scholarly journals The Community of Parents of Schoolchildren as a Subject of Civil Society (based on Materials from a Study conducted in a Russian Megalopolis)

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 121-146
Author(s):  
Garold Zborovsky ◽  
Nina Shabrova
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Social Activity ◽  
Social Environments ◽  
Social Community ◽  
Social Trends ◽  
Community Behavior ◽  
Active Subject ◽  
Behavior Strategies ◽  
Big Cities ◽  
Empirical Foundation

The article is dedicated to analyzing the potential of transformation of parents into a subject of civil society through amplifying their social activities in schools and in big cities. The school and the megalopolis are regarded as social environments that have the potential to create new social trends and movements that are manifested in modified urban community behavior strategies, with such communities including parents of schoolchildren. The results of a survey of parents of schoolchildren (2019, Yekaterinburg, n = 7281) serve as the empirical foundation for the article. The article analyzes the characteristics of parents of schoolchildren in the megalopolis as a social community and as a subject of civil society. The importance of forming and developing this community’s social capital in relation to both its “strong” and “weak” connections is emphasized. The features of schoolchildren parents’ involvement in public practices at the school and in the megalopolis are shown. The forms of public participation preferred by parents in schools and in megalopolises are determined. Parents are becoming increasingly willing to engage in various practices of social activity in the future. Something else we noticed is the lack of active desire on behalf of the schoolchildren parent community to participate in managing the school, to stage protests or to support public initiatives in big cities. The authors insist that the parent schoolchildren community has the potential to turn into an active subject of state policy by means of increasing social activity and possibly translating it into civic activity under certain conditions.

On some issues of legislation harmonization on legal proceedings and representation: comparative legal characteristics

2021 ◽  
pp. 373-387
Author(s):  
Valentina M. Bolshakova
Keyword(s):  
Social Activity ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Judicial System ◽  
Access To Justice ◽  
Legal Doctrine ◽  
Basic Principles ◽  
Legal Proceedings ◽  
Social Trends ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Judicial Protection

The subject of research is the issues of improving the legislation on the judicial system, legal proceedings types, further unification of duties of general jurisdiction courts and analysis of requirements for a procedural representative. The modern legal doctrine contains legislative regulations governing various spheres of social activity. One of these areas is the regula-tion of the structure and regulatory legal framework of the activities of judi-ciary, administering justice and implementing in practice the basic principles of the legal state. Method, research methodology: we illustrate the need to improve the legislation on the judicial system and legal proceedings based on the application of comparative legal and systemic research methods. The novelty of research, main conclusions: we consider social trends leading to judicial changes, we present the corresponding opinions of scientists on this issue. As a result of the conducted scientific research, we establish that some normative legal acts regulating the types of legal proceedings, the duties of general jurisdiction courts, as well as the institution of procedural representation, need to be amended in order to bring them into line with constitutional provisions and establish precise legal and technical formulations. We especially note that this study makes it possible to assess how optimal the judicial and procedural legislation is at present and how effectively it allows for judicial protection of violated or disputed rights and simplifies citizens' access to justice.

CONDITIONS FOR ESTABLISHING A FULL-FLEDGEDCIVIL SOCIETY IN RUSSIA: AN ANALYSIS BASED ON THE BIOSOCIAL APPROACH

2020 ◽  
pp. 28-35
Author(s):  
R.G. Saifullin
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Social Activity ◽  
Energy Structure ◽  
Russian Society ◽  
Biological Mechanisms ◽  
Social Perspective ◽  
Effective Functioning ◽  
The Social ◽  
Near Future

In the article are formulated the main features of civil society. Among them the most important is the social activity of the citizens. It is characterized as low in modern Russia, which indicates the undeveloped nature of civil society. The reasons for this are analysed from a bio-social perspective. It is shown that for the effective functioning and development of civil society, certain types of energy should prevail in its structure. The biological mechanisms of the appearance of these types in the inertial phase are analyzed. It is concluded that the full functioning of civil society in the modern West was facilitated by the presence of leading Western ethnic groups in this phase and that the energy structure of Russian society is currently radically different from the energy structure of Western societies during the inertial phase. Therefore, the functioning of a full-fledged civil society in Russia seems unlikely in the near future. The forecast is that the formation of a full-fledged civil society in Russia is possible in the second half of this century.

Counting civil society: deconstructing elite participation in the provincial English city, 1900–1950

Urban History ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 287-314 ◽  
Author(s):  
NICK HAYES
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Civil Society ◽  
Urban Governance ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Social Commitment ◽  
Political Activities ◽  
Social Trends ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Right

ABSTRACTWith few dissenting voices, the historiography of twentieth-century urban civil society has been relayed through a prism of continuing and escalating elite disengagement. Within a paradigm of declinism, academics, politicians and social commentators contrast a past offering a richness of social commitment against a present characterized by lowering standards in urban governance. Put simply, the right sorts of people were no longer volunteering. Yet the data for such claims is insubstantial, and the applied methodology flawed. What are lacking are detailed empirical studies which offer flexible measures of status across a range of voluntary and political activities, so that we can better understand the social trends of urban volunteering across the first 50 years of the twentieth century.

scholarly journals Participatory Budget as a Tool Supporting the Development of Civil Society in Poland

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-79
Author(s):  
Jarosław Kempa ◽  
Artur Roland Kozłowski
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Social Activity ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Local Conditions ◽  
Participatory Budget ◽  
The Town

AbstractAlthough three decades have passed since the fall of communism in Poland, the observed level of social activity in the country is relatively low. Participatory budget emerged as an idea to increase the involvement of citizens in decision-making processes concerning their immediate surroundings. In addition to their inclusion in the activity of local government, this form of citizen participation is expected to have a positive impact on residents’ involvement in activities for the benefit of the local community. The aim of this article is to indicate the conditions that influenced the implementation of the idea of the first participatory budget in Poland and emphasizing the importance of the civic budget in managing public administration through partial decentralization involving local communities in social dialogue for local investment initiatives, especially in large provincial cities in Poland. The following research question was adopted in the paper: has the introduction of a participatory budget in Poland increased social activity and has it been conducive to the development of civil society. In Poland, the initiative to create a civic budget met good political conditions in the relatively small city of Sopot, which had the resources to implement the project. After successful implementation, this initiative was relatively quickly adopted by other Polish local governments, which then on their own introduced social consultations called the civic budget. Not all poviats introduced the civic budget of their own volition. The government, seeing the possibility of political discounting of this new solution, decided to introduce a mandatory participatory budget in town counties and ordered the allocation of funds from their budgets, no less than 1 % of budget expenditure. The article relies on the case-study method, comparative analysis and trend analysis, qualitative and quantitative methods of description, document analysis and statistical data. The analysis focuses on the town of Sopot and provincial capitals. Local conditions are important for understanding the processes of shaping active civic attitudes in Poland, because cities are the poles of development of civil society and give impetus to innovative changes in the entire socio-economic system. The materials used in the article include reports, documents and legal acts regarding the functioning of the town of Sopot.The study showed that the participatory budget indeed activates the local community around various projects. At the same time, the question of directly translating this activity into an increase in the number of organizations, associations and foundations remains debatable. The introduction of the participatory budget to administrative management practice in local-government units in Poland should be considered in terms of the soft power impact of administration on the shaping and development of civil society, which is still in the development stage in Poland.

scholarly journals Theoretical background for the use of the systematic approach to the process of development of youth’s social activity in civil society institutions

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 (4 (129)) ◽  
pp. 33-41
Author(s):  
Oksana Stupak
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Theoretical Analysis ◽  
Systematic Approach ◽  
Social Activity ◽  
Development Stage ◽  
Theoretical Background ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Systematic Research ◽  
Concept System ◽  
Wide Range

The multidimensional nature of the notion «system» is conditioned by a wide range of factors applied in philosophical, pedagogical and social studies. The review of scientific and encyclopaedic literature on systemic research confirmed the versatility of approaches to the definition of “system”. The purpose of the article is theoretical analysis of scientific approaches to the concept «system», characterization of system types in the context of pedagogical research. The determined approaches to this category in the scientific theory and practice allow considering the system as an orderly classification of interrelated elements which, interacting with the environment, form a holistic system, constitute a set of interacting elements oriented towards the achievement of a specific goal. It has been defined that a set of components oriented towards the goal determines the basis of the research system and systematic research methods. It has been determined in the article that autonomy in choosing ways of action on the basis of the developed criteria is the characteristic feature of purposeful systems. During the research, the importance of introducing the systematic approach to modern pedagogical science was emphasized, in particular the problem of forming social activity of youth in the institutions of civil society. The systematic approach involves performing a number of tasks: developing system goals; constructing objects as a system; building models of the system; determining system properties; studying the functioning of the system. In the context of our study, it is worth noting that the social, pedagogical, social-pedagogical and innovative systems that justify a number of principles, features and characteristics that are considered relevant during the formation of social activity contribute to the development of the system enabling the development of young people’s social activity. The analysis of the scientific-pedagogical literature made it possible to identify the main characteristics of these systems. According to the results of theoretical analysis, the concept and development stage of the system enabling the formation of young people’s social activity in the institutions of civil society were determined. Keywords: system, systematic approach, pedagogical system, innovative system, social-pedagogical system, youth.

scholarly journals Online Activism of Social Community in Handling Social Issues in The City Of Malang

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Tia Subekti ◽  
Irza Khurun'in
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Movements ◽  
Civil Society ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
World Order ◽  
Poor People ◽  
Social Community ◽  
The Social ◽  
Motorcycle Taxi ◽  
The City

his paper aims to see the formation of social movements in Malang addressing social issues in Malang. Some of the movements that become the focus of this paper are the Malang Care Community or ASLI Malang and Social and Humanist Society in Malang. Interestingly, the communities are doing their activities online and using social media as the main instrument of movement. If in general online media based-communities are only informative, it is different with Malang. Here the communities perform real actions such as social activities. For examples: social aids for victims of natural disasters, street children, poor people who need help, and other problems. Last but not least is the emergence of free motorcycle-taxi riders that arose due to the protest of angkot (city transport) drivers toward online motorcycle taxi resulting in an angkot drivers’ strike. The movement was able to collect motorcycle-rider volunteers up to 700 motorcycles and 80 cars. The 4 days activity was the culmination of the social community awakening which arises in response to socio-dynamic in society The emergence of various social communities is the marker of the rise of civilian powers and the strengthening of non-state actors. The social community as a form of movement becomes an alternative for civil society to engage in social issues, rather than to join political organizations such as political parties or interest groups whose main interests are political interests. Charles Tilly (2004) defines social movements as an organized public collective effort to make certain claims to the intended authorities. Sidney Tarrow (2004) explains that social movements are generally born from social problems that lead to contentious. The orientation of social movements is to create a world order of social justice. Furthermore, in data collection, the authors conducted in-depth interviews, observations, and documentation. By using social movement perspective, the main argument in this paper is, first, social media is the social community's main strategy for activism. Second, the pattern of social movements that arise is departing from social concerns of civil society in the city of Malang in view of social issues. Third, the formation of activism conducted by the social community in the City of Malang City aims to respond to social problem

scholarly journals THE INFLUENCE OF INSTITUTIONS OF A CIVIL SOCIETY ON ETHNOPOLITICAL PROCESSES DURING THE SYSTEMIC TRANSFORMATION OF RUSSIAN SOCIETIES (On the materials of Kabardino-Balkariya and Karachaevo-Circassia)

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 140-151 ◽  
Author(s):  
A I Tetuev
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Social Activity ◽  
Political Stability ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
North Caucasus ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
The Public ◽  
Political Processes ◽  
The North ◽  
Social Associations

The author of the article considers the process of formation and development of civil society institutions in Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia and their influence on ethno-political processes at various stages of modernization reforms in the post-Soviet Russia, analyzes the formation of regulatory and legal framework of non-commercial organization, the stages of development and the structure of civil society institutions in Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia. The article covers activity of public authorities, local government and social associations of the republics during the period of growth of centrifugal tendencies in the North Caucasus. The author analyzes attempts to realize various forms of self-determination, to conduct administrative and territorial transformations and considers the factors that negatively affect the ethno-political situation in the region. The author of the article presents the activity of republican institutions of civil society: public chambers, cultural and national centers and associations, youth and religious organizations, mass media, and studies the experience of public chambers in holding meetings where topical issues of socio-economic and public life of the republics were discussed, including those aimed at strengthening of ethno-political stability in the region. An effective form of taking into account the public opinion while developing management decisions is the participation of the Public Chamber in conducting public expertise of draft federal and regional laws. Special mention should be made of the activities of the Public Chamber for prevention of religious extremism. The work on generalization of the activities of religious associations for implementation of social programs and projects aimed at increasing the level of culture of interconfessional and interethnic tolerance among young people is to solve this problem. At the same time, there are some factors that impede the development of civil society institutions in the region. First of all, it is low social activity of citizens and the absence of principled civic position on a number of crucial issues. In conclusion, the author determines main perspective directions of the development of civil society institutions in the region.

scholarly journals Modern Trends in the Institutionalization of Civil Society in Kemerovo Region (Kuzbass): a Regional Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-32
Author(s):  
Elena Matveeva ◽  
Alexander Mitin
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Social Activity ◽  
Political Activity ◽  
Expert Assessment ◽  
Regional Politics ◽  
Regional Study ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Citizen Activism ◽  
Information Accessibility ◽  
The Media

The article deals with the institutionalization of civil society in Russia at the current stage. The aim of the study was to consider certain aspects of the interaction of the state and civil society in Russia in general and in Kemerovo Region (Kuzbass) in particular. The authors employed the method of sociological survey of the population and the expert assessment of non-profit sector representatives, which made it possible to assess the dynamics of the development of civil society institutions in Russia and in Kemerovo region. The authors used systemic and institutional approaches to identify the changes in the understanding of civil society, as well as to evaluate the work of authorities and public institutions through the prism of public attitude. All the numerous definitions of civil society appeared to provide no common understanding in government bodies and society. The paper focuses on some features of the development of civil society and challenges that inhibit the process of development of civil initiatives in regional politics. The assessed criteria included the level of social and political activity of the population, the trust of the population and non-profit organizations in the civil society institutions and authorities, the information accessibility in the media, and the attitude of the population to the issues of self-government. Social activity, which depends on the level of civic engagement, proved crucial for the development of regional civil institutions. This is especially important in the aspect of young citizen activism.

scholarly journals Modal Sosial dan Integrasi Sosial: Asimilasi dan Akulturasi Budaya Masyarakat Multikultural di Polewali Mandar, Sulawesi Barat

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 111-122
Author(s):  
Abd. Halim K. ◽  
Mahyuddin Mahyuddin
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Social Activity ◽  
Stable State ◽  
Social Community ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Difference

This research aims to explain the role of the social capital of local community in integration process of inter-sociocultural. Discourse of multicultural society is important to be known because the difference of social community has a big potential to be a social disintegration. Nevertheless, the social life, which has different of culture, was not always occurred the disunion. Local wisdoms of community as social capital could facilitate an adhesive social so that they lived in social harmony. The type of this research is descriptive qualitative describing inter-ethnic social integration by taking place Wonomulyo, Polewali Mandar, West Sulawesi, one of provinces in Indonesia. The data collection techniques were observation, depth interview, and documentation. Withdrawal informants were done by purposive sampling. The theory used in this study was social capital by Robert Putnam and Pierre Bourdieu. This theory explained social capital by studying social habitus of local community. The results showed that social capital of local community had a role on processing integration of community that differ ethnic and culture. As a result, the ethnic groups integrated well was characterized by social relationships among ethnic groups remain in a stable state and bound in the integration of groups. Then, the equilibrium of groups created assimilation and acculturation of culture in the society. The ethnic groups cooperated each other in economy and social activity and there was no social conflict among them.

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