scholarly journals Social distance of youth of Luhansk region: survey results

2021 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 33-39
Author(s):  
Kateryna Kotelenets ◽  
Olena Kondratiuk
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Social Distance ◽  
Sexual Minorities ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
Personal Communication ◽  
The European Union ◽  
National Minorities ◽  
The Social ◽  
Survey Results

The article is devoted to the study of the social distance of the youth of Luhansk region. Social distance described as a certain degree of closeness and remoteness of people in relation to each other. It illustrates social relationships among people of different cultures, nationalities, social groups, so it is relevant for research. Exploring the problem of social distance, the author turns to the scientific works and research of such scientists as R. Park, E. Bogardus, V. Paniotto, N. Panina and others, describing their contribution to the development of science on this topic. The purpose of this article is to study the social distance of young people in Luhansk region, by conducting this study at the local level, which indicates the lack of such experience before. For this purpose, we chose the method of questionnaires, and 418 young people of Luhansk region of different ages and fields of activity acted as respondents. The study used a simplified method of E. Bogardus to measure the degree of social distance of respondents to representatives of certain social groups, and the terminology of interpretation of social distance by N. Panina. Also, a simplified scale of social distance was used, limited to three possible answers: "I agree to communicate with them personally", "I agree to accept them in society, but would like to avoid personal communication" and "No I want them to be in our society in general, ”and not only national minorities but also social groups of a marginal nature and representatives of sexual minorities were chosen as social groups. Particular attention was paid to the description of the results of the study. The study found that young people in Luhansk region have social closeness to residents of the European Union, are tolerant of people with disabilities, people with COVID-19 and IDPs, as well as socially distant from marginalized groups, sexual minorities and more. As a result, it was proved that the students have an average level of social distance.

URBAN FOOTBALL PERFORMANCES: PLAYING FOR THE NEIGHBOURHOOD IN SENEGAL, 1950s–2000s

Africa ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 84 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susann Baller
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Cultural History ◽  
Urban Youth ◽  
Social Space ◽  
National Football League ◽  
Local Level ◽  
The State ◽  
The Social ◽  
History Of ◽  
The City

ABSTRACTIn Senegal, neighbourhood football teams are more popular than teams in the national football league. The so-called navétanes teams were first created in the 1950s. Since the early 1970s, they have competed in local, regional and national neighbourhood championships. This article considers the history of these clubs and their championships by focusing on the city of Dakar and its fast-growing suburbs, Pikine and Guédiawaye. Research on the navétanes allows an exploration of the social and cultural history of the neighbourhoods from the actor-centred perspective of urban youth. The history of the navétanes reflects the complex interrelations between young people, the city and the state. The performative act of football – on and beyond the pitch, by players, fans and organizers – constitutes the neighbourhood as a social space in a context where the state fails to provide sufficient infrastructure and is often contested. The navétanes clubs and championships demonstrate how young people have experienced and imagined their neighbourhoods in different local-level ways, while at the same time interconnecting them with other social spaces, such as the ‘city’, the ‘nation’ and ‘the world’.

scholarly journals Participatory Budgeting in the Major Cities in Poland – Case Study of 2018 Editions

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 257-277
Author(s):  
Małgorzata Madej
Keyword(s):  
Urban Communities ◽  
Citizen Participation ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
Voter Participation ◽  
Participatory Budgeting ◽  
The Social ◽  
Government Organisation

AbstractThe paper refers to the social innovation of participatory budgeting which has become a very popular tool for stimulating citizen participation at the local level in Poland. It focuses on the major cities, defined as capitals of the voivodeships or regions. Based on the data concerning 2018 participatory budgeting editions in the eighteen cities, it describes the funding, organisation of the process, forms of voting and voter participation as well as the nature of projects selected and implemented. According to the amended Act on the Local Self-Government, organisation of participatory budgeting will only be obligatory for Polish cities from 2019. Despite that fact, it has already become quite popular and broadly applied in local communities. However, citizens’ participation and involvement in the process seems quite low, suggesting a need for experience sharing and improvement of the initiative. Also, project selection reflects the influence of various social groups within urban communities, rather than assisting groups which are at risk of marginalisation.

scholarly journals Social distance in terms of demographic features – Kosovo population study

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 293 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dr.Sc. Aliriza Arënliu ◽  
Dr.Sc. Dashamir Bërxulli ◽  
Dr.Sc. Mytaher Haskuka
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Social Distance ◽  
Social Activism ◽  
The European Union ◽  
State Identity ◽  
Education Experience ◽  
Homosexual Orientation ◽  
The Social ◽  
Spatial Dimensions

Kosovo aims for development of a state over the Kosovo state identity, which includes all communities living in Kosovo. Integration of all communities in public institutions and life remains one of the challenges of Kosovo society. The social distance refers to the extent of understanding of another group, which characterizes parasocial and social relations. Another definition is the lack of availability and relations in being open to others. Bogardus states that social distance is an outcome of affective distance between members of two groups. Earlier studies have shown that the social distance or gap is related to the ethnic background, education level and earlier interaction with other ethnic groups. Also, studies have shown a link with social/political activism. Further, it has been proven that social distance is manifested at three different spatial dimensions, their own self in a reciprocal co-product: physical, symbolical and geometric. The study aims to explicate social distance in a relation with demographic records of respondents to a research undertaken in Kosovo in 2010, in which 1296 citizens (64.4% Albanians, 13.9% Serbs, 6.9% Turkish, 5% Roma/Ashkali/Egyptian (RAE), 6.9% Bosnian and 2.7% others). Social distance has been measured by asking the respondents about the groups or persons they would object in terms of neighborhood: they, who speak another language, have another religion, have homosexual orientation, etc. Comparisons of average social distance in relation with ethnic sub-groups, gender, level of education, experience in earlier trips to the countries of the European Union (EU), size of settlement and the region of origin of the respondent, show significant differences, at p < 0.05. Also, the research also reviewed the link between social activism and activism in civil society and social distance. In these terms, outcomes are less clearer, thereby suggesting that social activism or activism in civil society not necessarily influences the narrowing of the social gap. Outcomes are discussed in due account of permanent efforts to involve minorities in governance and public life in Kosovo.

Roma in Europe: Human Rights or Humans Out of Sight?

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jason R. Young
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Physical Violence ◽  
Local Level ◽  
European Identity ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Central Eastern Europe ◽  
The Social ◽  
Protection Of Human Rights ◽  
Citizenship Regime

Europe is confronted by a painful paradox; while the idea of ‘Europe’ conceptualizes the European Union as a champion of liberal democracy, human rights and equality, the position of the Roma clashes with this vision. This paper looks at human rights and exclusion in Europe with specific emphasis on the Roma ethnic minority and argues that prevalent anti-Roma discrimination in both Western and Central- Eastern Europe holds larger ramifications than merely the Roma’s constant position of alien, or “despised outsider”. The power of discrimination, popular culture and opinion in marginalizing the Roma effectively limits their equal exercise of civil, political, and human rights. The Roma therefore represent tangible limits to the ideas intertwined with European integration. It is argued that the unwillingness to address the issue of Roma exclusion on the local level within specific countries possesses the effect of creating a two-tier citizenship regime that possess the capacity for unraveling the social and intellectual aims of the European Project. Social, legal, and actual exclusion of the Roma therefore holds significant ramifications for social policy within an enlarging EU. The paper presents popular depictions of the Roma and illustrates the pervasive power of exclusion by examining events such as the 1993 Czech citizenship law; the 1999 construction (and subsequent debate over the dismantling) of a wall around Roma apartments in the Czech town of Ústi nad Labem, widespread use of physical violence and intimidation to discourage Roma settlement and racism in Central and Eastern Europe. These events suggest that the pan-European “identity” is far from constructed and that systematic and fundamental change in attitudes towards among elites and society at large and representations of the Roma is essential if the EU’s enlargement is to expand the protection of Human Rights on an equal footing throughout Europe for the Roma. Combating historical representations constructed by social and political elites of the groups such as the Roma as an other is of paramount importance if the Roma, and other ethnic minorities, are to be included as equal stakeholders in an enlarged Europe. Full text available at: https://doi.org/10.22215/rera.v2i4.180

Democratic Learning Environment Formats for the Empowerment of Youth

2020 ◽  
pp. 408-429
Author(s):  
Julia Gantenberg ◽  
Marc Partetzke
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Educational Programs ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Societal Challenges ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Socially Excluded ◽  
Democratic Learning ◽  
Fundamental Values

Radicalization and anti-democratic trends, even at the very local level, have Europe-wide implications, threatening the stability of the European Union and its fundamental values. Hence, the protection, promotion and anchoring of democratic values can only be tackled in a joint effort. This is especially young people who are socially excluded and disadvantaged show a higher risk of violent and political radicalization in all countries. In the context of political education approaches, it is essential to think of educational programs that could increase commitment, resonance, and participation among this particular social group of young people in the context of a civil society. Taking the project 'European Learning Environment Formats for Citizenship and Democracy' (ELEF) as an example, this chapter aims at presenting an education theoretical classification as well as an approach suggesting how to react to societal challenges with the help of educational formats.

Realizowanie usług społecznych przez gminę

2021 ◽  
pp. 174-192
Author(s):  
Elżbieta Ura
Keyword(s):  
Social Services ◽  
Social Service ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
Service Center ◽  
Disabled People ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Financial Issues

The article presents the basic issues concerning the legal solutions contained in the on the Realization of Social Services by the Social Services Center Act. This legal act provides new tasks for municipalities concerning the creation of new organizational units of the commune i.e. social service centers. The aim of the this legal solutions is to develop and integrate the social services system at the local level. Establishing a social service center (CUS) is not an obligatory task of the commune. Therefore the question arises if the creation of the new organizational units would be related to the financial issues of the commune. Probably the communes would also take into the account the fact that in many of them have been running the social service centers targeted at specific social groups, usually seniors or disabled people for several years.

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.

scholarly journals RUNTUHNYADUNIA TAKHAYUL DAN PERKEMBANGAN AGAMA DI NEGARABARATPADA AKHIR ABAD 20

TASAMUH ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-86
Author(s):  
Nazar Naamy
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Real World ◽  
17Th Century ◽  
Time Span ◽  
Western Tradition ◽  
The West ◽  
The Social ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
Communist Countries

The development of religion in the West at the end of the 20th century in Andrew Greeley’s view has increased in some former communist countries, especially Russia. While in other countries has decreased as in England, Netherlands, and France. In some countries it is relatively unchanged, especially the traditional Catholic countries, and in some societies the social democracy has declined and there has been an increase. Whereas in the case of individuals, Greeley finds that religion becomes more important for people as they age. Greeley observed that the survey results showed a lack of interest in religion among young people and tended to ignore it. This is due to the correlation related to lifecycle issues and not a sign of social change. In connection with the disappearance of the real world of superstition in the 17th century scientists tried to eliminate the mystical and superstitious patterns of thought and provide a more scientific and experimental pattern of thought, so that in the west in the 17th century it became history and witness that the era of superstition has begun to disappear. The superstition in western tradition is not easy to destroy because it takes a long time span of about 1563-1762 years.

scholarly journals NETWORK OF SOCIAL GROUPS OR LET'S HAVE A PARTY

2006 ◽  
Vol 17 (04) ◽  
pp. 511-520
Author(s):  
MARIAN BRANDAU ◽  
STEFFEN TRIMPER
Keyword(s):  
Social Distance ◽  
Stable Distribution ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
Growing Up ◽  
Social Contacts ◽  
Rapid Exchange ◽  
The People ◽  
The Social ◽  
Party Members ◽  
Almost All

We present a simple model for growing up and depletion of parties due to the permanent communication between the participants of the events. Because of the rapid exchange of information, everybody is able to evaluate its own and all other parties by means of the list of its friends. Therefore, the number of participants at different parties can be changed incessantly. Depending on the depth of the social contacts, which will be characterized by a parameter α, a stable distribution of party members emerges. At a critical αc an abrupt depletion of almost all parties is observed and as the consequence all the people are assembled at a single party. The model is based on a hierarchical social network. The probability that a certain person is contacted by another one depends on the social distance introduced within the network and homophily parameter α.

scholarly journals SOCIAL BENEFIT OF GREEN SPACES TO LOCAL COMMUNITY

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gintarė VAZNONIENĖ ◽  
Bernardas VAZNONIS
Keyword(s):  
Local Community ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Social Benefit ◽  
Green Spaces ◽  
Community Activities ◽  
Community Needs ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
The Social

The article deals with the concept of green spaces by highlighting its social benefit to the local community. Green spaces have become an important element in shaping rural and urban public spaces, creating attractive living surrounding, promoting integration, interaction and participation of locals, strengthening their health and enhancing overall wellbeing. Moreover, green spaces are often characterized as public spaces, so the interest in this topic implies that being in or using these spaces influences various social groups in any community. Unfortunately, the emphasis of social benefit of green spaces on the local level still lacks solid grounds in the social science discourse in Lithuania. In view of the above, the research methodology includes both theoretical and empirical research methods, where the following scientific problem is addressed: the ways or forms that the social benefit of green spaces manifests itself in relation to local communities? The aim of the research is to analyse manifestation of social benefit of green spaces to local community. The results of scientific literature analysis and interview with the specialists have provided some common insights such as how social benefit of green spaces can manifest itself on the local level. It has been acknowledged that, in terms of social benefit, green spaces are multifunctional, with their main purpose, however, being satisfaction of the needs of local community needs at the place they live in. Although green spaces are not fitted enough to support active participation, awareness of the variety of existing green spaces may contribute to promotion of various local community activities, interaction between different social groups, and appears as a “social bridge”, influencing overall wellbeing of individuals and community.

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