PENGELOLAAN PEMERINTAHAN DESA MELALUI PENDEKATAN SOSIOKULTURAL PROGRAM PEMBERDAYAAN MASYARAKAT

Socio-cultural involvement is needed to realize independent and transparent village development. Village autonomy should be an opportunity for village officials to detect the resources they have, and be sensitive to existing problems. The methodology used in this study is descriptive qualitative based on the essence of the data to be collected and analyzed, as well as theoretical considerations and views on science. The results and discussion of this research are independence, community participation, relationships, and a sense of fairness are often associated with the concept of empowerment in the discourse of community development. Among these concepts, community participation is at the forefront of generating independence and the empowerment process itself. The conclusion of this research is that discipline is the most important function of human resource management and the key to the realization of goals, because without good discipline it is difficult to realize maximum goals. Keywords: Village Government, Community Empowerment, Socio cultural Dibutuhkan keterlibatan sosiokultural untuk mewujudkan pembangunan desa yang mandiri dan transparan. Otonomi desa seharusnya menjadi peluang bagi aparatur desa untuk mendeteksi sumberdaya yang dimiliki, serta peka terhadap problematika yang ada. Metodologi yang digunakan pada penelitian ini adalah deskriptif kualitatif yang mendasarkan pada esensi data yang akan dikumpulkan dan dianalisis, serta pertimbangan teoretis dan pandangan terhadap ilmu. Hasil dan pembahasan dari penelitian ini adalah kemandirian, peran serta masyarakat, relasi, dan rasa adil seringkali dihubungkan dengan konsep pemberdayaan dalam wacana pembangunan masyarakat. Di antara konsep ini, peran serta masyarakat berada pada ujung tombak pembangkitan kemandirian dan proses pemberdayaan itu sendiri. Adapun kesimpulan penelitian ini yaitu bahwa kedisiplinan merupakan fungsi pengelolaan sumber daya manusia yang terpenting dan kunci terwujudnya tujuan, karena tanpa disiplin yang baik sulit terwujud tujuan yang maksimal. Kata Kunci: Pemerintah Desa, Pemberdayaan Masyarakat, Sosiokultural

Conclusion

This chapter reviews why the disgust with omnipresent political activity is the greatest incentive to Romanticism. It highlights how politics induced an estrangement from the entire social world and with it a mixture of hatred and anxiety about the future of European culture as a whole. It also explains the reasons why the romantic suffers from political claustrophobia while the social theologian allowed political and cultural involvement to encompass its faith. The chapter analyzes how the new justification of some form of politics as culturally valuable and intellectually necessary answers the quasi-politics of despair. It also talks about skepticism as an attitude of expectation that leads to the unhappy consciousness.

Enlivening the Effect of Tourists' Knowledge and Involvement on Malaysian Heritage Food (MHF) Towards Food Tourism Image in Malaysia

This current article aims to empirically test the relationship between international tourist knowledge and Malaysian Heritage Food (MHF) cultural involvement on Malaysia's Food Tourism Image and secondly, to analyze the mediating effect of knowledge for both relationships. A quantitative survey of 719 international tourists with previous MHF consumption experience was conducted and analyzed via a Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) approach. Results demonstrated that the following variables have significant associations with Food Tourism Image while knowledge mediated the subsequent links positively with partial mediation. Regardless of the theoretical and managerial implications and research findings, supplementary investigations are warranted to enhance the growth of food cultural tourism.

Preliminary Study on Access to Health Services for Elderly Women: The Age and Socio-Economic Issues of Elderly Women in Pancuran Village, Salatiga

<p>The increasing number of elderly people from year to year shows the high life expectancy in elderly women. This situation coupled with cultural and social aspects can trigger vulnerability for elderly women, including the health aspect. This study aims to describe the factors of access to health services for elderly women in the village of Pancuran, Salatiga. The method used is descriptive-quantitative with data collection carried out in Pancuran Village using a questionnaire. Elderly women in Pancuran Village have different economic, educational, employment and social status backgrounds but have the same vulnerability to access health services due to the unavailability of <em>posyandu</em> for the elderly in Pancuran Village. Nevertheless, efforts to access health services are still underway. This research shows that cultural involvement in health care is needed to realize integrated, patient-centered, and gender-friendly health services.</p>

Brand cultural symbolism, brand authenticity, and consumer well-being: the moderating role of cultural involvement

Purpose This paper aims to improve knowledge regarding the complicated relationship among brand cultural symbolism, consumer cultural involvement, brand authenticity and consumer well-being. Although some literature has mentioned the relationship between the above concepts, these relationships have not been confirmed by empirical studies. Design/methodology/approach Based on the self-determination theory and the authenticity theory, a causal model of brand cultural symbolism, consumers’ enduring cultural involvement, brand authenticity and consumer well-being is developed. The structural equation model and multiple regressions are used to test the hypothesis. The primary data are based on an online survey conducted in China (N = 533). A total of six brands from the USA, France and China were selected as study samples. Findings The data reveal that brand cultural symbolism has a positive relationship with brand authenticity and consumer well-being; brand authenticity partially mediates the relationship between brand cultural symbolism and consumer well-being; and find a weakening effect of consumers’ enduring cultural involvement on the relationship between brand cultural symbolism and brand authenticity. Research limitations/implications The weakening effect of consumers’ enduring cultural involvement on the relationship between brand cultural symbols and brand authenticity should be further verified through experiments and the model should be tested in different cultural backgrounds from a cross-cultural perspective. Practical implications The present study offers novel insights for brand managers by highlighting brand authenticity as the fundamental principle that explains the effect of cultural symbolism of brands, consumers’ enduring cultural involvement, as well as eudaimonic and hedonic well-being. Originality/value The findings suggest that cultural significance of a brand is closely related to brand authenticity and consumer well-being; however, on consumers with a highly enduring cultural involvement, the effect of brand culture symbolism and brand authenticity is weakened. This is an interesting finding because in this case, consumers may measure brand authenticity more based on the brand actual behavior (e.g. brand non-commercial tendency and brand social responsibility) rather than the symbolic image.

Social Impact Assessment under RFCTLARR Act 2013 and Social Costs – An Analysis

Mass-scale development, in the backdrop of increasing population, has appreciated the market-value of "land" – the important determinant that either directly or distantly affects the objectives of sustainable development initiatives. To ensure peoples‟ participation in such governance of developmental programs and satisfy the expansion of economic aspiration, significant changes have been brought in the normative frameworks of land-acquisition, for example, streamlining of compensation policy (economic), integration of SIA and R&R scheme (physical & socio-cultural), involvement of affected persons within the fold of decision-making process (minimization of adverse effects particularly political disruptions), in the RFCTLARR, 2013. This space is used to explicate some popular economic indicators in the context of „social cost‟ in RFCTLARR, 2013.