Ethnopolitical challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic: international and national contexts

The article considers the current ethno-political challenges caused by the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic and the measures of the state to counter the spread of coronavirus infection. The analysis of humanitarian threats is carried out posed by the spread of the pandemic in the ethno-political sphere at the international and national levels. Attention is drawn to the growing vulnerability of certain ethnic and racial groups as a result of the pandemic, both from the coronavirus itself and from the socio-economic consequences of national governments' response to the pandemic. The aim of the article is to analyze the main ethno-political challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic at the international and national levels, as well as the priority goals of the policy to opposition the negative consequences of the spread of coronavirus in Ukraine.The article emphasizes the need for a comprehensive approach to the analysis of the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on "vulnerable" groups from minority communities, in particular – socio-economic factors that cause the spread of coronavirus infection in multicultural communities and reduce the effectiveness of government pandemic policies. Among the main challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic are the ethno-political consequences of the pandemic, which are the growing inequality of certain minority groups, discrimination and the conflict-generating potential of interethnic/racial relations within multicultural societies. The article emphasizes the need for a comprehensive approach to the analysis of the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on "vulnerable" groups from minority communities and the growing conflict potential of interethnic / racial relations within multicultural societies.The ethno-political factors of influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Ukrainian society, actual questions of formation and realization of the state policy in the ethnonational sphere concerning protection of vulnerable groups and counteraction to displays of interethnic intolerance are considered. The most vulnerable groups that have suffered the most from the socio-economic consequences of the pandemic and the forms of interethnic intolerance in Ukrainian society during this period have been identified. The article concludes that the effectiveness of the implemented anti-epidemic measures of national governments depends on the state policy in the ethno-political sphere. Also, the importance of further analysis and prevention of ethno-political challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic to preserve the domestic political stability of the state and develop an effective policy of preserving interethnic harmony in Ukraine is stated.

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Formation and implementation of the State Policy in the sphere of European integration of Ukraine: problems and contradictions

Public administration and local government ◽

10.33287/101912 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 90-96

Author(s):

Valerii Rieznikov

Keyword(s):

European Integration ◽

Public Administration ◽

State Policy ◽

Social Issues ◽

The State ◽

Successful Implementation ◽

The European Union ◽

Administration System ◽

Ukrainian Society ◽

The Eu

The purpose of the article is to identify the problems and contradictions of the state policy in the sphere of European integration of Ukraine and to justify the ways of overcoming them in the current conditions. The main internal problem that hinders the European integration course of Ukraine, experts consider, first of all, inefficiency of the public administration system – insufficient level of competence of civil servants, excessive bureaucracy, unreformed and corrupt public administration system. The top five major internal problems also include: the situation in the Donbas (including both armed conflict and public sentiment), high levels of corruption in Ukrainian society, ineffective policy of informing the population about European integration, lack of consensus in the political and social issues. The opinion that aggression, pressure and all-out hindrance from Russia will be a major external challenge for Ukraine’s European course, is shared by all experts interviewed. Among the major external obstacles, experts also cite internal problems of the EU itself, opposition or waiting position on the part of some EU members who do not want to break their ties with Russia, as well as the lack of a unified position in the European Union regarding the European perspective of Ukraine and the EU enlargement in general. Experts consider that the most effective factor contributing to the increase of the support of European integration in Ukrainian society is the successful implementation of internal reforms and the positive effect of ordinary citizens on them. In today’s context, Ukraine’s accession to the EU remains a goal for which it is active in political, legal, economic and other spheres. Conclusions from this research and perspectives of future development in current area. At the present stage of social development the process of forming and implementing effective and effective state policy in the field of European integration is of particular importance. Ukraine’s accession to the EU is a long-term issue, which depends on both the effectiveness of internal reforms and the transformation processes in the EU. However, Ukraine already needs to insist on giving it a formal EU membership perspective.

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Orthodox churches of Ukraine in the process of Ukrainian state formation

Public administration aspects ◽

10.15421/151861 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 6 (10) ◽

pp. 21-30

Author(s):

D. S. Martyshyn

Keyword(s):

State Formation ◽

State Policy ◽

Complex Analysis ◽

Basic Element ◽

The State ◽

Christian Communities ◽

Christian Churches ◽

Methodological Principles ◽

The Church ◽

Ukrainian Society

The article analyzes the state and development of the main Orthodox Churches in the world and in Ukraine in the context of the interaction of the state and religious institutions. The systemic spiritual crisis of modern Ukrainian society is revealed. The content of the state policy in the field of strengthening spirituality and morality according to the life and sermon of the Ukrainian Christian Churches is determined. Certain directions of consolidation of Christian communities in Ukraine are outlined. The complex analysis of scientific literature on state dialogue and religious organizations is carried out.The scientific problem concerning the improvement of theoretical and methodological principles of the formation of the state policy in the field of religion based on the activities and preaching of the Orthodox Churches in Ukraine in the conditions of the globalized world is posed. The article identifies the main threats to the national security of the state in the religious sphere which faced Ukraine at the present stage, as well as the theoretically grounded ways of interaction between the state and the Ukrainian Christian Churches. The role of Orthodox Churches in Ukraine in the processes of state formation as a theoretical and methodological basis of state policy in the field of religion is revealed.The article is devoted to the research of the current state of interaction between the Ukrainian state and the Ukrainian Orthodox Churches and the main directions of their cooperation. The article deals with the peculiarities of the development of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, ways of developing the relations between the Church and the state in the conditions of the political transformation of Ukrainian society. The state of development of civil society in Ukraine in the context of constructive interaction between the Church, society and the state is also considered.The article substantiates that the Ukrainian Christian Churches were, are and will be an integral part of Ukrainian culture, history and future of the global world. The dialogue between the Church and the state will always be the basic element of social development, the foundation of the Ukrainian state building and the platform of democratization processes in Ukraine.

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Subjects That Shape Public Policy In The Sphere Of Circulation Of Medical Means

Actual problems of improving of current legislation of Ukraine ◽

10.15330/apiclu.55.90-99 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 90-99

Author(s):

Yu.M. Tovt

Keyword(s):

State Policy ◽

Professional Associations ◽

The State ◽

Political Activity ◽

Executive Power ◽

Medicinal Products ◽

Democratic Reform ◽

Political Relations ◽

Effective Policy ◽

Ukrainian Society

Implementation of an effective policy in the field of medical means circulation at the present stage of the development of Ukrainian society is one of the defining conditions for its further democratic reform, strengthening in the country of the institutions of the rule of law, competitive market economy, ensuring the implementation of human and citizen rights and freedoms. Any policy becomes understandable when it is understood who carries out it and what it is aimed at, i.e. defined subjects and objects of policy in society at one or another stage of historical development. This definition makes it possible to clarify the essence of political relations between subjects, as well as between subjects and objects of policy, to reveal the forms of their political behavior, methods of political activity, means of transformation of the political environment. The article highlights the issues concerning subjects that form the general state policy in the field of circulation of medicines. Their analysis is carried out and their main functions and tasks are determined. The state policy in the sphere of circulation of medicinal products is formed and implemented by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, the President of Ukraine, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine, the Ministry of Health of Ukraine, the State Service of Ukraine for Medicinal Products, professional associations of pharmaceutical workers, within the powers of which is the adoption of different types of normative legal acts (concepts, programs, provisions, procedures, rules, standards, instructions, instructions, licensing conditions, lists, codes, etc.), agreed with European and international legislation, as well as, if necessary, with other central bodies of executive power. Such standards follow, in addition to general normative legal acts, also from specialized acts on the formation of such policy.

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The Efficiency of Russia's Foreign Financial Assets Realization

Voprosy Ekonomiki ◽

10.32609/0042-8736-2004-9-76-91 ◽

2004 ◽

pp. 76-91

Author(s):

B. Kheifets

Keyword(s):

State Policy ◽

The State ◽

Financial Assets ◽

Foreign Countries

Russia's financial requirements in respect to foreign countries have considerably lowered during recent years without noticeable return for the country's budget. Different assessments of the value of foreign financial assets are considered in the article and main reasons that have led to their lowering are revealed. The state policy in the field is critically analyzed, alternative variants of increasing the effectiveness of foreign financial assets realization are offered.

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Budget as an Instrument of Reproduction of Bureaucracy in Russia

Voprosy Ekonomiki ◽

10.32609/0042-8736-2006-5-87-96 ◽

2006 ◽

pp. 87-96

Author(s):

Yu. Shvetsov

Keyword(s):

The State ◽

Economic Consequences ◽

Material Base ◽

Characteristic Features

The article considers the problem of bureaucratisation of the state and the most important social and economic consequences of this phenomenon. The essence of bureaucracy has been revealed, characteristic features of its functioning in Russia have been analyzed; the material base of bureaucracy and its dominating status in the society have been substantiated. The conclusion has been made that the process of changing the role of the budget to serve the interests of bureaucracy is being accomplished.

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Islamic and Jewish Religious Feminists Tackle Islamic and Jewish Oral Law: Maintenance and Rebellion of Wives

Comparative Islamic Studies ◽

10.1558/cis.31497 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

pp. 35-63

Author(s):

Ruth Roded

Keyword(s):

State Policy ◽

Political System ◽

Daily Life ◽

The State ◽

The Political ◽

Jewish Law ◽

Modern Times ◽

Parallel Case ◽

First Time

Beginning in the early 1970s, Jewish and Muslim feminists, tackled “oral law”—Mishna and Talmud, in Judaism, and the parallel Hadith and Fiqh in Islam, and several analogous methodologies were devised. A parallel case study of maintenance and rebellion of wives —mezonoteha, moredet al ba?ala; nafaqa al-mar?a and nush?z—in classical Jewish and Islamic oral law demonstrates similarities in content and discourse. Differences between the two, however, were found in the application of oral law to daily life, as reflected in “responsa”—piskei halacha and fatwas. In modern times, as the state became more involved in regulating maintenance and disobedience, and Jewish law was backed for the first time in history by a state, state policy and implementation were influenced by the political system and socioeconomic circumstances of the country. Despite their similar origin in oral law, maintenance and rebellion have divergent relevance to modern Jews and Muslims.

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