scholarly journals Utilitarism as the theoretical basis of humanitarian criteria of social innovations

2020 ◽  
pp. 131-134
Author(s):  
A. V. Tonkovidova
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Theoretical Basis ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Functional Approach ◽  
The State ◽  
Social Innovations ◽  
Utilitarian Approach ◽  
Theoretical Foundations

The article studies the problem of the theoretical foundations for the definition and construction of humanitarian criteria for social innovation. The actual components of this problem of implementing social innovations in a number of areas of activity, both of the state and civil society, are examined. The possible grounds for determining the humanitarian criteria for social innovation are highlighted: immanent and transcendental. The utilitarian approach is presented in its various historical actualizations as a possible theoretical basis for the humanitarian criteria of social innovation. The positive and negative sides of certain forms of utilitarianism, as a theoretical basis for creating effective criteria for social innovation, are revealed. As a result of the study of the problem, it was determined that the humanitarian criterion of social innovation should include an integrated approach that combines a utilitarian approach and a functional approach.

scholarly journals Functioning and development of civil society under constitutional basis

2020 ◽  
pp. 80-83
Author(s):  
Danylo Akulenko
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Scientific Basis ◽  
The State ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Regulatory Function ◽  
Political Movements ◽  
Legal Norms ◽  
Low Level

This article was studied the сonstitutional norms for civil society, which, in the author's view, should be the doctrinal basis for its functioning. The question arises because of the critical need of society in legal and political movements for a European model of relations between the state and the citizen, the urgency is determined not only by the author’s personal convictions, but also by the unstable situation inside the Ukrainian politics, according to which only anti-democratic pseudosocial post-Soviet movements have unity and one point of view. In such conditions, the uncertainty of the Basic Law does not leave an opportunity to develop new, more effective legal norms that could increase the effectiveness of civil society. The scientific basis for this article were the works of V. Batanov, A. Krusyan, N. Onishchenko, T. Podorozhna, S. Petkov, O. Skripniuk, S. Sunegin, Y. Shemshuchenko. The aim of the work is to study the possible instruments of constitutional influence to achieve the ultimate goal of each democratic and legal state - building an effective civil society with a self-regulatory function. The analysis of the real situation inside the country shows that the level of efficiency of civil society is currently critically low. Indicators of this are the following negative socio-legal phenomena: - legal and political nihilism; - the dependence of the media on the so-called "tycoons"; - a small number of non-state entities of legal relations (organizations, foundations, unions, associations, federations, consumer societies, etc.) especially in sparsely populated rural areas; - low level of labor protection and social guarantees; - ineffective financing of political movements, parties and youth party cells; - low level of civil self-identification in certain regions of the country; - ineffective distribution of financial resources to state monopolies, which are unprofitable to preserve employment. This article provides possible ways of overcoming problems which can positively affect the further development of interaction between society and the state with an integrated approach to their implementation and strike a balance between state influence and civil pressure, the purpose of which is to ensure a decent level of protection of the rights, freedoms and interests of citizens.

scholarly journals Integración de organizaciones y empresas al territorio por medio de innovaciones sociales

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (23) ◽  
Author(s):  
Luis Portales
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Civil Society ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Complex Form ◽  
Dynamic Aspect ◽  
Enterprise Integration ◽  
Social Actors ◽  
Palabras Clave ◽  
Social Innovations ◽  
Sociedad Civil

Abstract. Territory is a concept that has been approached from different scopes of social sciences. As a result of its study, currently is understand as a multidimensional and complex form, where not only take into consideration the geographical aspect and availability of resources, but also includes a relational and dynamic aspect. Consequence of this view it can be used as a framework to analyze the different connections that social actors presents between them, and the causes, implications and effects they have on the territory where theyoperate. The aim of this paper is to present how different actors have been integrated into the territory as a result of the breakdown in social roles that state, civil society and companies traditionally had been doing. These schemes of collaboration and integration can be understood as social innovations that generate socioeconomic processes aimed to improving living conditions for all inhabitants. The analysis is a framework that serves as the basis for thestudy of social innovations that occur most frequently in the current context.Key words: enterprise integration, inter-sectorial partnerships, social actors, social innovation, territory.JEL: O35, O10, M10Resumen. El territorio es un concepto que ha sido abordado desde diferentes ramas de las ciencias sociales, sin embargo, y como resultado de su estudio, actualmente es visualizado de una forma multidimensional y compleja, en donde no solamente se toman en consideración su aspecto geográfico y la disposición de recursos, sino que también se incluye su aspecto relacional y dinámico. Consecuencia de esta visualización éste puede ser utilizado como un marco de referencia para analizar las diferentes articulaciones que presentan losactores sociales que en él convergen, así como las causas, implicaciones y efectos que éstastienen en el entorno donde se encuentran y en los mismos actores que las generan. El objetivo de este trabajo es presentar la forma en que los diferentes actores se han idointegrando al territorio como consecuencia de la ruptura en los roles sociales que Estado,organizaciones de la sociedad civil y empresas tradicionalmente venían realizando. Estos esquemas de colaboración e integración pueden ser entendidos como innovaciones sociales que generan procesos socioeconómicos orientados a la mejora de condiciones de vida detodos los habitantes. El análisis realizado es un marco de referencia que sirve como base para el estudio de las innovaciones sociales que se presentan con mayor frecuencia en elcontexto actual. Palabras clave: actores sociales, alianzas intersectoriales, innovación social, integración empresarial, territorio.

scholarly journals Integración de organizaciones y empresas al territorio por medio de innovaciones sociales

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (23) ◽  
Author(s):  
Luis Portales
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Civil Society ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Complex Form ◽  
Dynamic Aspect ◽  
Enterprise Integration ◽  
Social Actors ◽  
Social Innovations ◽  
Sociedad Civil

Key words: enterprise integration, inter-sectorial partnerships, social actors, social innovation, territory.JEL: O35, O10, M10Abstract. Territory is a concept that has been approached from different scopes of social sciences. As a result of its study, currently is understand as a multidimensional and complex form, where not only take into consideration the geographical aspect and availability of resources, but also includes a relational and dynamic aspect. Consequence of this view it can be used as a framework to analyze the different connections that social actors presents between them, and the causes, implications and effects they have on the territory where they operate. The aim of this paper is to present how different actors have been integrated into the territory as a result of the breakdown in social roles that state, civil society and companies traditionally had been doing. These schemes of collaboration and integration can be understood as social innovations that generate socioeconomic processes aimed to improving living conditions for all inhabitants. The analysis is a framework that serves as the basis for the study of social innovations that occur most frequently in the current context.Palabras clave: actores sociales, alianzas intersectoriales, innovación social, integración empresarial, territorio. JEL: O35, O10, M10Resumen. El territorio es un concepto que ha sido abordado desde diferentes ramas de las ciencias sociales, sin embargo, y como resultado de su estudio, actualmente es visualizado de una forma multidimensional y compleja, en donde no solamente se toman en consideración su aspecto geográfico y la disposición de recursos, sino que también se incluye su aspecto relacional y dinámico. Consecuencia de esta visualización éste puede ser utilizado como un marco de referencia para analizar las diferentes articulaciones que presentan los actores sociales que en él convergen, así como las causas, implicaciones y efectos que éstas tienen en el entorno donde se encuentran y en los mismos actores que las generan. El objetivo de este trabajo es presentar la forma en que los diferentes actores se han ido integrando al territorio como consecuencia de la ruptura en los roles sociales que Estado, organizaciones de la sociedad civil y empresas tradicionalmente venían realizando. Estos esquemas de colaboración e integración pueden ser entendidos como innovaciones sociales que generan procesos socioeconómicos orientados a la mejora de condiciones de vida de todos los habitantes. El análisis realizado es un marco de referencia que sirve como base para el estudio de las innovaciones sociales que se presentan con mayor frecuencia en el contexto actual.

scholarly journals Impacts of Social Innovation on Spatiality in Mountain–Lowland Relationships Trajectories of Two Swiss Regional Initiatives in the Context of New Policy Regimes

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 3823
Author(s):  
Manfred Perlik
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activity ◽  
Mountain Areas ◽  
Policy Regimes ◽  
Success Stories ◽  
European Welfare State ◽  
Social Innovations ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
Peripheral Areas

This article places the topic of “social innovation” in the context of the paradigm shift of the 1980s. This shift from Fordism to post-Fordism has led to a weakening of the model of the European welfare state. Social innovation has become an instrument to promote regional self-responsibility and entrepreneurial activity by local authorities. The concept of social innovation has become widespread among various disciplines and controversially used by them. Referring to regional and corporate success stories based on the commitment of grassroots movements and civil society has its shortcomings, as the new spatiality regimes show increasing disparities. The article shows the different lines of conflict in the discussion about social innovations and makes suggestions for the specification and delimitation of the concept. Using two case studies on social innovations from mountain regions of Switzerland, based on standardized interviews, including the results of a social network analysis, the article distinguishes between adaptive and transformative social innovations. The adaptive social innovations analysed did not result in changing the inferior position of the regions; however, they prevented even greater destabilization by mobilizing the dynamic actors in the valley to work together. This is helpful for ensuring that the urban majority continues to show solidarity with the population in rural and mountain areas. The constructive interaction between public, private, and civil society institutions is seen as the key factor of social innovation in the European peripheral areas to which most mountain areas belong.

scholarly journals Creating Economic Space for Social Innovation

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Theoretical Approach ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
The State ◽  
Clean Water ◽  
Economic Space ◽  
Research Gap ◽  
Sustainable Societies

Social innovation is a topic of increasing interest to policymakers, civil society, and business globally. However, there has yet to be a comprehensive account of the economic contexts of social innovation. This book aims to address this research gap. It weaves together work from economics, sociology and ethics for a novel theoretical approach: the Extended Social Grid Model (ESGM). Based upon four years of work across a range of countries, this book provides a thorough and nuanced discussion of how social innovation can address major social issues including marginalization, access to housing, clean water, and microcredit. Empirically, the book considers how social innovation has interfaced with the economy, but also the state and civil society in terms of long-term projects, programmes, and policies that have emerged and evolved within and across European states to drive more equitable, inclusive, and sustainable societies.

scholarly journals On Independence, Impartiality and Justification of Judicial Power

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-31
Author(s):  
Alexander Vital'evich Smirnov
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Theoretical Basis ◽  
Due Process ◽  
The State ◽  
Primary Task ◽  
Main Task ◽  
Civilian Control ◽  
Criminal Process ◽  
Bureaucratic Control ◽  
Voluntary Initiative

The article considers the principle of independence of the judiciary as one of the guarantees of its objectivity and impartiality, and at the same time as the primary task of the judicial policy. A dangerous decline in the level of public confidence in the judiciary is signaled. The theoretical basis for the proposed solutions in the article is the doctrine of the adversarial proceedings and the idea of the judiciary as a mediating link between the state and civil society. The method of achieving this goal is: the formation of an effective content of the judiciary; ensuring due process of law; establishing effective civilian control over the judiciary. It is argued that the role of the trigger for this can be accomplished by four primary measures: the establishment of bodies whose collective name is “magistracy councils” for the formation of an independent judiciary, bringing together representatives of civil society and the state; a significant increase in the jurisdiction of the jury court so that every criminal case (perhaps, with the exception of cases of crimes of a small public danger) can be considered at will of the accused with their participation; democratization of the institute of justices of the peace, which are considered “miniature jury”; the introduction in the criminal process of the institute of investigative judges, whose main task, subsidiary to the activities of the parties, is the legalization (almost exclusively at the request of the parties) of judicial evidence and the decision on the possibility of committal the case to court. It is proposed to increase the motivation of citizens to participate in the consideration of criminal cases as jurors, namely, by establishing additional lists of candidates for jurors, formed through voluntary initiative inclusion of candidates in it (self-recording) through the use of electronic resources. Compared to other publications devoted to the issue of judicial independence, this article proposes a new approach to its solution, based not on strengthening bureaucratic control over the activities of judges, but on maximizing the democratization of judicial activities, in a certain sense “denationalizing” in favor of civil society.

Housing and the grounded city: Rent extraction and social innovations

2020 ◽  
pp. 129-156
Author(s):  
Massimo Bricocoli ◽  
Angelo Salento
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Side Effects ◽  
Public Housing ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Urban Land ◽  
Land Value ◽  
Rent Extraction ◽  
Housing Policies ◽  
Existing Problems ◽  
Social Innovations

This chapter questions the contemporary forms of civil society engagement with housing, starting from the assumption that the concrete importance of specific initiatives of social innovation should be assessed in relation to existing problems. Since the basis of housing problems is not only the decline of public housing policies, but the increasing strength of rent extraction on urban land, the contributions from communities and the civil society should be assessed on their ability to counter the extraction of unearned rents from urban land. Referring mainly to Italian cases, the chapter shows that many experiments tackle some symptoms or side effects of this trend while some alleged social innovations are even an integral part of the problem. However, some experiments can be considered as examples of a radical progressive vision on housing, as they switch from the idea of property to one of access, and prevent the capture of urban land value.

Social innovation and food poverty

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simone Baglioni ◽  
Stephen Sinclair
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Civil Society ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Public Welfare ◽  
Vulnerable Groups ◽  
Welfare Regimes ◽  
Civil Society Organisations ◽  
Social Innovations ◽  
Food Provision ◽  
The Impact

This chapter considers the response of social innovations to the growing concern with food poverty. Food provision has not traditionally been a core public welfare function in the most developed welfare regimes, and social innovations often provide more developed and effective responses than government in this area. Voluntary and civil society organisations have pioneered a variety of innovations to feed vulnerable groups while also reducing surplus food waste. These initiatives involve partnerships with private sector food companies which donate surplus supplies which social innovations distribute. The chapter provides examples of how inventive social innovations have had to be to meet the considerable logistical challenges they face in acquiring, storing and distributing surplus food. The chapter concludes by highlighting examples of the impact which social have had in helping to shape public policy innovations in the area of food poverty.

The State and Civil Society: the case of Citizens’ Groups in the ger districts of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

2018 ◽  
Vol 55 (3) ◽  
pp. 382-398 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bayartsetseg Terbish ◽  
Margot Rawsthorne
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Community Development ◽  
Citizen Participation ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Social Economy ◽  
The State ◽  
Capital City ◽  
Government Organizations ◽  
Grassroots Groups ◽  
Social Environmental

AbstractMongolia is a vast landlocked, sparsely populated, country which shares borders with China and Russia. Two decades of democratic government has coincided with rapid cultural, social, environmental and economic change marred by increasing inequality. Addressing the challenges of inequality demands meaningful engagement between state and non-state actors in the emergent democracy of Mongolia. This article focuses on research with Citizens’ Groups, semi-formal grassroots groups involved in community development in ger districts of Ulaanbaatar, the capital city. Drawing on research undertaken in 2017 with members of Citizens’ Groups and employed staff of Non-Government Organizations it explores the interaction between government (in the form of local government or Khoroo) and civil society (in the form of Citizens’ Groups). Data was collected via interviews, focus groups and site visits with over thirty people. Accordingly, the paper continues a focus on emerging community development practices in East Asia, a region both benefiting from and challenged by urbanization from rural to urban settings. The paper concludes that Citizens’ Groups are key to realizing the Government’s commitment to building social capital, social innovation and the social economy. To realize this goal, however further work is required to promote a democratic political culture, expand citizen participation and strengthen co-operation between the State and civil society.

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