scholarly journals Providing Housing for Orphancy Children: Key Challenges and Social Risks

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-73
Author(s):  
Elena Yu. Vasilieva ◽  
◽  
Elena V. Frolova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Consequences ◽  
Remote Access ◽  
Russian Society ◽  
Infrastructure Development ◽  
Rural Settlements ◽  
Social Risks ◽  
The Social ◽  
Housing Rights ◽  
Residential Institutions ◽  
Regional Authorities

Providing housing for orphans is one of the most pressing problems of modern Russian society. The purpose of the article is to analyze the key problems of providing housing for orphans and children left without parental care, to study the social consequences of violation of their housing rights. The analysis of statistical data illustrates a number of significant problems in the implementation of state policy aimed at ensuring the housing rights of orphans. The key one is the insufficient level of funding, which does not allow regional authorities to fulfill their obligations in a timely manner and in full. The following problems in the field of providing housing to orphans were highlighted: dysfunction of interagency interaction, legal gaps, lack of conditions for registering graduates of residential institutions at the place of residence, narrowing social support, medical care, existing practices of providing housing of unsatisfactory quality, in rural settlements with remote access, low level of infrastructure development, limited conditions for finding a job.

scholarly journals From Effect to Affect and Back... (Reflections on the Book: Russian Society in Self-Isolation. Social Effects and Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic [Text] : Monograph / N. Kh. Gafiatulina, V. V. Kasyanov, P. S. Samygin, S. I. Samygin ; ed. by M. A. Vaskov. – Moscow : RUSAYNS, 2020. – 178 p.)

2021 ◽  
pp. 154-161
Author(s):  
Galina Shirokalova
Keyword(s):  
Large Time ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Social Processes ◽  
Social Effects ◽  
Time Range ◽  
Russian Society ◽  
Social Risks ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Given

There was no more pressing topic than the reaction of the Russian community to the events around COVID-19 for scientific research in 2020. The researchers chose the only correct methodological message under the given conditions: under the conditions of the pandemic, the problems that are characteristic of modern Western European / Russian civilization and in conditions of relative stability have worsened, accelerated, and aggravated. This made it possible to attract the potential of both domestic and foreign publications of a sufficiently large time range to explain social processes. The work is based on a systematic approach, as the most adequate to the study of the COVID-19 threat to the social immunity of Russian society. At the time of writing the monograph and studying the problem, no one foresaw the threat of the second or third waves, relying on the experience of China, which managed to localize the pandemic in 76 days. Since then, psychological fatigue from the threat of infection has turned into protests against both lockdowns and mandatory vaccinations. The dynamics of social processes expands the subject of research, confirms the correctness of the question about the choice of guidelines for the future development of mankind. New technologies for controlling large masses of people, which are being developed in the context of a pandemic, allow us to solve the problems of further structuring society. The book was published in the summer of 2020, and the months that have passed since then allow readers to assess the heuristic and predictive potential not only of the authors of the monograph, but also of those whose works they attracted to analyze the situation. In our opinion, the researchers correctly assessed the social risks of strengthening the patterns that were formed even before the pandemic, including those associated with restriction.

scholarly journals Gendered dynamics of transnational social protection

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Başak Bilecen ◽  
Karolina Barglowski ◽  
Thomas Faist ◽  
Eleonore Kofman
Keyword(s):  
Social Protection ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Social Consequences ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Life Chances ◽  
Link Type ◽  
Social Risks ◽  
Joint Investigation ◽  
The Social ◽  
Key Dimensions

AbstractSocial protection refers to resources and strategies to deal with social risks, such as poverty or obligations and needs of care, which might impede the realization of life chances and well-being. Previous research has shown that migrants are particularly affected by challenges when accessing or providing social protection, because of unfamiliar welfare regulations in the immigration country and their family and friends being located in various locations, calling for an investigation of gendered dynamics in transnational spaces. In this special issue we aim to advance these vital debates by elucidating the social consequences of the articulation and organization of formal and informal social protection across borders for different actors involved through a joint investigation of gender and transnationality as key dimensions of social inequality. More specifically, the papers collected in this special issue are devoted to investigating the link of formal and informal dimensions of transnational social protection and showing its impact on unequal life chances of mobile people in Europe. This introduction frames the articles collected in this special issue from an inequality perspective, thereby pointing to the ways in which gender and transnationality interact with other dimensions of inequality in the field of social protection, which currently constitutes one of the most vital issues in the field of migration scholarship.

scholarly journals Appearance and infrastructure of cities of modern Luhansk region in the XIX – early XX centuries according to statistical sources

2021 ◽  
pp. 110-129
Author(s):  
Olha Zabudkova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Building Materials ◽  
Household Waste ◽  
Infrastructure Development ◽  
Rural Settlements ◽  
The Social ◽  
Technical Innovations ◽  
Cultural Sphere ◽  
The Russian Empire ◽  
Xix Century ◽  
Quantitative Indicators

The article, based on statistical materials collected and published by the official bodies of the Russian Empire, analyzes the appearance and infrastructure of cities in the modern Luhansk region during the XIX – early XX centuries. The main attention is paid to the cities that had official status – Starobilsk, Slavyanoserbsk, Luhansk. At the same time, the statistics included the largest rural settlements (Bilovodsk, Svatova Luchka, etc.), information about which is also taken into account. Quantitative characteristics of urban development (building materials, paving and street lighting, etc.) are studied. The issues of introduction of technical innovations in cities – telegraph, telephone, water supply, removal of household waste, as well as the state of public transport – were considered separately. Another indicator under consideration is the provision of infrastructure to fulfill the social function of cities - the situation of educational and medical affairs, firefighting, police and others. It was found that in the second half of the XIX century. New establishments of trade and public catering developed rapidly, which was connected with the strengthening of the trade function not only of the official cities, but also of some settlements (Bilovodsk, Svatova Luchka). Quantitative indicators of infrastructure development in the cultural sphere are considered separately. It is concluded that the development of a specific urban environment in the modern Luhansk region in the XIX – early XX centuries. took place in the stream of general trends, but on a smaller scale. A certain exception was Luhansk, whose pace of modernization was the highest.

scholarly journals COVID-19 pandemic: challenges and threats in the social sphere

2021 ◽  
pp. 94-104
Author(s):  
GULBARSHYN CHEPURKO
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
The State ◽  
Social Consequences ◽  
Social Sphere ◽  
Structural Problems ◽  
Social Risks ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Impact

The article raises the issue of social risks of the COVID-19 pandemic in three problem areas: health, education, support for the most vulnerable population groups, analyzes the impact of the pandemic on the interaction of government and society. In this case, social risk is seen as a danger that arises within the social sphere of society, which has negative social consequences and affects the lives of individuals, social groups and society as a whole. The current situation has shown that the medical and science systems of Ukraine are not ready for a large-scale pandemic. The author notes that after the end of the pandemic, a serious analysis of the problems that have arisen in the field of health care and the development of strategic measures to support the national health care system, medical institutions and health workers will be needed. The article analyzes the impact of the pandemic on the usual lifestyles of pupils / students, their families and teachers, which led to far-reaching economic and social consequences, emphasized on a number of socio-economic issues, including: - equal access to education (not all families can provide the same means for distance learning and have access to quality Internet). Pandemic allowed focusing on those people who especially need help: the elderly people, people with disabilities, members of large families and others. A large number of problems in the social sphere, which arose or deepened during the quarantine and did not receive a proper response from the state, are largely related to systemic problems. The article raises emphasizes on the fact that the attention of the state needs to be focused on structural problems. The state has to respond to the challenges in a timely manner, develop integrated approaches and solutions that will work in the long term perspective.

Social Dimensions of Communication in Project Activities of the Authorities

Communicology ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-26
Author(s):  
V.A. Kornilovich
Keyword(s):  
Current Problem ◽  
Social Consequences ◽  
Russian Society ◽  
Social Dimensions ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
The Public ◽  
Project Activity ◽  
The Social ◽  
Medial Group ◽  
Regional Projects

The research is contingent on the interim results received by the Russian Chamber of accounts for strategic audit of national projects. Most experts have outlined the problem of achieving quantitative and qualitative indicators of national projects, and, as a result, the planned results of the country development. The author educes the reasons for the current problem in project management as follows: (1) the contradiction of the method and the tasks set; (2) the lack of mechanisms for implementing national projects in their relationship with Federal and regional projects. Besides, the author adds to this list (3) the issues of the social consequences of the project activities initiated by the public authorities in 2005-2009 and 2018-2020, such as the exclusion of the population from the implementation of projects. The author clarifies that the mobilization of public energy to achieve the planned socially significant results of the development of Russian society is only possible if the content of the projects corresponds to the values of the population towards the future. Based on empirical data, the author demonstrates the sensitivity of various social groups (supporters, opponents, medial group) to the actions / inaction of the authorities to solve the problems of society’s life. The article shows that purposeful problematization of certain areas of state policy leads to the formation of a new social group, which includes representatives of three groups at the same time. It proves that the organization of communication in the project activity of the public authorities, its forms and means are mediated by the characteristic of the medial group.

scholarly journals PROBLEMS OF UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE NORTH CAUCASUS FEDERAL DISTRICT: SOCIO-STATISTICAL ANALYSIS

Kavkaz-forum ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
М.Р. КУЛОВА ◽  
М.Р. ГАБАРАЕВА ◽  
А.Н. ГАДИЕВА
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
Unemployment Rate ◽  
Federal District ◽  
North Caucasus ◽  
The North ◽  
Social Risks ◽  
Internet Media ◽  
The Social ◽  
Number Of Publications ◽  
Regional Authorities

Проблема безработицы в трудоизбыточном регионе во многом определяет социальные риски и социальную стабильность территории. Цель данного исследования состоит в выявлении основных тенденций в динамике уровня безработицы в регионах Северо-Кавказского федерального округа в 2020-2021 гг. и оценке социальных рисков в этом контексте. При проведении исследования были использованы методы статистического анализа данных и контент-анализ Интернет-медиа с помощью программы QDAMiner от Provalis Research. Результаты социально-статистического анализа безработицы в регионах СКФО позволяют сделать следующие выводы. Публикации новостей по теме безработицы в макрорегионе и оживленные дискуссии наблюдаются преимущественно в Telegram-каналах и меньше встречаются в других социальных сетях, в Instagram и др. Мнения авторов Telegram-каналов и блогеров о неэффективности программ развития регионов СКФО, не способствующих созданию новых рабочих мест, коррелируют с низкими официальными оценками результативности подобных программ. Прослеживается вполне очевидная связь между сложностью ситуации на рынке труда и занятости в регионе и накалом критики авторами Telegram-каналов региональной власти. В то же время в Ставропольском крае, где уровень безработицы приближен к среднероссийскому, и нет резких колебаний в ее уровне, отмечено небольшое количество публикаций с новостями о безработице и бурным их обсуждением. Одной из явных тенденций в динамике уровня безработицы в 2020-2021 гг. в макрорегионе стало то, что на фоне невысоких колебаний безработицы (1-2%) в среднем по России в субъектах СКФО дельта показателей общей безработицы в отдельных случаях достигала 10%, что наглядно отражает неустойчивость экономики регионов СКФО и сопутствующие социальные риски. Недоверие к власти и сомнение в ее способности действительно решить проблему приводит к безысходности, когда каждый, по мнению авторов, остается один на один с вопросом поиска работы, что в том числе приводит к росту социального напряжения. The problem of unemployment in a labor-surplus region largely affects the social risks and determines the social stability of the territory. The purpose of this study is to identify the main trends in the dynamics of the unemployment rate in the regions of the North Caucasus Federal District in 2020-2021 and to assess social risks in this context. For the purposes of the research methods of statistical data analysis and content analysis of Internet media were applied using the QDAMiner program from Provalis Research. The results of the socio-statistical analysis of unemployment in the regions of the North Caucasus Federal District allow us to draw the following conclusions. News publications on the topic of unemployment in the macroregion and lively discussions are observed mainly in Telegram channels and are less common in other social networks, Instagram, etc. The opinions of the authors of Telegram channels and bloggers about the inefficiency of programs for the development of the NCFD regions that do not contribute to the creation of new jobs correlate with low official estimates of the effectiveness of such programs. There is an obvious connection between the complexity of the situation on the labor market and employment in the region and the intensity of criticism by the authors of Telegram channels of regional authorities. At the same time, in the Stavropol Territory, where the unemployment rate is close to the Russian average, and there are no sharp fluctuations in its level, there is a small number of publications with news on unemployment and their heated discussion. One of the obvious trends in the dynamics of the unemployment rate in 2020-2021 in the macro-region was that, against the background of low fluctuations in unemployment (1-2%) on average in Russia in the subjects of the North Caucasus Federal District, the delta of the indicators of total unemployment in some cases reached 10%, which clearly reflects the instability of the economy of the NCFD regions and the accompanying social risks. Distrust of the authorities and doubt in their ability to really solve the problem leads to despair, when, according to the authors, everyone is left alone with the question of finding a job, which, among other things, leads to an increase in social tension.

scholarly journals Analysing the Efficiency of Managing the Rural Social Infrastructure in the Region

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 204-214
Author(s):  
Shynar Isabekovna Kossymbayeva ◽  
Anar Zhaskairatovna Nukesheva ◽  
Laila Gabitovna Кirbassova ◽  
Bibigul Suleimenovna Saubetova
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Statistical Study ◽  
Subjective Assessment ◽  
Living Standards ◽  
Infrastructure Development ◽  
Rural Settlements ◽  
Social Infrastructure ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Republic

The article aims to summarise theoretical conclusions and practical results of studying the activities of local bodies on managing the development of rural social infrastructure in the Republic of Kazakhstan. In the article, the objective and subjective indicators characterising the efficiency of managing the rural social infrastructure in rural areas of the Mangystau Region for 2013 – 2017 have been analysed. Through the example of a statistical study of the dynamics of the social infrastructure elements and living standards, the features and problems related to the administrative measures that regulate the socio-economic development of auls in the region have been identified. Using the questionnaire survey, the satisfaction of rural residents in the Mangystau Region with the quality of their social infrastructure has been determined. It has been proved that now the subjective assessment of the efficiency of managing the rural social infrastructure is positively correlated (correlated) with the degree of efforts taken by the local administration to improve the quality of rural life. Currently, rural settlements of the Mangystau Region have an average level of social infrastructure development. However, in different areas, the level of residents’ satisfaction with it varies from very low to sufficient.

scholarly journals Till Data Do Us Part: Understanding Data-Based Value Creation in Data-Intensive Infrastructures

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Niccolò Tempini
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Value Creation ◽  
Data Use ◽  
Value Theory ◽  
Social Consequences ◽  
Infrastructure Development ◽  
Data Generation ◽  
Data Infrastructure ◽  
Data Intensive ◽  
The Social

Much of the literature on value creation in social media-based infrastructures has largely neglected the pivotal role of data and their processes. This paper tries to move beyond this limitation and discusses data-based value creation in data-intensive infrastructures, such as social media, by focusing on processes of data generation, use and reuse, and on infrastructure development activities. Building on current debates in value theory, the paper develops a multidimensional value framework to interrogate the data collected in an embedded ethnographical case study of the development of PatientsLikeMe, a social media network for patients. It asks when, and where, value is created from the data, and what kinds of value are created from them, as they move through the data infrastructure; and how infrastructure evolution relates to, and shapes, existing data-based value creation practices. The findings show that infrastructure development can have unpredictable consequences for data-based value creation, shaping shared practices in complex ways and through a web of interdependent situations. The paper argues for an understanding of infrastructural innovation that accounts for the situational interdependencies of data use and reuse. Uniquely positioned, the paper demonstrates the importance of research that looks critically into processes of data use in infrastructures to keep abreast of the social consequences of developments in big data and data analytics aimed at exploiting all kinds of digital traces for multiple purposes.

THE SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE IMPORTANCE IN THE DEMOGRAPHIC POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL AREAS

2019 ◽  
pp. 60-66
Author(s):  
Olena DOVGAL
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Rural Population ◽  
The State ◽  
Industrial Complex ◽  
Infrastructure Development ◽  
Rural Settlements ◽  
Social Infrastructure ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Village ◽  
Demographic Potential

Abstract Introduction. Dependence of the rural areas condition on the level of social infrastructure determines necessitates its definition as a priority direction of support from the state. Analysis of the current state of scientific research allows to substantiate the relevance of determining the social infrastructure role in shaping the demographic potential of region rural areas. The purpose of the article is to substantiate the social infrastructure role in shaping the demographic potential of rural areas in the region. Results. The implementation effectiveness of the Law of Ukraine «On the priority of social development of the village and agro-industrial complex in the national economy» is considered. The similarity of the motives between the rural population and the state is determined regarding the invariability of the way of life in the countryside. The social infrastructure development in rural areas makes the transition of the agricultural segment to market conditions cheaper. The ineffectiveness of the normative support for the Ukrainian village development is proved, which is confirmed by the lack of its proper institutional form or inadequate implementation. Measures to provide rural settlements with the necessary infrastructure are presented developed by experts of the National Institute for Strategic Studies. It is argued that improving the village's social infrastructure efficiency will inevitably affect the living standards of the rural population and will help to bring the living conditions in the countryside closer to urban standards. Conclusions. A full and highly organized social infrastructure, along with the availability of high-paying jobs, is an indispensable condition for the formation and development of demographic potential. Due to the current critical state of the social sphere of the village, and beyond it, and other aspects of rural life, it is necessary to implement measures for the development of social infrastructure with appropriate institutional support. Key words: regional policy, social infrastructure, resource potential, demographic potential, rural areas.

scholarly journals Historical agricultural droughts from the INternational Pro pluvia ROgation database 

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fernando Domínguez-Castro ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Consequences ◽  
Climate Signal ◽  
Documentary Sources ◽  
Social Risks ◽  
Specific Objective ◽  
The Social ◽  
Pros And Cons ◽  
Drought Reconstruction ◽  
Instrumental Period ◽  
Share Information

<p>We present the INPRO (INternational Pro pluvia ROgation) database, the first international initiative to compile and share information on pro pluvia rogation ceremonies. Rogations are religious rites celebrated in supplication to gods for changing the environmental or social risks brought to their communities. Pro pluvial rogations have the specific objective to obtain rainfall during drought periods. This proxy has been used to understand drought variability in the pre-instrumental period, to generate precipitation or atmospheric circulation modes reconstructions, to validate natural proxies, or to understand the social consequences of droughts, mainly during the last 500 years. Different methodologies have been used in the literature to extract the climate signal from this proxy. Here, we evaluate the pros and cons of these methodologies, with special attention on methodologies based on the date of the celebration, since it is the main variable provided by INPRO. Important questions to take advantage of INPRO database are discussed e.g. types of documentary sources (primary or secondary), time resolution (daily, monthly, seasonally or yearly) or seasonality (related with agricultural labours). Finally, we provide recommendations for the use of IMPRO depending on the different research objectives e.g. case studies, drought reconstruction, proxies validation. Currently INPRO database has more than 3500 dates of pro pluvia ceremonies in 153 locations of 11 countries (Mexico, Guatemala, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Argentina, Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Philippines). The database covers the period from 1333 to 1949, being the 18<sup>th</sup> century when more information is available. INPRO database can be freely accessed and visualized via http://inpro.unizar.es/.</p>

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