scholarly journals Productive Matrix Change in Ecuador and the Petroleum Crisis. Case Study: Entrepreneurs and Productive Associations

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 01
Author(s):  
Jhonny Villafuerte ◽  
Eder Intriago
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Change Process ◽  
Social Economy ◽  
Oil Prices ◽  
National Plan ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Social ◽  
Capital Development ◽  
Public Politics

<p>The worldwide oil prices reduction from USD 109,45 in 2012 to USD 26,5 in 2016 (OPEC, 2016) threatens economic crisis in those countries, whose economies are still directly dependent on the exploitation and exportation of oil, as is the case of Ecuador in South America. This paper aims to describe the public politics set as contingency measures in the social economy sector, taken to adjust to the economic impact that can be foreseen. In this document, we refer to the 2013-2017’s objectives of the Ecuadorian development national plan: 8, 9, 10 and 11th, and present an analysis of interviews applied to entrepreneurs and community association leaders, in connection with the national productive matrix change implications. This study describes also, the productive settings that urban entrepreneurs and farmers' associations implement in 2 geographical zones (Manabí and Esmeraldas) on the Ecuadorian coast, which has agricultural, tourist and fishing potentialities.</p><p>The results of this work, ratify that "productive associations" set of strategies for the social capital development in an organized group (Moran, 2010) and the theories of economy development of Basu, (2000) and Moon, (2014). We also consider that the productive matrix change process in Ecuador requests of urgently relevant adjustment in the producers’ profiles such as: the strengthening of ICT usage, and the addition of the sustainability vision in their new productive projects.</p><h2><br /><br /></h2>

scholarly journals Implementación de la Política Pública de Pueblos Mágicos. Caso de estudio: Tapijulapa, Tabasco / Implementation of the Public Policy Peoples Magical. Case Study: Tapijulapa, Tabasco

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 145-152
Author(s):  
Lucía Sandoval ◽  
María Estela Ortega Rubí
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Social Capital ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Projects ◽  
Capital Social ◽  
The Public ◽  
Government Institutions ◽  
The Social ◽  
Politica Publica

ABSTRACTThe purpose of this research is to analyze the participation of different stakeholders, resulting from the implementation of the Public Policy Magical Towns, aimed at sustainable development of Villa Tapijulapa. This investigation is currently underway, however it has been observed that it has been funded development projects, through various government institutions that contribute to Magic Towns Program, which has not been successful, in addition there is a misuse system resources. These issues are presented by the complexity of cooperation, multiplicity of participants and perspectives; and the various attitudes and degrees of involvement of the various stakeholders. As the analysis of the social capital of the community and the characteristics of the agency charged with implementing achieve identify areas of opportunity to propose strategies for improvement.RESUMENEl propósito de ésta investigación es analizar la participación de los diferentes actores sociales, derivada de la implementación de la Política Pública de Pueblos Mágicos, dirigida al desarrollo sustentable de Villa Tapijulapa. Esta investigación actualmente se encuentra en proceso, sin embargo se ha podido observar que han sido financiados proyectos de desarrollo, a través de diferentes instituciones gubernamentales que coadyuvan al Programa de Pueblos Mágicos, los cuales no han sido exitosos, además de existir, un mal uso del sistema de recursos naturales. Estas problemáticas se presentan por la complejidad de la cooperación, multiplicidad de participantes y perspectivas; así como las diversas actitudes y grados de compromiso de los diferentes actores sociales. Por lo que el análisis del capital social de la comunidad y de las características de la agencia encargada de la implementación lograrán detectar las áreas de oportunidad para proponer estrategias de mejora.

scholarly journals SOCIAL CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT OF TERRITORIAL COMMUNITIES IN UKRAINE

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (12) ◽  
pp. 56-72
Author(s):  
Tetyana ZAIATS ◽  
◽  
Halyna KRAEVS’KA ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Local Development ◽  
Local Population ◽  
Self Organization ◽  
National Interests ◽  
The Public ◽  
Self Sufficiency ◽  
The Social ◽  
Capital Development ◽  
Partnership Models

The urgency of the tasks related to the development of social capital as one of the intangible assets of territorial communities is due to the need to increase their financial capacity and organizational-economic self-sufficiency at the stage of unification and finding ways to ensure effective self-organization. Peculiarities of development of social capital of territorial communities in Ukraine are revealed, the basic sources and practices of its formation are considered, new possibilities of its strengthening on the basis of public activity are outlined. It is established that the advantages of the main sources and practices of social capital development of territorial communities, which are based on partnerships in the field of inter-municipal cooperation, public-private partnership and introduction of the institution of elders, are combined with significant limitations, first of all: lack of experience in self-organization of the population and the formation of regional and local leaders, creation of an atmosphere of trust and responsibility between interacting actors. Significant regional asymmetry in the practice of their application is due to differences in the priorities of decentralization of management, the development potential of the communities themselves, the levels of their activity. In the future, the development of social capital of territorial communities of Ukraine should be based on the priorities of the concept of sustainable inclusive growth aimed at enhancing community participation in local socio-economic development through employment and local labor markets. This will help strengthen territorial unity and strengthen the social capital of communities. The model of open social capital, focused on achieving a balance of individual, community and national interests with the priority of developing partnerships between government, business and the public, is strategically important. According to the experience of other countries, it is important to develop fundamentally new forms of partnership with a broad representation of social sector structures to perform tasks related to stimulating local development. Such promising partnership models open up new opportunities for social capitalization given the urgent needs of the local population.

A successful person, society and civic activism

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (10) ◽  
pp. 1800-1816
Author(s):  
G.B. Kozyreva ◽  
T.V. Morozova ◽  
R.V. Belaya
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Political Life ◽  
Public Confidence ◽  
Russian Society ◽  
The Public ◽  
Civic Activism ◽  
The Social ◽  
Human And Social Capital ◽  
Person Model ◽  
Social Disparity

Subject. The article provides considerations on the formation and development of a successful person model in the modern Russian society. Objectives. The study is an attempt to model a successful person in the Russian society, when the ideological subsystem of the institutional matrix is changing. Methods. The study relies upon the theory of institutional matrices by S. Kirdina, theories of human and social capital. We focus on the assumption viewing a person as a carrier of social capital, which conveys a success, socio-economic position, social status, civic activism, doing good to your family and the public, confidence in people and association with your region. The empirical framework comprises data of the sociological survey of the Russian population in 2018. The data were processed through the factor analysis. Results. We devised a model of a successful person in today's Russian society, which reveals that a success, first of all, depends on the economic wellbeing and has little relation to civic activism. The potential involvement (intention, possibility, preparedness) in the social and political life significantly dominates the real engagement of people. The success has a frail correlation with constituents of the social capital, such as confidence in people and doing good to the public. Conclusions and Relevance. Based on the socio-economic wellbeing, that is consumption, the existing model of a successful person proves to be ineffective. The sustainability of socio-economic wellbeing seriously contributes to the social disparity of opportunities, which drive a contemporary Russian to a success in life.

scholarly journals Anchoring the social economy at the metropolitan scale: Findings from the Liverpool City Region

Urban Studies ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 004209802097265
Author(s):  
Matthew Thompson ◽  
Alan Southern ◽  
Helen Heap
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Social Economy ◽  
Future Research ◽  
City Region ◽  
Anchor Institutions ◽  
Urban Economic Development ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Economies ◽  
The City

This article revisits debates on the contribution of the social economy to urban economic development, specifically focusing on the scale of the city region. It presents a novel tripartite definition – empirical, essentialist, holistic – as a useful frame for future research into urban social economies. Findings from an in-depth case study of the scale, scope and value of the Liverpool City Region’s social economy are presented through this framing. This research suggests that the social economy has the potential to build a workable alternative to neoliberal economic development if given sufficient tailored institutional support and if seen as a holistic integrated city-regional system, with anchor institutions and community anchor organisations playing key roles.

Transitioning towards low carbon solidarity economies?

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter North
Keyword(s):  
Private Sector ◽  
Social Enterprise ◽  
Social Economy ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
The Public ◽  
Diverse Economies ◽  
The Social ◽  
Global North ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Socially Excluded

Building on the diverse economies perspective of JK Gibson-Graham, this chapter discusses how conceptions of just and sustainable economies in the context of the Anthropocene can be generated and, more importantly, performed through social and solidarity economies in the global North. It reviews concepts of the SSE in the global North, and discusses the extent that the UK social economy sector has been tamed and neoliberalised as more antagonistic conceptions of co-operative and grassroots economies created by green and socialist activists in the 1970s and 1980s have been transformed into neoliberal conceptions of social enterprise, with an inbuilt assumption that the private sector is more effective than the public. It discusses how in conditions of austerity social enterprise can legitimate the abandonment of socially excluded communities, and that to counter this, the social economy sector in the UK should develop more antagonistic perspectives, learning from Latin Americans. Finally, it discusses the contribution of Transition Initiatives in rekindling conceptions of grassroots sustainable economies.

Social capital and the learning organization

2015 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 208-219
Author(s):  
Wan Idros Wan Sulaiman ◽  
Maizatul Haizan Mahbob ◽  
Shahrul Nazmi Sannusi
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Organizational Communication ◽  
Learning Organization ◽  
Social Trust ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Social Capital Theory ◽  
Capital Theory ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Social ◽  
Pearson Correlation Test

Department of Information of Malaysia is one of the public organizations directly involved in the provision of information to the public. To ensure that all services rendered acceptable, organizational communication in the Department of Information should be given serious consideration so that each activity can be transformed properly. Therefore, this study was undertaken to assess organizational communication in a learning organization in order to see the extent to which employees have a description of social capital and support to the organization of learning activities. The main purpose of this study is to examine the relationship that is formed through the social interactions between workers and management by integrating the four aspects of social capital, namely social trust, institutional trust, social norms and networking. For this purpose, a total of 190 respondents from the Information Department headquarters staff in Putrajaya was selected for this study. The study uses questionnaires as research tool and analyses key findings using the Pearson correlation test to examine relationships between various aspects. The study also applied social capital theory as the basis of research framework the when analyzing findings. The results showed that staff describe positive social capital within the organization and consider organizational learning as a strategy to improve the performance of the department in the future.

scholarly journals Social Capital: Trust Building as A Strategy of Developing Madrasa (A Case Study at MI Istiqomah Sambas Purbalingga)

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-76
Author(s):  
Munjin Munjin
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Financial Capital ◽  
Trust Building ◽  
Institutional Trust ◽  
Religious Organization ◽  
Good Strategy ◽  
The Social ◽  
Mass Basis

The developent of madrasa should not depend on financial capital, like infrastructure and media. There is another variabel which has an important role, that is social capital. If the two variables are maximally used by the headmaster, madrasah will increase rapidly, moreover that madrasa has geneologically the big mass basis. Practically, there are many madrasas that have that two modals, but only few of them can manage to be a power to develop madrasa.  One of them is Madrasa Istiqomah Sambas Purbalingga, which uses social capital, espesially trust, as a strategi in developing madrasa, despite the fact that it does not stand under a certain religious organization.  So, the research question of this study is how MI Istiqomah Sambas Purbalingga build and manage the social capital of trust. In addition, this reseacrh will find out a good strategy in developing madrasa and strengthening the social capital. To collect data, the writer performed observation and interviewed some informants and collect some needed documentation. The collected data were then analyzed and connected to the theory used and finally was made conclusion. The conclusion of this research is that social capital of trust was built by philosophical, practical and institutional trust. The inclusive character of madrasa can also help to build trust.

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