The purpose of this study is to decode what managers think about CrM campaigns and try to discern and understand the principal motivations, benefits, and inherent risks to implement these campaigns. Findings - Managers recognize CrM benefits mainly relating them with an increase in reputation and image of the company, making it possible to differentiate and increase its notoriety. However, the social nature of this tool is what weights in the most on the decision of managers, since they recognize that being socially responsible is a competitive factor. The greatest constraints identified have to do with the effort on the implementation of the campaign and with the consumer’s scepticism, especially in transactional campaigns. Originality - With this research we were able to realize that there is a misunderstanding between the CrM concept and purely philanthropic marketing, which can somehow inhibit managers from recognizing the potential of this tool. Regarding CrM use, the position of managers shows a clear concern about the importance of harmonizing values between the company and the cause, betting on long-term campaigns with transparent communication and investing in the process of planning, implementing, and monitoring campaigns to improve their performance. This needs to be taken into account in future assessments of CrM campaigns.

scholarly journals Strategies for the Prevention of Social Exclusion: An Analysis of the Children's Fund

2008 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 251-270 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARIAN BARNES ◽  
KATE MORRIS
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Social Exclusion ◽  
Local Authority ◽  
Children And Young People ◽  
Multiple Dimensions ◽  
Marginalised Groups ◽  
The Social ◽  
Long Term Impact

AbstractThe Children's Fund involved the development of partnerships in every local authority in England to prevent the social exclusion of children and young people. This article draws from the national evaluation of this initiative to consider the strategies used to implement the Fund, and reflect on their capacity to address the multiple dimensions of exclusion experienced by marginalised groups of children and young people. It discusses the contested nature of the concept of social exclusion, but argues that this is a useful framework for understanding the processes by which children may become excluded and for assessing the capacity of strategies to address this. It concludes that the Children's Fund is likely to have limited long-term impact in this respect.

scholarly journals “Buy or Rent”: What Do Metropolitan Youth Choose

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 97-105
Author(s):  
O. A. Aleksandrova ◽  
E. I. Borkovskaya
Keyword(s):  
Staff Development ◽  
Young People ◽  
Financial Literacy ◽  
Rental Housing ◽  
Mortgage Lending ◽  
Social Spending ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Family ◽  
Intractable Problem

In the framework of financial literacy research, young people look like a not-too-responsible subject, prone to irrational consumption and not having the habit of long-term financial planning . However, the social context in which the burden of social spending is increasingly shifted onto the shoulders of the citizens, requires from them financial discipline, knowledge of financial instruments, and rational decisions . The article analyses the behaviour of metropolitan youth in the housing market . We showed that in the long term, the majority of young people are focused on the purchase of their own homes . It is due to the reluctance in the presence of the family to depend on the landlord and direct their funds into the “other people’s pocket”, as well as the perception of their housing as an asset . Satisfying modest requests of respondents is impossible without seeking financial assistance . A little more than half of the respondents see a bank as a lender, and more than a third of respondents see relatives or friends as a lender . Nearly half of the participants in the mass survey directly or indirectly faced mortgage lending; in most cases this experience was “rather positive” . As an alternative solution to the housing problem, young people see rent, the main advantage of which is increased mobility . Rent is not excluded and in the presence of own housing, which in this case will be rented . Despite their generally optimistic attitude, about half of the respondents believe that today housing is an intractable problem for young people . According to respondents, the state could help young people by implementing such measures as monitoring the reasonableness of pricing; subsidising mortgage interest or allocating quotas for young families and scarce staff; development of rental housing; increase of scholarships and promotion of employment for graduates so that young people start forming savings as early as possible; effective regional development policy allowing to unload the capital.

Young People in the Age of Crisis. Discovering Patterns of Change in Cosmopolitanism and Attitudes towards Europe/European Union among University Students in Southern Italy

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 138-165
Author(s):  
Massimo Pendenza ◽  
Dario Verderame
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Young People ◽  
University Students ◽  
Sense Of Belonging ◽  
Southern Italy ◽  
The European Union ◽  
The Social ◽  
European Crisis ◽  
The Eu

Since 2008, the European crisis, in its many forms, has brought about an increase in inequality and has loosened the social bonds between EU citizens. It is the young who have been hit hardest by the consequences of the crisis, as much in the short term as in the long term. One would reasonably expect the European crisis to have affected young people’s sense of belonging to Europe and to the EU. We will deal with this issue from the perspective of cosmopolitanism. In particular, this article, based on data from two surveys conducted in 2014 and 2018 among young university students in southern Italy, will attempt to ascertain whether the crisis is the background for young people’s changed ‘cosmopolitan openness’ (their sense of belonging and attitude to other people), their ideas about Europe, and the depth and manner of their support for the EU; it looks at those dimensions, both jointly and separately, bringing out the finer points. While cosmopolitan feelings and support for the EU do not seem to have changed to any great extent among the young people interviewed, they are far from presenting a homogeneous group as regards their views on diversity, Europe, and their support for the European Union.

GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT AND PROBLEMS OF YOUTH POLICY IN RUSSIA

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (11) ◽  
pp. 103-111
Author(s):  
Alexey I. Andreev ◽  
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Maria S. Varenik ◽  
Dmitry V. Ivanov ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Young People ◽  
Demographic Transition ◽  
Global Development ◽  
Youth Policy ◽  
Social Stratum ◽  
The Social ◽  
Global World

Youth are the backbone of innovative country and global development. Currently, developed and many developing countries have gone through a demographic transition. As a result, the number of young people is decreasing and the proportion of older people is increasing. At the same time, similar processes are taking place with the social stratum of "innovators", which includes scientists. This circumstance may lead to a long-term and difficult-to-overcome slowdown in economic growth, which Russia and other countries, and possibly the entire global world, have faced. For Russia, the set of solutions to the problem should lie in the plane of increasing the effectiveness of state youth policy by consolidating and strategizing its management in all spheres and industries.

scholarly journals "We are Russians” (Associative Ethnic Images of Young St. Petersburg Residents)

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 40-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zinaida V. Sikevic ◽  
Anna A. Fedorova
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Identity ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Young People ◽  
Social Character ◽  
The Past ◽  
Social Nature ◽  
Stage Of Development ◽  
Open Questions ◽  
The Social ◽  
Mechanisms Of Formation

The article is devoted to the study of ethnic identity of young people of Russian nationality (on the example of St. Petersburg), by means of associative method (verbal and non-verbal projections). The study found that the ethnic identity of Russians was positive in nature, which was revealed by both verbal and non-verbal associations. Men’s ethnic identity is much stronger than that of women, which is particularly evident in verbal images. This applies to both positive and negative opinions of social nature. The social character of men’s ethnic identity allows us to speak of its transition to the national stage of development, while “female” identity has predominantly ethnocultural orientation. Ethnic images, both verbal and especially non-verbal, are traditional, patriarchal and oriented to the past. The images are stereotypical, firm and weakly subject to dynamics, as evidenced by the similarity of associations in studies of 2001, 2009, 2016 and 2019. The associative method in the form of open questions with subsequent content analysis of characteristics, as well as incomplete proposals, allows us to look beyond controlled reflection, affecting the unrecognized mechanisms of formation of ethnic images.

Peers of independence: delinquent behavior of minors (1990s — early 2000s)

2021 ◽  
pp. 37-51
Author(s):  
LIUDMYLA KALASHNIKOVA ◽  
ALLA LOBANOVA
Keyword(s):  
Point Of View ◽  
Juvenile Crime ◽  
Judicial Practice ◽  
Social Nature ◽  
Juvenile Criminality ◽  
The Social ◽  
High Degree ◽  
Statistical Indicators ◽  
Real Scale ◽  
Ukrainian Society

The article attempts to analyze the social phenomenon of juvenile crime as a structural component of adult crime from the point of view in terms of identifying its causes and consequences, as well as the possibility of finding ways to prevent it, not only among the current adolescent generation and youth, but also among future generations. It is noted that the teenage cohort of the generation of peers of independence, which was formed in 2001–2009 — these are Ukrainians born in the 1990s, whose socialization took place during the period of anomie of Ukrainian society, and, consequently, their consciousness was formed under the influence of values and pseudo-values that were contradictory in their content. It is concluded that the social nature of juvenile criminality is due to historical variability, as well as a system of causes and factors that determine its appearance. Taking into account the statistical distributions of the total number and types of crimes committed by minors or with their participation, it has been proved that they, to a certain extent, reflect the laws of the development of society, since they are determined by the state and changes in material, social and spiritual conditions of life. It was also determined that juvenile crime is characterized by a high degree of latency due to the peculiarities of the legal and physical status of minors, the "regulation" of statistical indicators in investigative and judicial practice, and the real scale of the spread of juvenile criminality is several times higher than its registered component.

scholarly journals The Potter’s Wheel in the Chilean Central Valley: A Long-Term and Contextual Perspective on Technological Change

2021 ◽  
Vol XII (2) ◽  
pp. 267-279
Author(s):  
Jaume García Rosselló ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Technological Change ◽  
Central Valley ◽  
Pottery Production ◽  
Significant Events ◽  
The Social ◽  
Modern Context ◽  
Indian Village ◽  
The Many ◽  
Different Sources

In this article the social and technological dynamics detected in the transition from hand-made pottery to wheel-thrown ware in a modern context is considered. The many different sources supplemented by fieldwork provide a long-term perspective and a depiction of its present consequences. It is specifically explained, how an indigenous, hand-made, domestic and female pottery-production system has turned into an essentially male, wheel-thrown and workshop activity. After a series of significant events, the Indian village of Pomaire gained a reputation as a potter’s village. The several changes underwent by its population as regards to pottery production makes it an interesting example to analyse the origin and development of a process of technological change which ended up with the displacement of women from pottery-making and the introduction of the means for mechanised production during the 1980s. Thus, the social and technical transformations which have taken place since colonial times (beginning of the 16th century), for the potters of Pomaire are explained, enlarged on their history in order to contribute to a general reflection.

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