scholarly journals Civil society in European and domestic political and legal consciousness: historical and theoretical aspect

2021 ◽  
pp. 20-24
Author(s):  
Svitlana TOVSTA

Introduction. Systematic study and implementation of the positive experience of the European political and legal consciousness of civil society, identification of effective technologies for the formation of its values is the most important task in the implementation of legal changes in Ukraine. The purpose of the paper is to analyze the historical and theoretical understanding of civil society in European and domestic legal consciousness, to reveal the features of building the structure of civil society, its functions aimed at achieving high standards of quality of life and democratic rights and freedoms in society. Result. The idea of civil society, its essence and relationship with the state in the history of foreign, domestic political and legal thought is a long way. Based on the analysis of scholars' views, it can be argued that the concept is multidimensional, and some authors consider its essence in different directions, so the author proposes to clarify and supplement the structure of civil society organizational, communication, spiritual, cultural and informational components that correspond to certain areas of life. Conclusions. Having considered the history of the development of approaches to civil society, the author developed the essence of the definition of “civil society”, namely: it is an institution of independent public relations, operating on a democratic basis, in the process of preparation, decision-making and monitoring economic, social, cultural, spiritual, legal and political relations. The structural elements of civil society have been improved, which, in contrast to the existing ones, additionally include organizational, communication, spiritual, cultural and information components. It was found that the value and significance of civil society should be based on the interaction of different functions and take into account human rights, information, ideological and educational functions.

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (10) ◽  
pp. 0-0
Author(s):  
Елена Рафалюк ◽  
Elena Rafalyuk

The article is devoted to the study of the question of the values of international law, in particular the value of regional integration and cooperation of states. The author analyzes the approaches to the definition of value in terms of the classical approach (“Value as a property of the valued object or as a sample on the basis of which the evaluation shall be made”) and non-classical approach (“The relationship between the object and the statement of what should be an object”). The article discusses the formation of axiology and contribution to its development of R. G. Lotze, V. Windelband, G. Rickert, P. G. Natorp. It is expressed the idea that any axiological analysis should be cultural-historical, because the relation to human values were and remain different in different periods of human history. The author notes that international law is based on the universally valid for all mankind values. They are reflected in the generally recognized principles of international law, customary international law, the universal conventions and declarations. The government and the international community were recognizing gradually the universally significant values. The crisis of international political relations at the present stage threatens the existence of fundamental principles of international law and the values protected by them. However, with the development of globalization, we can talk about the formation of new values — the regional cooperation of states for the achievement of the common good. States are forced to participate in regional integration projects in order to be able to confront the challenges of globalization and to trade with other countries in terms of global competition. The value of integration is gradually “wires” in life through activities of bodies and international officials of interstate integration associations. However the principles of regional integration and cooperation, which include liberalization of the market, free movement of goods and services, non-discrimination of participants trade, are not always clearly interpreted and applied by supranational courts; some basic guidelines are only produced. The interaction of states should be based on common elements of the legal culture, as well as on the idea of the unity of kindred peoples laid down in the legal consciousness. Otherwise integration projects may not enjoy the support of the citizens.


2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (8) ◽  
pp. 5-14
Author(s):  
Igor Kudryavtsev ◽  

The article discusses in detail the classification, structure and functions of legal consciousness. The article also discusses ideas, concepts, views expressing the theoretical understanding of law, typical for researchers, scientific workers involved in the legal regulation of public relations. The article also provides a detailed analysis of the classification, structure and functions of legal consciousness.In modern society, the scientific legal consciousness has a priority role in determining the ways of development of law, legislation, political and constitutional relations


Author(s):  
VALENTYNA V. BEZDRABKO

The article is devoted to one of the most important and most complex tasks of archival studies – the theory of archival appraisal. Despite its representative scientific literature, its individual aspects remain poorly developed. One of the largest european archivists of the 20th century Hans Booms, has entered the history of developments in the archival appraisal. The main content of his theory is the need to consider complex approaches to determining the significance of documents, in particular the value framework of society, personality. He became the first who changed the official paradigm of archives to the public, recognized the usefulness of hermeneutics to find out the motives for creating documents without touching upon the relativity of objective and subjective reflection of reality in them. Hans Booms expanded the concept of “documentary heritage”. Its meaning goes beyond the traditional perception of a document that serves to provide managerial actions and implement relevant decisions, and covers all “texts” irrespective of their form of existence – written, printed, photographic, mechanical or automated. This greatly influenced the notion of “public heritage” and determined the well-known concept of collective memory. H. Booms deny the usual vision of the archive as a place of cumulating of documents that ensure the effectiveness of management in “active life”. Theoretical understanding of the archive was reflected in the definition of the unit of storage, which, in the conditions of the emergence of the newest information carriers, expands significantly. This is no longer just administrative documents, but also other objects that archivists may have nothing to do with the appearance and operation of which. Therefore, as Booms argued, archivists can be responsible for the practical scope of working with operational documents when it comes to administrative documentation. An important merit of G. Booms is that he holistically represented the natural inclination of the archivist – to create a documentary heritage. Keywords: Hans Booms, Archival Education, Archivist, Archive, Archival Appraisal, MacroAppraisal.


Author(s):  
Laura Brace

This book asks what it means to describe someone as a slave and explores the political dimensions of that question. It argues against the search for a transhistorical and timeless definition of slavery, and offers a critical interrogation of the dominant liberal discourse on slavery from the Enlightenment to the present. It pays particular attention to the meanings of the slavery / freedom binary and to the connections between the past and the present in understanding ‘old’ and ‘new’ slavery. The book is about what it means to think about slavery as a historical process and as a political relation, both in the history of political thought and in present debates about trafficking and incarceration. It argues that we need to bring the concept of slavery back into our understandings of freedom, labour and belonging, and unravel the assumptions behind the meanings we ascribe to personhood, sub-personhood and humanity. From Aristotle and the idea of natural slavery, through Locke’s conception of civil society, Hegel’s master-slave dialectic and J.S. Mill’s analogy of slavery and marriage to the discourse of modern abolition and the idea of trafficking as slavery, the book interrogates what it means to think about the idea of freedom as the opposite of slavery, and draws attention to the significance of the tensions, ambiguities and silences that surround that conception.


Pravovedenie ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-34
Author(s):  
Valentina L. Zingari ◽  

According to the Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH), social actors are at the core of the ICH. Article 2 proposes a subjective, creative and dynamic definition of heritage based on community, groups and individuals (CGIs), highlighting a spiritual connection: ICH safeguarding must respect the “sense of identity and continuity” of CGIs — the main actors in the process of heritage transmission. This community-based vision of heritage is developed in the text of the Convention, the Operational Directives, and reinforced since 2016 by the Twelve Ethical principles introduced in the Basic Texts. A Convention is much more than a text: it determines political, social and cultural contexts, as well as processes of change. A normative tool conceived as guidelines for governments, permeates social life, becoming a framework for the actions and evolution of civil society. This article reflects on the following case study: the “Tocatì Programme for the Safeguarding of Traditional Games and Sports” (TGS). The programme started in Verona, Italy in 2003, connecting a network of communities and building relationships through the organization of an international event: The “Tocatì Festival of Games in the Streets”. From the beginning, this social movement has strengthened the support of institutions at different levels, connecting people, communities and living traditions with representatives of institutions, researchers, artists and policymakers. The cultural association coordinating Tocatì, Associazione Giochi Antichi (AGA) met the UNESCO ICH Convention in 2007. The author examines what has changed in the framework of the Convention in regard to the history of a community-based process and how the Tocatì experience contributes to the effective implementation of the Convention today. An attempt is made to identify the key factors, actors and steps of the Tocatì cultural, social and political process. This is a story that improves our understanding of the role of civil society in the complex, often conflictual and powerful dynamic of heritage-making.


2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 98-109
Author(s):  
Ivan N. Bokachev

The article discusses the process of a national innovation system (NIS) concept developing as a scientific category, which originates from the late 1980s, when the model of linear mass production was predominant. The paper notes that the linear model of production has ceased to be relevant as the economies of countries grow and develop, and innovation and qualitatively new products and R & D come first among the key factors for the success of economic development. Particular attention is paid to the features of the study of the national innovation system at the level of theoretical understanding by various scientific circles, organizations and institutions. The author also notes the process of forming a systems approach in the field of innovation. The author identifies the concepts of concepts of national innovation systems formed by such scientists as K. Freeman, R. Nelson, B. Lundvall, etc. The author has identified key issues in the history of the study of NIS, on the basis of which it is possible to identify the main contradictions in the process of studying various concepts of NIS by various scientists, and explain the missing fragments for a more accurate definition of the concept of NIS and a better understanding of how it works today. The author relates to such problems, as the ambiguity of the origin of the concept of NIS, the presence of NIS in all countries, excessive theorization and ambiguity of the interpretation of NIS in the scientific literature.


2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 2082
Author(s):  
Tetiana S. PODOROZHNA ◽  
Vitalii A. VDOVICHEN ◽  
Liudmyla V. VAKARIUK

The research analyzes the main conditions by having which the state is able to fight against corruption. The preconditions and means of fight against corruption are determined; the results of their implementation in life are considered based on the examples of some countries, namely, availability of effective legislation, political will of the state, specialized bodies of fight against corruption, the establishment of civil society. It is noted that the fight against corruption is the management through a developed network of social institutions created on the basis of ‘participatory democracy’, that is, the interaction of personality, society and state on the principles of social partnership. This concept refers to a complex of political relations and technologies, which establishes public supervision over the activities of state authorities. At the same time, the latter requires a political will to fight against corruption, the legislative provision of this fight and the strict implementation of the adopted legislative acts. The main task for the civil society structures in the fight against corruption is the implementation of public participation in the process of preparing, discussing, adopting and monitoring the implementation of power decisions. Corruption as a systemic problem in Ukraine, demoralizing society, generates such a negative phenomenon of legal consciousness as legal nihilism in the social environment.  


2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 543-556
Author(s):  
Jürgen R. Grote

AbstractThis paper adopts the wide definition of civil society, namely the one suggested by the EU. It includes all sorts of private collectives from producer groups, trade unions, care and common cause organizations, NGOs, to social and protest movements. Distinguishing between a structural (governance) and an actor-centred perspective (collective action) and, orthogonally, two levels of territorial complexity (the sub-, and the supranational), the history of the relationship between the EU and civil society is presented for the period of the past 35 years. It turns out that despite enormous efforts invested in the relationship from the part of both sides, and of many heroic declamations aimed at pathbreaking reform, the outcome tends to be relatively meagre and disenchanting both in institutional and organizational terms.


10.12737/8258 ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (8) ◽  
pp. 164-172
Author(s):  
Ирина Холодцова ◽  
Irina Kholodtsova ◽  
Лилия Духовная ◽  
Liliya Dukhovnaya

This article suggests that the exhibition activity in the current market conditions is an instrument of promotion of hotel services or brands, while the focus is on the need to consider the specifics of the market in the planning arrangements and the financial costs of participation in the exhibition. In this regard, the article describes the main stages of planning and implementation of exhibition activities for the hospitality industry, as well as recommendations on the formulation of overall marketing objectives for hotels, including trademarks, pricing, distribution (sales) and communication sub targets. In the commodity objective the authors emphasize selection and implementation of effective policies to build a portfolio of services by providing a variety of existing range of hotel services of the required quality. In the pricing objective the study focuses on the selection and implementation of an effective pricing policy, including the definition of the range of prices, terms and payment terms and conditions and the magnitude of price discounts. The article provides a brief overview of the main instruments of marketing communications with consumers of exposure services, such as advertising, promotional activities, public relations, direct marketing and personal selling. The authors highlight the need to update competent approach to the design of exhibition booth of the hotel, so the main recommendation are suggested for the organization of the hotel stand at the exhibition, with a focus on the unity of the concept of the brand, which should be reflected in the design decisions of presentation materials, the appearance of the representatives of the hotel, in announcing, as well as in the design of the stand and other activities.


Author(s):  
Sergey Vasil'ev ◽  
Vyacheslav Schedrin ◽  
Aleksandra Slabunova ◽  
Vladimir Slabunov

The aim of the research is a retrospective analysis of the history and stages of development of digital land reclamation in Russia, the definition of «Digital land reclamation» and trends in its further development. In the framework of the retrospective analysis the main stages of melioration formation are determined. To achieve the maximum effect of the «digital reclamation» requires full cooperation of practical experience and scientific potential accumulated throughout the history of the reclamation complex, and the latest achievements of science and technology, which is currently possible only through the full digitalization of reclamation activities. The introduction of «digital reclamation» will achieve greater potential and effect in the modernization of the reclamation industry in the «hightech industry», through the use of innovative developments and optimal management decisions.


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