Harnessing the State: Social Transformation, Infrastructural Development, and the Changing Governance of Water Systems in the Kangra District of the Indian Himalayas

2018 ◽  
pp. 243-252
Author(s):  
Harry W. Fischer
Keyword(s):  
Social Transformation ◽  
Water Systems ◽  
The State ◽  
Infrastructural Development ◽  
Indian Himalayas

State, Civil Society, and Market in India: The Context of Mobilization

1996 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 191-202 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Oommen
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Social Transformation ◽  
Economic Liberalization ◽  
The State ◽  
Theory Construction ◽  
The West ◽  
Market Mechanisms ◽  
Post Colonial ◽  
Communal Life ◽  
Intergroup Conflicts

Western societies have accomplished relative autonomy of the state, civil society, and market. The current thrust of social transformation in post-colonial and post-socialist societies also point in the same direction. This article traces the trajectory of autonomization achieved and/or attempted in these societies, and identifies the implications of the processes involved for theory construction. It is argued that in the context of mobilizing for change, privileging either state, civil society, or market would be a rash prejudgment. The possessive individualism of the West articulated in its rapacious market mechanisms alienates individuals destroys communal life. With reference to India, I trace out how the current tendency of privileging civil society as the sole agency to reestablish democratic values in past socialist societies-and relegating the state to the background-may foment serious intergroup conflicts. The recently initiated process of economic liberalization in the part-colonial democratic societies often ignores that there is nothing much to chose between the behemoth of the market and the leviathan of a state. It is suggested that only an equipoise between the state, society and market can produce a 'good society."

Social security is guarantee of sustainable development of national economy

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (2) ◽  
pp. 35-46
Author(s):  
O. G. Honcharenko ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Security ◽  
National Economy ◽  
Labor Migration ◽  
Social Transformation ◽  
Social Problems ◽  
Economic Security ◽  
The State ◽  
Poor People ◽  
Social Sphere ◽  
Favorable Conditions

The relevance of the article. Economic developments of the society is the top state priority in economy and guarantee of economic potential strengthening. The economic crisis caused by Covid-19 has revealed a number of social problems in Ukrainian society that prevent economic and social transformation and Ukraine integration into the international financial space. Purpose setting is in the studying deformations in the social sphere and assessment of the state of system threats to economic security of the country. Presentation of the main material. Threatening character of deformations in the Ukraine social sphere requires introduction of social indicators monitoring which have influence on the state of economic security. It is proved that social and demographic component of economic security characterizes the possibility of the state to guarantee adequate and qualitative standard of living for population, favorable conditions of human capital development and level of labor resources provision that provide its sustainable growing. It is found out that among social problems in the society, and then the threat to economic security is worsening population health level, reduction in life expectancy, availability of high-quality treatment, high death rate, and decrease of employable population. It is defined that the poverty is caused by deficient labor legislature and social vulnerability, and labor migration threats social security. According to different resources from three to five million Ukrainian citizens live outside the country. Assessing of a statistic reveals that population employment doesn’t protect families from poverty, and 93,5% of poor people are individual homes with a single employable person and this shows low wages. It was established that there is a great difference in payments for work in Ukraine and European countries for the current year. Conclusions. Economic growing and reforming of national economy is necessary for Ukraine for encouraging people to stay in the country and invest in their future in Ukraine. With implementation of comprehensive economic reforms Ukraine has the chance to create favorable conditions for economic strengthening and social development which can improve people expectations for their living in Ukraine in comparison with potential countries for employment. Key words: social security, wages, labor migration, poverty.

DECENTRALISED GOVERNANCE AS SITES FOR SELF-FORMATION: A COMPARISON OF PRACTICES OF WELFARE DISTRIBUTION IN TELANGANA, INDIA, AND CENTRAL LOMBOK, INDONESIA

2014 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 161-185 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tanya Jakimow
Keyword(s):  
Social Transformation ◽  
Social Institutions ◽  
Institutional Context ◽  
The State ◽  
New Governance ◽  
Institutional Dynamics ◽  
Welfare Benefits ◽  
Creative Self ◽  
Self Formation ◽  
Welfare Distribution

Studies that examine the effects of decentralisation for social change or stasis have placed necessary attention on its institutional dynamics: the ways social institutions have transformed as a result of new governance regimes, or alternatively, how the existing institutional context and attendant power relations determine its actualisation. The second facet of the structure/agency dialectic is often overlooked however, that is, the actors themselves. This article seeks to overcome this lacuna by exploring the effects of citizens' engagement in practices associated with decentralised governance for individuals' understandings of self, society, and their relationship with the state. A comparison of two villages in Telangana, India, and Central Lombok, Indonesia reveals how differences in the distribution of welfare benefits have implications for the potential of such interactions to be sites of creative self-formation. Differences such as the regularity and ability to demand entitlements, preferential versus equal access to resources, and the levels at which citizens engage with the state, may be crucial for processes of subjectification, and by extension, social transformation.

scholarly journals Public-private partnership in the implementation of innovative urban development policy

2019 ◽  
Vol 138 ◽  
pp. 02006
Author(s):  
Yulia Vertakova ◽  
Tatyana Babich ◽  
Olga Lebedenko
Keyword(s):  
Urban Development ◽  
Development Policy ◽  
Social Transformation ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Urban Policy ◽  
Public Private Partnership ◽  
The State ◽  
Private Partnership ◽  
Modern Development ◽  
Urban Development Policy

Many countries are moving to a new technological structure, caused by the 4th industrial and technological revolution. This transition is accompanied by the transformation of the previously existing territorial organization of the economy, infrastructure and resettlement, which relates to issues of urban development policy. In this case, coordination of the interests of the state and business is required. An effective tool in this area is public-private partnership (PPP). The main goal is the development of tools for the implementation of innovative urban development policy in the technological and social transformation of the economy. The methodological basis is the methodologies, approaches in the works of foreign and Russian scientists in the field of PPP research in the implementation of innovative urban policy. The main results of the study are following: 1.The modern task of urban development policy is the formation of a comfortable environment that will ensure a high standard of living for the population. 2. For the implementation of this task, the “adaptive territory” approach is suggested. 3. The modern tool for this approach is PPP. The main conclusions and recommendations can be used to justify the mechanisms for implementing innovative urban development policy in order to harmonize the interests of the state and business in the implementation of the “adaptive territory” approach, which meets the modern development paths of the global economy.

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