scholarly journals Techno-solutionism and the standard human in the making of the COVID-19 pandemic

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 205395172096678 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefania Milan
Keyword(s):  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Social Consequences ◽  
Social Costs ◽  
Biomedical Domain ◽  
Medical Sciences ◽  
Critical Data ◽  
The Social ◽  
Global Uncertainty ◽  
Ways Of Being

Quantification is particularly seductive in times of global uncertainty. Not surprisingly, numbers, indicators, categorizations, and comparisons are central to governmental and popular response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This essay draws insights from critical data studies, sociology of quantification and decolonial thinking, with occasional excursion into the biomedical domain, to investigate the role and social consequences of counting broadly defined as a way of knowing about the virus. It takes a critical look at two domains of human activity that play a central role in the fight against the virus outbreak, namely medical sciences and technological innovation. It analyzes their efforts to craft solutions for their user base and explores the unwanted social costs of these operations. The essay argues that the over-reliance of biomedical research on “whiteness” for lab testing and the techno-solutionism of the consumer infrastructure devised to curb the social costs of the pandemic are rooted in a distorted idea of a “standard human” based on a partial and exclusive vision of society and its components, which tends to overlook alterity and inequality. It contends that to design our way out of the pandemic, we ought to make space for distinct ways of being and knowing, acknowledging plurality and thinking in terms of social relations, alterity, and interdependence.

scholarly journals Legal Nihilism in the Context of the Implementation of Amnesty and the Social Consequences of its use (on the Example of the Russian Federation)

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 6069-6072 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Comprehensive Analysis ◽  
Social Consequences ◽  
Dual Nature ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Russian Federation

The article deals with the peculiarities of the interaction of such legal phenomena as legal nihilism and amnesty. Based on a comprehensive analysis of these phenomena, the authors substantiate the opinion that the issue of an amnesty act can have both positive and negative social consequences, which reflect the dual nature of legal nihilism: the combination of both destructive manifestations and a positive impact on social relations.

scholarly journals The Social Consequences and Mechanisms of Personality: How to Analyse Longitudinal Data from Individual, Dyadic, Round–Robin and Network Designs

2015 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 272-295 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steffen Nestler ◽  
Kevin J. Grimm ◽  
Felix D. Schönbrodt
Keyword(s):  
Social Relations ◽  
Round Robin ◽  
Social Consequences ◽  
Network Data ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Latent Growth ◽  
Personality Psychology ◽  
Growth Curve Models ◽  
The Social ◽  
Analytical Approaches

There is a growing interest among personality psychologists in the processes underlying the social consequences of personality. To adequately tackle this issue, complex designs and sophisticated mathematical models must be employed. In this article, we describe established and novel statistical approaches to examine social consequences of personality for individual, dyadic and group (round–robin and network) data. Our overview includes response surface analysis (RSA), autoregressive path models and latent growth curve models for individual data; actor–partner interdependence models and dyadic RSAs for dyadic data; and social relations and social network analysis for round–robin and network data. Altogether, our goal is to provide an overview of various analytical approaches, the situations in which each can be employed and a first impression about how to interpret their results. Three demo data sets and scripts show how to implement the approaches in R. Copyright © 2015 European Association of Personality Psychology

scholarly journals The social consequences and mechanisms of personality: How to analyse longitudinal data from individual, dyadic, round-robin and network designs

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steffen Nestler ◽  
Kevin J. Grimm ◽  
Felix D. Schönbrodt
Keyword(s):  
Social Relations ◽  
Round Robin ◽  
Social Consequences ◽  
Network Data ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Latent Growth ◽  
Growth Curve Models ◽  
The Social ◽  
Path Models ◽  
Analytical Approaches

There is a growing interest among personality psychologists in the processes underlying the social consequences of personality. To adequately tackle this issue, complex designs and sophisticated mathematical models must be employed. In this article we describe established and novel statistical approaches to examine social consequences of personality for individual, dyadic, and group (round-robin and network) data. Our overview includes response Surface analysis (RSA), autoregressive path models, and latent growth curve models for individual data; actor-partner interdependence models and dyadic RSAs for dyadic data; and social relations and social network analysis for round robin and network data. Altogether, our goal is to provide an overview of various analytical approaches, the situations in which each can be employed, and a first impression about how to interpret their results. Three demo data sets and scripts show how to implement the approaches in R.

scholarly journals The Four Ways of Eco-global Criminology

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 8-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rob White
Keyword(s):  
Social Relations ◽  
Ways Of Knowing ◽  
Green Criminology ◽  
Ecological Processes ◽  
The Social ◽  
Global Study ◽  
Political Economic ◽  
Ways Of Being ◽  
Global Criminology ◽  
International Social

In charting out the ‘four ways’ of eco-global criminology, this paper discusses the importance of recognising and acting in regards to the differences evident in (1) ways of being (ontology), (2) ways of knowing (epistemology), (3) ways of doing (methodology) and (4) ways of valuing (axiology). The paper assumes and asserts that global study of environmental crime is essential to the green criminology project, and particularly an eco-global criminology approach. Specific instances of criminal and harmful activity therefore need to be analysed in the context of broad international social, political, economic and ecological processes. The article outlines the key ideas of eco-global criminology, a perspective that argues that global study must always be inclusive of voices from the periphery and margins of the world’s metropolitan centres, and critical of the social relations that sustain the epistemological as well as material realities and legacies of colonialism and imperialism. Yet, in doing so, there arise many paradoxes and conundrums that likewise warrant close attention.

scholarly journals cultivating oppositional debt ethics and consciousness: philosophy for/with children as counter-conduct in the neoliberal debt economy

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (36) ◽  
pp. 01-32
Author(s):  
Jason Thomas Wozniak
Keyword(s):  
Social Relations ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Educational Practice ◽  
Racial Capitalism ◽  
Political Implications ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
Political Act ◽  
Political Economic ◽  
Ways Of Being

In this article, I examine what the ethical and political implications of conceptualizing and practicing philosophy for/with children (P4wC) in the neoliberal debt economy are. Though P4wC cannot alone bring about any significant transformation of debt political-economic realities, it can play an important role in cultivating oppositional debt ethics and consciousness. The first half of this article situates P4wC within the current global debt economy. Here, I summarize the analyses made by critical theorists of the ways that debt impacts public institutions (including schools), and shapes individual subjectivity. The second half of this article builds on Michel Foucault’s conceptualization of “counter-conduct.” For Foucault, counter-conduct is an ethical/political act of resistance against governmentality, one that makes possible alternative social relations and ways of being in the world. I argue in this section that P4wC should be conceptualized, and practiced, as form of counter-conduct that challenges power in the debt economy. Both the form of P4wC pedagogy, and the content that can be taken up in a collective manner in communities of inquiry, make P4wC a potential site for debt counter-conduct practices. Thought of as counter-conduct, P4wC is an educational practice with liberatory promise. I conclude this piece with brief ruminations on practicing P4wC in the time of COVID, and during the uprisings around the world against racial capitalism. It is suggested here that P4wC not only be practiced within formal education settings, but also in the social movements that are fighting to bring into being a world more just for all of us. En este artículo, examino cuáles son las implicaciones éticas y políticas de conceptualizar y practicar la filosofía para / con niños (P4wC) en la economía de la deuda neoliberal. Aunque P4wC no puede provocar por sí solo ninguna transformación significativa de las realidades político-económicas de la deuda, puede desempeñar un papel importante en el cultivo de una ética y una conciencia de la deuda opuestas. La primera mitad de este artículo sitúa a P4wC dentro de la economía de deuda global actual. Aquí, resumo los análisis realizados por teóricos críticos sobre las formas en que la deuda afecta a las instituciones públicas (incluidas las escuelas) y configura la subjetividad individual. La segunda mitad de este artículo se basa en la conceptualización de la "contra-conducta" de Michel Foucault. Para Foucault, la contra-conducta es un acto ético / político de resistencia contra la gobernamentalidad, que posibilita relaciones sociales y formas de estar en el mundo alternativas. Sostengo en esta sección que P4wC debe conceptualizarse y practicarse como una forma de contra-conducta que desafía el poder en la economía de la deuda. Tanto la forma pedagógica de P4wC, como su contenido adoptados de manera colectiva en las comunidades de investigación, hacen de P4wC un sitio potencial para las prácticas de contra-conducta de la deuda. Pensada como una contra-conducta, P4wC es una práctica educativa con promesa liberadora. Concluyo este artículo con breves reflexiones sobre la práctica de P4wC en la época de COVID y de los alzamientos en todo el mundo contra el capitalismo racial. Aquí se sugiere que P4wC no solo se practique dentro de los entornos de educación formal, sino también en los movimientos sociales que luchan por crear un mundo más justo para todos nosotros. Key Words: Debt (Deuda), Philosophy for/with Children (P4wC) (Filosofía para / con niños), Counter-Conduct (contra-conducta)

The Dark Side of Luxury: Social Costs of Luxury Consumption

2018 ◽  
Vol 45 (5) ◽  
pp. 767-779 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Cannon ◽  
Derek D. Rucker
Keyword(s):  
Impression Management ◽  
Social Cost ◽  
Social Consequences ◽  
Social Costs ◽  
Dark Side ◽  
Social Benefits ◽  
Luxury Consumption ◽  
Luxury Goods ◽  
Lay Beliefs ◽  
The Social

Extant research demonstrates that luxury goods are beneficial signals that bestow upon individuals social benefits that range from positive evaluations to compliance. In contrast to this perspective, the current work explores the idea that luxury goods can carry significant negative social costs for actors. Across four experiments, the social cost of luxury is examined. Although individuals who display luxury goods are ascribed higher status, they can pay a hefty tax when it comes to warmth. The social costs of luxury consumption appear to be driven by impression management concerns rather than envy. Consequently, whether the consumption of luxury goods yields positive or negative social consequences for an actor critically depends both on whether status or warmth is relevant for a decision and observers’ own lay beliefs about luxury consumption. Overall, this work reveals the more complex psychology of individuals’ interpretation and response to actors’ use of luxury goods.

scholarly journals The social consequences of control: accounting for indentured labour in Fiji 1879-1920

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 130-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
Umesh Sharma ◽  
Helen Irvine
Keyword(s):  
Control Systems ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Social Consequences ◽  
Social Costs ◽  
Social Implications ◽  
Institutional Setting ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Social ◽  
Sugar Plantations ◽  
Accounting Control

Purpose This is a study of the social consequences of accounting controls over labour. This paper aims to examine the system of tasking used to control Indian indentured workers in the historical context of Fijian sugar plantations during the British colonial period from 1879 to 1920. Design/methodology/approach Archival data consisting of documents from the Colonial Secretary’s Office, reports and related literature on Indian indentured labour were accessed from the National Archives of Fiji. In addition, documented accounts of the experiences of indentured labourers over the period of the study gave voice to the social costs of the indenture system, highlighting the social impact of accounting control systems. Findings Accounting and management controls were developed to extract surplus value from Indian labour. The practice of tasking was implemented in a plantation structure where indentured labourers were controlled hierarchically. This resulted in their exploitation and consequent economic, social and racial marginalisation. Research limitations/implications Like all historical research, our interpretation is limited by the availability of archival documents and the theoretical framework chosen to examine these documents. Practical implications The study promotes a better understanding of the practice and impact of accounting controls within a particular institutional setting, in this case the British colony of Fiji. Social implications By highlighting the social implications of accounting controls in their historical context, we alert corporations, government policy makers, accountants and workers to the socially damaging effects of exploitive management control systems. Originality/value The paper contributes to the growing body of literature highlighting the social effects of accounting control systems. It exposes the social costs borne by indentured workers employed on Fijian sugar plantations.

scholarly journals The ‘new’ Philippine future “beside” the exodus

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-68
Author(s):  
Jeremaiah M. Opiniano
Keyword(s):  
The Philippines ◽  
Social Consequences ◽  
Social Costs ◽  
Economic Empowerment ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Social ◽  
Development Data ◽  
Economic Constraints ◽  
Migration And Development

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to review the international migration-and-development story of the Philippines, amongst the leading migrant-origin countries.Design/methodology/approachMigration and socio-economic development data are used to depict the migration-and-development conditions of the Philippines.FindingsThe Philippines has mastered the management of overseas migration based on its bureaucracy and policies for the migrant sector. Migration also rose for decades given structural economic constraints. However, the past 10 years of macro-economic growth may have seen migration and remittances helping lift the Philippines' medium-to-long term acceleration. The new Philippine future beside the overseas exodus hinges on two trends: accelerating the economic empowerment of overseas Filipinos and their families to make them better equipped to handle the social costs of migration; and strategizing how to capture a “diasporic dividend” by pushing for more investments from overseas migrants' savings.Research limitations/implicationsThis paper may not cover the entirety of the Philippines' migration-and-development phenomenon.Practical implicationsImproving the financial capabilities of overseas Filipinos and their families will lead to their economic empowerment and to hopefully a more resilient handling of the (negative) social consequences of migration.Social implicationsIf overseas Filipinos and their families handle their economic resources better, they may be able to conquer the social costs of migration.Originality/valueThis paper employed a population-and-development (PopDev) framework to analyse the migration-and-development conditions of the Philippines.

‘There’s Something Wrong with You’

Young ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 323-338 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sian Supski ◽  
Jo Lindsay
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Heavy Drinking ◽  
Social Consequences ◽  
Religious Groups ◽  
Self Identity ◽  
Lifestyle Choice ◽  
Choice Making ◽  
Youth Cultures ◽  
The Social ◽  
Ways Of Being

Contemporary universities in Western democracies are renowned for heavy drinking youth cultures. In this context, abstinence is ‘accountable’ behaviour that requires justification. Some previous research has reported accounts of why young people choose not to drink and the social consequences, but there is limited research on how they achieve abstinence in a heavy drinking culture. Drawing on Heller’s notion of choosing oneself and Giddens’ concept of reflexive choice making, we show how young non-drinking Australian university students emphasize abstinence as an individual lifestyle choice, show determined strength in their decision not to drink and report eventual acceptance from their peers. The non-drinkers in our research use some similar accounts noted in other research such as ‘being sporty’ or ‘focused on their studies’, yet they do not position themselves as part of an alternative subculture such as those in straight edge or religious groups. They choose their abstinent selves both in an existential sense and as an act of everyday self-identity. We argue that the choice of abstinence needs to be viewed as a part of a positive claim to identity, alongside other alternative ways of being for university students.

scholarly journals SOCIOLOGICAL INDICATORS OF А SOCIAL EVENT AS FACTOR OF THE TRANSFORMATIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIETY

2018 ◽  
Vol 63 (3) ◽  
pp. 280-287
Author(s):  
A. S. Malmyhin
Keyword(s):  
Social Development ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Social Institutions ◽  
Social Reality ◽  
Social Consequences ◽  
Scientific Article ◽  
Social Event ◽  
Empirical Level ◽  
The Social

The scientific article presents sociological indicators that allow, first, to reveal the laws of the genesis, existence and influence of a social event on sociodynamics and the direction of social development, and secondly, to demark the social event among other phenomena of social reality. Three interrelated groups of its objective and subjective sociological indicators are distinguished on the basis of the sociological definition of the social event: genesis and determination; Social being; Social consequences. Sociological indicators of genesis and determination reflect the sources of a social event: the prerequisites, factors and reasons that cause the emergence of a social event. Sociological indicators of social life record the manifestation of the essential properties of a social event, as well as the existence in the social reality of the main structural components of a social event. Sociological indicators of the consequences of the influence of a social event on social development record changes in the leading structures and processes of society: in social institutions, in social relations, in the way of life and worldview of social actors. These indicators, in their unity and interrelationship, constitute an integral set of social markers that allow, at an empirical level, to carry out a sociological measurement of the influence of a social event on the socio-dynamics of society and the emergence of a qualitatively new social reality.

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