scholarly journals Turning Traditional Wisdom of Culture around: Making a Possible Transition to a Wiser World Driven by Culture of Wisdom Inquiry Real

Philosophies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 90
Author(s):  
Giridhari Lal Pandit
Keyword(s):  
Economic Analysis ◽  
Institutional Change ◽  
International Institutions ◽  
Institutional Design ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Levels Of Analysis ◽  
Economic Institutions ◽  
Academic Institutions ◽  
Ecological Economic ◽  
Political Economic

In this article I discuss the problem of how we can change our world into a wiser world that is driven by a culture of wisdom inquiry (CWI), i.e., a world that frees humanity from a looming totalitarian catastrophe. How best can we interrogate the traditional wisdom of culture (TWC) that is responsible for the academic institutions of learning, among other kinds of institutions, dogmatically and solely aiming at the acquisition of knowledge and technological prowess (technologisches koennen), instead of the promotion of wisdom and human well-being? What kind of strategic transformations of institutional design, policy and goals within diverse institutions, particularly academic institutions of learning, regionally and globally, are imperative? This paper argues from the principle of universal interconnectedness across nature/universe and the fundamental asymmetry of human well-being interests and nature’s well-being interests. From this, the development of a culture of wisdom inquiry as an overarching (allumfassend) methodology of institutional change from within at two levels of analysis is proposed, viz., (1) at the level of the ecological–economic analysis of safeguarding nature’s abundant ecosystems from human greed; and (2) at the level of the transformation of the educational, academic and political–economic institutions, as well as international institutions, that must be dedicated to human well-being.

Institutions and the Global Political Economy

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa L. Martin
Keyword(s):  
International Economic ◽  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Political Economy ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
International Institutions ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Economic Institutions ◽  
Global Political Economy ◽  
The World ◽  
The Impact

In a comparison of today’s global political economy with that of the last great era of globalization, the late nineteenth century, the most prominent distinction is be the high degree of institutionalization in today’s system. While the nineteenth-century system did have some important international institutions—in particular the gold standard and an emerging network of trade agreements—it had nothing like the scope and depth of today’s powerful international economic institutions. We cannot understand the functioning of today’s global political economy without understanding the sources and consequences of these institutions. Why were international organizations (IOs) such as the World Trade Organization (WTO) or International Monetary Fund (IMF) created? How have they gained so much influence? What difference do they make for the functioning of the global economy and the well-being of individuals around the world? In large part, understanding IOs requires a focus on the tension between the use of power, and rules that are intended to constrain the use of power. IOs are rules-based creatures. They create and embody rules for gaining membership, for how members should behave, for monitoring, for punishment if members renege on their commitments, etc. However, these rules-based bodies exist in the anarchical international system, in which there is no authority above states, and states continue to exercise power when it is in their self-interest to do so. While states create and join IOs in order to make behavior more rule-bound and predictable, the rules themselves reflect the global distribution of power at the time of their creation; and they only constrain to the extent that states find that the benefits of constraint exceed the costs of the loss of autonomy. The tension between rules and power shapes the ways in which international institutions function, and therefore the impact that they have on the global economy. For all their faults, international economic institutions have proven themselves to be an indispensable part of the modern global political economy, and their study represents an especially vibrant research agenda.

scholarly journals Instrumental support for designing mechanisms of institutional interventionism

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 354-370
Author(s):  
Sergey Kristinevich ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Institutional Design ◽  
Behavioral Model ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Equilibrium Models ◽  
Specific Distribution ◽  
Voluntary Exchange ◽  
Initial Stage ◽  
Coercive Strategy ◽  
Political Economic ◽  
Potential Use

The interaction of participants in the political-economic process cannot always be successfully described in terms of mechanisms of market coordination and is not always based on principles of a voluntary and mutually beneficial exchange that increases well-being. The fact is that economic actors are not uniform in the possession of power. Accordingly, activity for the rational use of limited resources is not based on competition between homogeneous economic entities in a spontaneous economic order, but on conflict between subjects with different power potentials in a hierarchical structure. Thus, power acts as a competitive advantage, which rational subjects tend to use for the purpose of force redistribution. One of its forms is institutional intervention — a behavioral model based on a coercive strategy through the establishment (change) of rules. The article describes the potential use of optimization and equilibrium models to describe the behavioral interventionist strategies. Optimization models characterize the interventionist behavior at the initial stage of institutional design, and equilibrium models determine possible variation in interactions between interventionists and victims during the redistribution of power. Methods for quantifying effects of institutional сhange are systematized. The proposition that violent equilibrium is not a specific distribution of mutual gains from cooperation, both with voluntary exchange and coordination level of tolerance (the maximum value of costs that the victim is willing to sacrifice) and a threshold (the lowest possible) values interventionist legitimacy, is substantiated. As guidelines for the evaluation of deviations from the equilibrium levels, we offer levels stability, efficiency, and legitimacy of institutional design.

Catch them Young : Role of Educational Institutions in Community Development- A Descriptive Study on the Perception of College Students in Chennai

GIS Business ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (6) ◽  
pp. 170-182
Author(s):  
Dr. R. Sundari ◽  
Ms. Sangeetha Manoj
Keyword(s):  
Community Development ◽  
Collective Action ◽  
Body Politic ◽  
Weighted Average ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Average Score ◽  
Academic Institutions ◽  
Grass Root Level

Community Development is a process of collective action taken by the members of a community to generate solutions for common problems.  The aspects of community well being namely Economic, Social, Environmental and Cultural well being evolves from this type of collective action taken at multiple societal levels. (Weaver, 1971) defines community development as a process of “A public-group approach dedicated to achieving the goals of the total body politic.” Therefore, it is evident that a community can be developed through the effective participation of citizens. It is universally acceptable that community service is a vehicle for safeguarding the environment that is initiated from the participants of the community. In order to imbibe the community consciousness among the citizens, every country should “Catch them Young”. The purpose of the paper is to integrate Participative Model (Active Citizenship, Citizen Networks and Co-production) with Self-service Model (Social Governance, Societal Discipline and Accountability). National and international reviews show that the perception about the community and realisation has to be ingrained at the grass root level; this can be achieved through the participation of academic institutions. This paper is an attempt to highlight. The initiatives taken by educational institutions to imbibe social consciousness, The perceptions of students about their role in community development, and, To identify the effective Private Public Partnership areas for community building Factor analysis has been applied to identify the role of educational institutions and individual citizen’s( Students) in building community consciousness. Linear Regression had been applied in the study to measure the influence of Educational Institutions on the role of Students in building the community.  A weighted average score is awarded by the students for the potential areas of public private partnership for community development is highlighted. The results of the study provide an impact created by the institution over the students. The Study also, consolidates some of the successful community bonding and building activities carried out Academic Institutions.

Socio-economic conditions for satisfying human needs at low energy use: an international analysis of provisioning factors

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jefim Vogel ◽  
Julia K. Steinberger ◽  
Daniel W. O'Neill ◽  
William F. Lamb ◽  
Jaya Krishnakumar
Keyword(s):  
Energy Dependence ◽  
Energy Use ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Economic Transformation ◽  
Need Satisfaction ◽  
Economic Conditions ◽  
Climate Mitigation ◽  
Human Needs ◽  
Political Economic ◽  
Economic Regime

<p>Meeting human needs at low levels of energy use is fundamental for avoiding catastrophic climate change and securing the well-being of all people. In the current international political-economic regime, no country does so.</p><p>Here, we assess which socio-economic conditions might enable societies to satisfy human needs at sustainable levels of energy use, and thus reconcile human well-being with ambitious climate mitigation. Applying a novel analytical framework and a novel regression-based moderation approach to data from 106 countries, we analyse how the relationship between energy use and six dimensions of human need satisfaction varies with a wide range of socio-economic factors relevant to the provisioning of goods and services (‘provisioning factors’).</p><p>We find that higher achievements in provisioning factors such as income equality, public service quality, democracy and electricity access are associated with greater need satisfaction and lower energy dependence of need satisfaction. Conversely, higher levels of economic growth and extractivism are associated with lower need satisfaction and greater energy dependence of need satisfaction. Our analysis suggests that countries with beneficial configurations of key provisioning factors are much more likely to reach high levels of need satisfaction at low(er) levels of energy use. Based on our statistical models, countries with highly beneficial configurations of several key provisioning factors could likely achieve sufficient need satisfaction within levels of energy use found compatible with limiting global warming to 1.5 °C without negative emissions technologies. Achieving this would be very unlikely for countries with detrimental provisioning configurations.</p><p>Improvements in relevant provisioning factors may thus be crucial for ending human deprivation in currently underproviding countries without exacerbating climate and ecological crises, and for tackling the ecological overshoot of currently needs-satisfying countries without compromising sufficient need satisfaction. However, as key pillars of the suggested changes in provisioning run contrary to the dominant political-economic regime, a broader political-economic transformation may be required to organise provisioning for the satisfaction of human needs within sustainable levels of energy use.</p><p>Our findings have important implications for climate mitigation, poverty eradication, development discourses, and efforts towards Sustainable Development Goals and socio-ecological transformation.</p>

scholarly journals Measuring Happiness to Guide Public Policy Making: A Survey of Instruments and Policy Initiatives

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Musikanski
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
International Institutions ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Public Policy Making ◽  
Subjective Indicators ◽  
Policy Initiatives ◽  
Economic Paradigm ◽  
Definition Of

This author examines subjective indicators of well-being as they relate to the happiness movement, a global effort to create a new economic paradigm. The essay focuses on the prominent international institutions that are developing happiness metrics as well as agencies exploring the use of happiness data for crafting supportive public policy. A definition of happiness metrics, based on international institutions, identifies the primary questions that compose perceived happiness and how this data can be used.

scholarly journals On the Necessity of Establishing a National Cybersecurity Testbed

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 428
Author(s):  
Sufyan T. Al-Janabi
Keyword(s):  
Information Security ◽  
Computer Science ◽  
International Institutions ◽  
Academic Institutions ◽  
Ongoing Effort ◽  
Enabling Technologies ◽  
Hands On ◽  
Research Environments ◽  
Hands On Learning ◽  
Difficult Challenge

Information security now is considered to be cross-disciplinary and comprehensive field. It integrates the accumulation of knowledge in many disciplines like computer science, mathematics, communications, electronics, physics, etc. Thus, there has been an ongoing effort to improve the experiences in information security experimentation. Many international institutions are investigating enhanced approaches to provide hands-on learning and research environments. However, academic institutions are facing with the difficult challenge of providing lab infrastructuresthat meet the increasingly growing needs of cybersecurity training. In this paper, we report on the necessity and importance of building an effective national testbed for cybersecurity experimentation. We also present a general top-level architecture for this testbed emphasizing the most important enabling technologies.

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