scholarly journals The level of ethnic-confessional tolerance in the Saratov Region

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 722-736
Author(s):  
I A Beginina ◽  
S G Ivchenkov ◽  
M S Ivchenkova ◽  
N V Shakhmatova
Keyword(s):  
Social Distance ◽  
National Policy ◽  
Interethnic Relations ◽  
Saratov Region ◽  
The Public ◽  
Everyday Practices ◽  
Degree Of Acceptance ◽  
High Level ◽  
Low Prevalence ◽  
The City

Ethnic-confessional relationships in multiethnic regions are dynamic and influenced by globalization and the growth of horizontal mobility, and also by everyday practices. All these factors structure the public opinion in a certain way and determine the degree of tolerance of the regions and Russia as a whole. The article aims at assessing the level of ethnic-confessional tolerance in the multiethnic Saratov Region. The article presents the results of the sociological survey conducted in March 2018 in the city of Saratov and eleven districts of the Saratov Region. According to the survey’s results, the degree of acceptance of a person of a different nationality is inversely proportional to the size of social distance. The level of the religious tolerance is also high, but does not correlate with the size of social distance. According to the data, the vast majority of respondents did not encounter violations of national or religious rights, and among those who actually experienced national discrimination (personally or in close social circle) it was expressed in the form of ignoring, insulting, difficulties when looking for employment, threats and physical abuse. In general, the low prevalence of direct forms of negative ethnic-religious attitudes proves the high level of tolerance in the Saratov Region. Interethnic relations of the Saratovites with representatives of the Caucasian peoples are more prone to conflicts than with representatives of peoples traditionally settled in the region (Ukrainians, Tatars, Kazakhs, Jews, Bashkirs, Volga Germans). Despite the prevailing positive assessments of the national policy, it still needs to take into account the features of the Saratov Region.

scholarly journals Every City a Food Growing City? What Food Growing Schools London Reveals about City Strategies for Food System Sustainability

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. 2924 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hannah Pitt ◽  
Mat Jones ◽  
Emma Weitkamp
Keyword(s):  
Success Factors ◽  
Food System ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
National Policy ◽  
Mixed Methods Case Study ◽  
Local Actors ◽  
Staged Approach ◽  
System Sustainability ◽  
High Level ◽  
The City

Cities have emerged as leaders in food system innovation and transformation, but their potential can be limited by the absence of supportive governance arrangements. This study examined the value of Food Growing Schools London (FGSL) as a programme seeking city-wide change through focusing on one dimension of the food system. Mixed methods case study research sought to identify high-level success factors and challenges. Findings demonstrate FGSL’s success in promoting food growing by connecting and amplifying formerly isolated activities. Schools valued the programme’s expertise and networking opportunities, whilst strategic engagement facilitated new partnerships linking food growing to other policy priorities. Challenges included food growing’s marginality amongst priorities that direct school and borough activity. Progress depended on support from individual local actors so varied across the city. London-wide progress was limited by the absence of policy levers at the city level. Experience from FGSL highlights how city food strategies remain constrained by national policy contexts, but suggests they may gain traction through focusing on well-delineated, straightforward activities that hold public appeal. Sustainability outcomes might then be extended through a staged approach using this as a platform from which to address other food issues.

scholarly journals Cities of "others" : public space and everyday practices

2009 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Vaiou ◽  
A. Kalandides
Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life ◽  
Public Space ◽  
Public Deliberation ◽  
The Public ◽  
Everyday Practices ◽  
The Public Sphere ◽  
Material Space ◽  
A Site ◽  
Relations Of Power ◽  
The City

Abstract. This paper deals with the concept of «public space». It works with the ambiguities embedded therein, contrasting material space/s – the streets, squares, parks, public buildings of the city – with the other spaces created through the functions and institutions of the «public sphere» as a site of public deliberation. Focussing on the ambiguities of the concept allow questions of access, interaction, participation, cultural and symbolic rights of passage to be posed. Public space is approached here as constituted through the practices of everyday life: it is produced and constantly contested, reflecting – among other things – relations of power. Differences in gender, ethnicity or sexuality often lead to binary thinking, such as inside/outside, inclusion/exclusion, local/stranger. The way that such categories intertwine in everyday life, though, unsettle easy categorisations and force a questioning of strict lines of division. It is in this context that a proposal is made to discuss the city of «others», drawing from research examples which cross over such lines.

scholarly journals Evaluation of readiness of selected transport system

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (6) ◽  
pp. 47-52
Author(s):  
Piotr Bojar
Keyword(s):  
Transport System ◽  
Public Transport ◽  
Rolling Stock ◽  
Adjacent Area ◽  
The Public ◽  
Transport Operator ◽  
Transport Services ◽  
Safe Transport ◽  
High Level ◽  
The City

The basic tasks of the public public transport operator include reliable and safe transport services under the concluded transport contract with the transport organizer. The entity acting as the operator is obliged to punctually adhere to timetables, it is possible provided that the operator has a rolling stock characterized by a high level of readiness for rolling stock. The paper attempts to assess the readiness of the public transport operator performing tasks in the city and the adjacent area with a total number of residents not exceeding one hundred thousand.

scholarly journals Gardening the City: Neighbourliness and Appropriation of the Common Spaces in Bulgaria

2015 ◽  
pp. 41-60
Author(s):  
Meglena Ivanova Zlatkova
Keyword(s):  
Social Solidarity ◽  
Social Boundaries ◽  
Social Hierarchies ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
The Public ◽  
Everyday Practices ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
The Common ◽  
Long Term Observation ◽  
The City

Gardening the City: Neighbourliness and Appropriation of the Common Spaces in BulgariaThe paper discusses the forms of public-private space division in a postcosialist Bulgarian city as everyday practices of inhabiting and appropriation of the common spaces in one neighborhood of Plovdiv. The anthropological research of the urban spaces includes a long term observation of the everyday practices in the city of socialism, the city in transition and the changed cities nowadays, following the line of the changing boundaries, distinction and expression of the public and private, common and individual.The cases of particular interest in my research are the forms of transgression of the physical borders and social boundaries as well as establishing new ones, according to the changing identities, social hierarchies, power relations, forms of social solidarity and networking and investment in social capital. The paper presents cases of blurring borders and boundaries as urban discourses – of the socialist city, the city in transition and the other – the city after 2007 when Bulgaria joined the EU. These cases are studied on the base of the everyday practices of urban gardening in common spaces – around block of flats, on the windowed balconies and small gardens (vegetable plots) in the town outskirts. Uprawianie miasta: sąsiedzkość i zawłaszczanie przestrzeni wspólnej w BułgariiArtykuł omawia formy publiczno-prywatnego podziału przestrzeni w postsocjalistycznym mieście bułgarskim jako codzienne praktyki zamieszkiwania i zawłaszczania przestrzeni wspólnej na jednym z osiedli w Płowdiw. Antropologiczne badanie przestrzeni miejskiej koncentruje się na długookresowej obserwacji codziennych praktyk w mieście socjalistycznym, następnie przechodzącym okres transformacji, a wreszcie w mieście współczesnym, idąc za zmieniającą się linią granic, rozróżnieniem i wyrażaniem się publicznego i prywatnego, wspólnego i indywidualnego.Uwaga autorki skupia się szczególnie na formach transgresji fizycznych i społecznych granic oraz na tworzeniu nowych zgodnie ze zmieniającymi się tożsamościami, hierarchią społeczną, relacjami władzy, formami solidarności społecznej, usieciowieniem oraz inwestycjami w kapitał społeczny. W artykule omówiono przypadki naruszenia granic oraz podziały jako dyskursy miejskie – o mieście socjalistycznym, mieście transformacji i inne, tworzone po 2007 roku po wstąpieniu Bułgarii do UE. Przypadki te badano w perspektywie codziennych praktyk miejskiego ogrodnictwa prowadzonego w przestrzeni wspólnej, wokół bloków, na balkonach i w ogródkach na obrzeżach miasta.

Conclusions Without Closure

2021 ◽  
pp. 319-338
Author(s):  
Jeffrey K. Hass
Keyword(s):  
Social Theory ◽  
Social Distance ◽  
Shadow Economy ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
Everyday Practices ◽  
The City ◽  
Power And Authority

The conclusion provides brief lessons about the Blockade and survival. First, unresolved legacies of the Blockade remained: rebuilding authority and infrastructure; aligning wartime adaptations (practices and habits) with postwar politics; facing the expanded shadow economy; dealing with the flood of civilians hoping to enter the city; and framing and integrating the Blockade experience into a postwar narratives and propaganda. Some commentary on Stalinism and Russian historiography is offered: in particular, the need to square the circle of the Stalinist cult and dictatorship with everyday practices, without dismissing or understating either. The conclusion ends with possible lessons about social theory. Institutions require more exploration, especially regarding fields and the role of anchors. Power and authority need refinement, especially regarding “compulsion.” Social distance, anchors, and empathy and emotion require far more serious research and inclusion into theoretical frameworks. And suffering demands more attention empirically and theoretically.

scholarly journals Sociological measurement of the effectiveness of state national policy in the Russian region: Theory and practice

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 4-10
Author(s):  
Sergey G. Ivchenkov ◽  
◽  
Yaroslav A. Nikiforov ◽  
Olga A. Romanovskaya ◽  
Svetlana V. Sitnikova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Survey Methods ◽  
National Policy ◽  
Public Organizations ◽  
Ethnic Relations ◽  
The State ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Interethnic Relations ◽  
Saratov Region ◽  
Russian Region ◽  
Region Theory

The article is devoted to measuring the effectiveness of the state national policy in Saratov region by means of using sociological methods and practices. The most commonly used method of obtaining social information in such studies was the combination of quantitative (questionnaire) and qualitative (expert survey) methods. The study revealed a number of trends in the development of the ethno-confessional situation in Saratov region. The results of the mass survey indicate a low and increasingly declining level of both national and religious conflicts in Saratov region. One of the indicators of religious and national tolerance is the characterization of emotional expression towards the representatives of different beliefs and nationalities. The analysis of these data confirms the above-described trends. A general assessment of the dynamics of interethnic relations in Saratov region also allows to speak about stability. The survey of experts made it possible to more thoroughly analyze the state of ethno-confessional relations and state national policy in this field. The significant differences in the general assessments of inter-ethnic relations in the regional context, public organizations and authorities in the field of the implementation of ethno-confessional policy between the respondents-representatives of authorities and the respondents-representatives of public organizations and the scientific community were revealed. The fundamental agreement was achieved on the current state of interethnic relations in Saratov region regarding the ethno-political situation on the part of the state authorities. The modern ethnopolitical situation is assessed as a stable and relatively calm one.

scholarly journals Public participation and ‘good’ urban governance

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhao Yuanhui
Keyword(s):  
Public Participation ◽  
Urban Governance ◽  
The Public ◽  
Maximum Range ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
Service Object ◽  
Important Position ◽  
High Level ◽  
Almost All ◽  
The City

In the 21st century, with the development of globalization and urbanization in the whole world, and the economic and social advancement, the managing structure and methods of the urban governance are changing rapidly. This situation shows that the good urban governance is facing a wide variety of challenges and issues to serve the contemporary cities.   Among those numerous challenges and issues, public participation is a key factor that should be well considered if the urban governance wants to be a good one in the future. The reason for this statement is that almost all of the decisions, policies and regulations made by the urban governance are relevant to the daily life of people living in the city. On the other side, good urban governance should connect well with all the relevant people, organizations, government sections, and consider all advices and needs of them to make sure that the policies could serve public in the maximum range. That means the residents in the city are the majority service object of the urban governance, and providing the needs of the public can help the urban governance turn to a positive image to the residents. Under that situation, public participation offers the chance for urban governance to make correct and satisfied decisions for the residents, and it is being accepted that public participation takes a vitally important position in a good urban governance in the contemporary ages. In this essay, the importance of public participation in urban governance will be exhibited in detail firstly, and then discuss the problems of public participation and increase engagement of public participation in urban governance. To compare with the bad governance, the redevelopment process of Liede village could be used as an example to discuss the benefits of the good urban governance with high-level public participation in China. Finally, the conclusion would be given out at the end of the essay

scholarly journals APLIKASI PENCARIAN LOKASI DAN INFORMASI TAMAN PENDIDIKAN AL-QUR’AN KOTA KUPANG BERBASIS ANDROID

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 81-89
Author(s):  
Rudi Hariyanto ◽  
Edwin A. U. Malahina ◽  
Sumarlin Sumarlin
Keyword(s):  
Religious Education ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Religious Instruction ◽  
The Public ◽  
Location Data ◽  
The Right ◽  
High Level ◽  
Children Education ◽  
The City ◽  
User Location

Kupang city is one of the cities in Indonesia that has a high level of religious tolerance, this is supported by the Peace Gong archipelago, but this is inversely proportional to religious education in the city of Kupang, especially the Islamic religious education because of lack of religious instruction in formal education institutions . The Qur'an Educational Park is an institution that plays an important role in providing religious education, the procedure of reading and understanding al-quran. But the lack of community knowledge about the location of the Quranic Education Park has left the public confused to find and choose the right religious education institutions to give their children education about religion. For that, there need to be built an application that can display the location and information about the Qur'an Educational Park located in the city of Kupang. With Android-based development, it will simplify the community because Android smartphone users are quite a lot and ensure the accuracy of user location data. In addition to showing the location, the application will also provide information about the Qur'an Educational Park in Kupang City that has been marked on google maps.

scholarly journals Rekognisi Publik Pengguna Pelayanan Akuntan Terhadap Tingkat Moralitas Akuntan Publik

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 170
Author(s):  
Muhammad Reza Ramdani ◽  
Ismi Ayu Lestari
Keyword(s):  
Service User ◽  
Public Perception ◽  
Financial Statements ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Public Accounting ◽  
The Public ◽  
Conventional Banks ◽  
High Level ◽  
The City ◽  
Public Accountant

This study aims to determine the public Recognition of public accountant service users to the level of Morality of public accountants. Where the public users of public accounting services or the users of financial statements consists of internal parties represented by directors or managers of companies go public and external parties represented by investors and creditors who are respectively securities firms and conventional banks in the city of Makassar. The research method used descriptive qualitative approach through the process of observation and spreading questionnaire (questionnaire). Primary data obtained through the distribution of questionnaires to respondents public users of public accounting services. The rate of return of questionnaires was 95.3% or 41 questionnaires from 43 questionnaires distributed. The result of the research shows that public perception of public accountant service user to integrity of public accountant either show positive value or most give answer agree on questionnaire sheet. So this research concludes that public perception of public accountant service user to integrity level of public accountant in Makassar city is positive or still in high level of integrity.

PASSENGERS’ PERCEPTIONS ON SECURITY AND SAFETY IN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION IN ETHIOPIA: A CASE STUDY OF ADDIS ABABA

2021 ◽  
Vol 113 ◽  
pp. 61-73
Author(s):  
Mulugeta GIRMA ◽  
Berhanu WOLDETENSAE
Keyword(s):  
Public Transportation ◽  
Travel Demand ◽  
Addis Ababa ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Prevention Measures ◽  
The Public ◽  
Bus Service ◽  
High Level ◽  
The City ◽  
Bus Transportation

Due to its low fares, public bus transportation as a means of urban road mobility is a popular choice, particularly among city inhabitants. However, owing to its high level of crowdedness, it poses a greater risk of security and safety, particularly during peak hours. Moreover, passengers have continued to voice their dissatisfaction about the services offered, as well as the criminality that occurs in the station and on the bus. The problem is exacerbated in developing countries due to increased travel demand and a lack of appropriate and integrated solutions. Consequently, the purpose of this study is to evaluate commuters' perceptions of their concerns about using public bus transportation in the city, with an emphasis on security and safety in bus operations. A questionnaire survey was used to obtain data from 500 users in the city for the study. Using the SPSS software, the data was analyzed. To find out what they think, a descriptive analysis was used. Overcrowding of buses, personal insecurity, and infrequent bus service are the three biggest concerns in using public bus transportation in the city, according to the results. Furthermore, most of the respondents were concerned about crime; specifically, pickpockets, inappropriate touching, and disrespectful language of drivers and conductors are the three top types of crime that concern passengers who use public bus transportation in the city. Additionally, most people felt more insecure while riding the bus and getting on/off the bus, particularly in the evening and between 9:00 and 12:00 p.m. local time. Thus, it is advised that the Addis Ababa City Transport Authority, the Public Bus Transport Enterprise, and other interested parties place a strong emphasis on security and safety when providing public transportation in the city. Furthermore, it is critical to perform regular victim surveys of passengers (as well as operators) to establish whether they have been criminally victimized on the bus system and by what type of crime. Equally important, regularly assess the likely usefulness of new crime prevention measures for reducing bus-related offenses and prepare an annual bus crime reduction strategy.

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