scholarly journals Technocracy as a challenge to political freedom in the digital age

2021 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 31-37
Author(s):  
Yevhen Laniuk
Keyword(s):  
Political Representation ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Political Freedom ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Scientific Management ◽  
Industrial Age ◽  
The Board Of Directors ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Government

The government of the former Prime-Minister of Ukraine Olexiy Honcharuk named itself “the government of technocrats”. This shows that the concept of technocracy becomes attractive in Ukraine. Technocracy is the form of government, which attempts to distance itself from political representation or affiliation with a particular ideology. Technocrats derive their legitimacy from their skills and expertise, and focus primarily on problem-solving and optimizing the society’s useful functions. Technocracy has always been a promising political concept. The Republic by Plato can be regarded as the first attempt to substantiate a technocratic society, in which power proceeds from the expertise of its dominant elite. Technocracy was very appealing in the industrial age, when scientific management of factories inspired the idea that society at large could be governed by similar methods. Today, digital technologies and Big Data reinvigorate the technocratic project. In this article it has been shown that technocracy, if taken too far, can be antithetical to liberal democracy and its core value – political freedom. Technocratic society resembles a corporation run by the board of directors rather than a republic of citizens. We have pointed out the factors, which make it appealing in the modern world. We then have analyzed the ideas of Howard Scott, the founder of the movement Technocracy Inc., who advocated this political model in the industrial age, and Parag Khanna, who has made similar claims about the benefits of technocracy in the digital age. It has been proven that both these thinkers share the same illiberal mindset including the common faith in the applicability of scientific methods of social management without regard for popular votes and opinions, admiration of autocratic powers of the day, and disregard for democratic procedures, which they see as hurdles on the path toward economic well-being and political domination. Finally, we asked the question: if the challenge to political freedom in Ukraine proceeds from technocracy, will it be defended in the same way as during the three Ukrainian Maidans (1990, 2004, 2014)? We deliberately leave this question unanswered, hoping that the answer will be investigated in future publications.

scholarly journals Poverty Factors in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutyia)

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-47
Author(s):  
Tuyara Gavril’yeva ◽  
Anna Naberezhnaya, ◽  
Marina Ivanova ◽  
Filipp Nikiforov
Keyword(s):  
Social Policy ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Social Assistance ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Poor People ◽  
High Fertility ◽  
Sustainable Rural Development ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Government ◽  
Low Efficiency

The Object of the Study The dynamics of indicators that comprehensively characterize poverty in the Republic Yakutiya has been analysed.The Subject of the Study The dynamics of poor people number in the region. The Purpose of the Study Is th determination of the endogenous (internal) factors of poverty based on the methods of economic and mathematical modeling and further development of perspective socialThe Main Theoretical Provision. The social policy of the government of the republic over the past decade has focused on employment, birth rate, housing, sustainable rural development, but program activities did not take into account the differentiation of social groups, with their low efficiency. The current moment seems to be a possible transition point to a more effective and adequate social policy. The structured database related to measurements of social well-being and living standards of the population in Yakutiya from 1995-2017 was created on the basic on open information of the Sakha (Yakutia)stat. It was used for determining the main factors and regional characteristics of poverty in Yakutiya. The factors that have the most significant impact on the level of poverty in the region were selected based on the correlation analysis. A linear regression model was created where the number of poor people was taken as the dependent variable. It has been proved that the number of poor people has a direct positive relationship with the indicators “number of pensioners” and “expenses of the consolidated budget of Yakutiya” and inverse relationship with “housing per capita”, "the real dynamics of the GRP" and "the population monetary incomes". Based on quantitative and qualitative analysis, the endogenous factors of poverty in the region were identified: high cost of living, low correlation of poverty with employment, wage disparities, as well as high fertility. Proposals of targeted social policy have been developed. They include: revision of the legal framework in the field of social protection, improvement of targeting social assistance, reviewing the demographic priorities of social policy, a maneuver in public sector jobs , the development of poverty monitoring and social assistance delivery based on digitalization, social experiments on poverty alleviation, including Universal Basic Income model for indigenous communes

scholarly journals Tariff Policy in Hydropower and Its Impact on the Economy of Tajikistan

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Shupletsov ◽  
Valery Burakov ◽  
Firdavs Buriev
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Tariff Policy ◽  
Economic Relations ◽  
Policy Structure ◽  
Hydropower Potential ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Sustainable Renewable Energy ◽  
The Government ◽  
Near Future

The current energy policy in Tajikistan is to increase the production of electricity, to maximize the benefits from the existing hydropower potential in the coming years and to meet the growing needs of the population and enterprises of the country. In addition, in the near future, after the construction of the Rogun and Sangtuda HPPs, the Government of the Republic plans to export excess electricity to neighboring countries. In Tajikistan, the use of all types of energy resources will contribute to the development of the economy, but the most feasible and sustainable renewable energy is hydropower, which will ensure the highest socio-economic well-being in the country. This article analyzes the role of hydroenergetics in the system of economic relations of Tajikistan. It carries out an analysis of the tariff policy impact in the field of Tajikistan hydropower complex on the main socio-economic processes of the state. It develops regression models within the framework of the dependence of the governmental economy on the changes in the tariff policy structure in the hydropower complex.

scholarly journals Monitoring and assessment of fire consequences in the Republic of Buryatia

2022 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 357-362
Author(s):  
A. Yu. Astrakhantseva ◽  
V. V. Garmyshev
Keyword(s):  
Industrial Development ◽  
Fire Risk ◽  
Emergency Situation ◽  
Premature Mortality ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Risk Indicators ◽  
Material Damage ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Impact

The article aims to study statistical data on the consequences of fires in the Republic of Buryatia from 2009 to 2020 using the methods of social and mathematical statistics. The study is relevant due to the current situation with fires and integral fire risk indicators in the municipalities. Man-made fires have been a source of increased danger to health and lives of the population, causing great material damage. Fires are a direct threat to the demographic situation in the region since they cause premature mortality. For households, fires undermine social status, destroy social units, cause moral harm aggravating stress, which provokes illnesses. From the technical point of view, man-made fires create risks for dilapidated houses and facilities that do not meet the fire safety requirements. The Republic of Buryatia is a region with a weak degree of industrial development and a vast territory with a low distribution of settlements, i.e. considerable remoteness from the regional centers. The impact of fires (which make up 99% of all types of emergency situation) on the social well-being of the population is studied. Based on the methodology and calculations of fire risks by the number of fires, injured and killed, material damage and destroyed buildings, it was established that the level of protection of residents of Buryatia from fire risks is insufficient. The indicators should encourage the government to develop and implement effective safety measures.

scholarly journals PROYEK DEMOGRAFI DALAM BAYANG-BAYANG DISINTEGRASI NASIONAL: STUDI TENTANG TRANSMIGRASI DI GORONTALO, 1950-1960

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 93
Author(s):  
Helman Manay
Keyword(s):  
National Security ◽  
State Formation ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Historical Research ◽  
Colonial Era ◽  
National Integration ◽  
Potential Problems ◽  
Political Conditions ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Government

The Republic of Indonesia faced variety problems related primarily an exploding population, national integration and distribution of welfare in the postcolonial sovereignity 1949. In the context of new state formation there were three things inter-related, because it is the most potential problems to threaten national integration. The unevennnes of well-being number of people in each island became the another factors. Java as center for beuracracy since the Dutch colonial era, it has been the most densely populated island, while outside Java island  that widely occupied by only a few people. The government decided to continue the program of colonization that would became transmigration. It was expected to press Java will be reduced significantly of demography and placing new areas of the another islands to develop their well-being condition objectively. In addition, since 1958 when facing disintegration treatment Indonesia was becoming more prominent in some areas, transmigration program geared to be knots of national integration. In the end, the plan must faced population problems and displacements in factual difficulties state financial, political conditions, and the instability of national security’s at the time. It made the governmen’s plan to move a third of the Javanese population in Java can not be executed well. By using the method of historical research, this paper about to discover the realization of the transmigration program during 1950-1960 in Gorontalo conducted in the midst of instability of national security.

scholarly journals IMPLIKASI LIBERALISASI PERDAGANGAN TERHADAP SEKTOR GARAM NASIONAL (Studi Kasus Kebijakan Garam Impor di Jawa Timur)

LITIGASI ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Djafar Albram
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Business Community ◽  
Local Market ◽  
Sovereign State ◽  
Trade Regulation ◽  
The People ◽  
Self Sufficiency ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Government ◽  
Political Economic

Salt commodity is a strategic commodity to be  a political commodity that is able to rip the State and government sovereignty, a commodity that has always been a struggle for certain political economic power. Nation's dependence on imported salt product has arrived at an alarming rate, and therefore the salt production in the homeland must be done independently, not always depend imported products that Indonesia as a sovereign state can achieve its goals towards national food salt self-sufficiency which is launched by the government in 2014-2015 can be realized immediately in order to provide prosperity and well-being for all the people as mandated in the constitution in 1945. This research aimed at rising the problems currently busy talking concerning the proliferation of salt imported from Australia, India, China and Malaysia. Signaled background in economic business community about the government policy, in this case the Ministry of Trade of the Republic of Indonesia (KEMENPERINDAG RI) contained in the Ministry of Trade Regulation No.. 58/M-DAG/PER/9/2012 on the Salt Import dated 4 September 2012. In fact the legal discretion product has not met interest of subject national salting economic business, in terms of policies that made, it not show the pro-active alignments to businessman in this country which is said as a rich abundant of the maritime resources. The apparent contradictory actions in a brightly by opening import faucets of salt flooding the local market in the country.Keywords    : Economic, Self-Sufficiency, Food, Salt, National.ABSTRAKKomoditas garam merupakan komoditas strategis, menjadi komoditas politik yang mampu mengoyak kedaulatan Negara dan pemerintah. Ketergantungan bangsa terhadap produk impor garam telah sampai pada tingkat yang mengkhawatirkan, oleh karenanya produksi garam di tanah air harus bisa dilakukan secara mandiri, tidak selalu tergantung produk impor agar Indonesia sebagai negara berdaulat dapat mencapai cita-citanya menuju swasembada pangan garam nasional  yang dicanangkan pemerintah pada tahun  2014-2015 dapat segera terwujud dalam rangka memberikan kemakmuran dan kesejahteraan bagi segenap masyarakat sesuai amanat  Undang-Undang Dasar tahun 1945. Penelitian ini bertujuan mengangkat  permasalahan yang ramai dibicarakan saat ini tentang membanjirnya garam  impor dari Australia, India, China dan Malaysia. Dilatar belakangi sinyalemen di masyarakat kalangan dunia usaha ekonomi tentang adanya  kebijakan  pemerintah dalam hal ini Kementerian Perdagangan Republik Indonesia (KEMENPERINDAG R.I) yang tertuang dalam Peraturan Kemendag Nomor. 58/M-DAG/PER/9/2012 tentang Ketentuan Impor Garam tertanggal 4 September 2012. Pada kenyataannya produk hukum kebijakannya belum memenuhi kepentingan pelaku usaha ekonomi pergaraman nasional, dalam arti kebijakan yang dibuat itu tidak menunjukkan keberpihakannya kepada pelaku usaha di negeri ini yang katanya kaya raya melimpah ruah sumber kelautannya. Tindakan kontradiktif tersebut terlihat jelas secara terang benderang yaitu dengan dibukanya kran impor garam yang membanjiri pasar lokal di tanah air.Kata kunci :     Ekonomi,  Swasembada, Pangan, Garam, Nasional.

scholarly journals Academic Resilience and Subjective Well-Being amongst College Students using Online Learning during the COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nur Eva ◽  
Dinda Dwi Parameitha ◽  
Fada Ayu Mei Farah ◽  
Fia Nurfitriana
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Online Learning ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Academic Resilience ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Government ◽  
High Level ◽  
Internal Pressures

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) that is currently spreading in Indonesia has prompted the government to implement various prevention efforts to limit its spread. One of the sectors affected by this pandemic is the education sector, owing to the Ministry of Education and Culture (Kementrian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan) of the Republic of Indonesia instruction to higher education institutions to implement the Study from Home (SFH) policy. This causes abrupt changes and considerable pressures on college students both internally and externally, which might trigger negative emotions, including stress in undergoing Study from Home (SFH). This study aims to explore the correlation between academic resilience and the subjective well-being of college students experiencing online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study uses a literature review to collect data, focusing on theoretical studies, and the references used are inseparable from scientific literature. The results show that resilience is crucial in online learning to maintain and improve the students’ subjective well-being. Students with a high level of resilience tend to have a high level of subjective well-being as well, meaning that they are able to regulate their emotions better in addition to controlling internal pressures caused by online learning. Keywords: Academic resilience, subjective well-being, online learning, COVID-19

scholarly journals WAYS TO ORGANIZE NATIONAL MOVEMENT GAMES IN DIFFERENT BRANCHES OF THE PHYSICAL CULTURE MOVEMENT

2021 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. 4963-4967
Author(s):  
Kutlimurotov Mukhammeddin Amangeldi uli
Keyword(s):  
Population Health ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Active Participation ◽  
Physical Culture ◽  
National Movement ◽  
Spiritual Well Being ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Government

The decrees and resolutions adopted by the President and the government of the Republic of Uzbekistan provide for the health, physical culture and sports expansion, the creation of conditions and the active participation increase in the settlements with the participation of specialists. The main purpose of this is to protect the population health, to develop physical and spiritual well-being.

scholarly journals The Occupation Of Small Business And Entrepreneurship By Women In Uzbekistan

2021 ◽  
Vol 03 (04) ◽  
pp. 13-23
Author(s):  
Akhrorova S.A. ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Small Business ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Scientific Basis ◽  
Political Activity ◽  
Manufacturing Enterprises ◽  
Home Based ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Government ◽  
Employment Of Women ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activities

The article analyzes the socio-political situation of women living in Uzbekistan, in particular, the decisions and decrees of the government on the creation of permanent jobs for women, as well as the development of family business, small business, home-based work, handicrafts, and horticulture. Statistics are provided on the organization of women's labor and their involvement in small business and entrepreneurship. The Action Strategy for the Development of the Republic of Uzbekistan analyzes the work being done on such important tasks as “Increasing the socio-political activity of women, strengthening their role in government and society, ensuring the employment of women, graduates of professional colleges, their broad involvement in entrepreneurial activities, further strengthening the family base”. It is noted that women engaged in entrepreneurship in Uzbekistan are under the personal attention of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan. The increase in the share of women employed in the economy is an example of their well-being, that the ranks of women entrepreneurs are growing, opening women's manufacturing enterprises, especially in various areas of women's entrepreneurship, the issue of creating new jobs for women has been pointed out on a scientific basis.

PERCEIVED EFFECTS OF STREET HAWKING ON THE WELL-BEING OF CHILDREN IN ANYIGBA, DEKINA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF KOGI STATE, NIGERIA

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 01-07
Author(s):  
Alfred Eboh
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Local Government Area ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Perceived Effects ◽  
The Government

Background: The hawking of wares by children has been a serious issue confronting the Nigerian society. Children hawk in some of the most horrible conditions conceivable, where they face a serious risk of injury, chronic illness, kidnapping, rape or death. Objective: The focus of this study was to assess the perceived effects of street hawking on the well-being of children in Anyigba, Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi State. Methods: The population of this study consists of parents of the street hawkers in Anyigba while cross-sectional survey design was used through the purposive sampling technique to choose the sample size of one hundred and sixty-two (162) respondents. The validated structured questionnaire and In-Depth Interviews (IDIs) served as the instruments for the data collection respectively. The hypotheses were tested using Chi-Square at a predetermined 0.05 level of significance. The quantitative data were analysed with the aid of the SPSS (version 20). Results: The results indicated among others that street hawking had significant social implications and physical consequences on children's moral behaviour as well as health status in the study area. Conclusion: The study, therefore, concluded that the government of Kogi State should carry out an enlightenment campaign through the media and religious institutions on the negative consequences of street hawking are recommended as panacea. Also, the child right act instrument and its implementation should be strengthened in order to curb street hawking in the study area.

Engaged Study of the Qur'an: Gauging its Effect on the Life of the Individual and of Society

2003 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 202-207
Author(s):  
Ruqayya Ṭā Hā Jābir al-cUlwānī
Keyword(s):  
Social Conflict ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Arabic Language ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Educational Systems ◽  
Functional Perspective ◽  
Number Of Factors ◽  
Social Advancement ◽  
Freedom Of Thought ◽  
The Individual

An engaged and perceptive contemplation of the Qur'an forms one of the most important bases for the cultural and social advancement of Muslims in all walks of life, and the absence of such study is one of the reasons behind the general cultural attenuation in the modern world. Reflection is one of the means of the construction and formation of a civilised society. The applied faculty of intellect creates an environment which allows reflective and considered thought to be developed from a functional perspective for the general well-being of society. Meanwhile the effective neglect of such study leads to the proliferation of superstition, dissent and social conflict. Indeed it can even be argued that it diminishes the significance of the laws and conventions which serve as the backbone of society. This paper reveals a number of factors which can impede the achievement of such an engaged study of the text: thus, for instance, thoughtless obedience to societal conventions; shortcomings in educational systems and syllabi; and a failure to encompass the significance of the Arabic language. Furthermore this paper presents several effective suggestions for nurturing students' potential, encouraging an environment which allows freedom of thought, and its refinement.

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