Correlation and regression analysis in the system of strategic planning tools for socio-economic development of the region

To date, the Russian Federation has created and is actively developing a system of strategic planning of socio-economic development, including subjects, objects, strategic documents, tools, regulatory and methodological framework, as well as a number of other elements. Despite the institutional formation, there are still quite a few problems in this system, especially at the regional level. The subjects of the Russian Federation have strategic documents at their level, the purpose of which is the socio-economic development of the region. Despite this, the quality of strategic documents is not always at a high level. First of all, the quality of strategic documents is influenced by a set of tools that allow you to achieve your goals and objectives. Within the framework of this study, a method of correlation and regression analysis is proposed in the system of strategic planning tools at the stage of determining priority areas.

Conceptualizing International Development Project Sustainability through a Discursive Theory of Institutionalization

<p>Every year billions of dollars are spent on international development projects. Many of these projects, while initially appearing to be successful, lack the systems and resources that would contribute to their long term success, and collapse once outside assistance is withdrawn; they are unsustainable. This issue of project sustainability is of critical importance to the field of international development. This research uses a case study to explore how international development organizations understand and enact sustainability. Key questions that were asked in approaching this topic were: what makes a project sustainable, and how do international development organizations manage for the sustainability of their projects? This research looks to institutional theory in the attempt to shed light on the process of sustainable development. I endeavour to demonstrate how conceptualizing the process of sustainable development as a process of institutionalization may be of assistance in implementing sustainable development projects. This premise forms the foundation of my thesis. The theoretical basis of this research can be located in the work of organizational scholar Nelson Phillips, who asserts that institutionalization, the process of institutional formation, should be conceived of as a discursive process. I conjecture that in order for a discourse to produce an institution, it must address three key institutional concerns as described in W. Richard Scott's theory of three institutional pillars. This theory holds that in order for an institution to be stable, it must have foundations in three recognized areas of organizational life: rules, values, and culture. I use critical discourse analysis to examine if and how these institutional concepts feature in organizational texts of sustainable development. In order to study organizational texts on sustainable development, it was necessary to gain access to a representative development organization. New Zealand's international aid and development programme, NZAID, was identified as the ideal organization for this study, as its formal commitment to internationally recognized development agreements means that its practices should be representative of the practices of other similar organizations. Through interviews, observations and document analysis I have studied its approach to sustainable development, and how that approach continues down the chain of development to its partners and stakeholders within two projects in a province of Papua New Guinea (PNG). Data was collected at NZAID in Wellington, as well as at NZAID's office in Port Moresby, PNG, and among two of NZAID's development partners in rural PNG. The findings of this research demonstrate that while themes of institutionalization are already present to some degree within international development organizations' sustainable development discourse, that discourse and the projects that it informs would benefit from more overt engagement with the principles of institutionalization. My research contributes to development practice by exploring how sustainability goals are formulated and diffused through organizational discourse, specifically between varied environments and organizational actors. It offers practical suggestions for the improvement of the process of sustainable development. This research also contributes theoretically to organization studies through its exploration of how institutional theory can be applied to better understand the process sustainable development.</p>

Conceptualizing International Development Project Sustainability through a Discursive Theory of Institutionalization

<p>Every year billions of dollars are spent on international development projects. Many of these projects, while initially appearing to be successful, lack the systems and resources that would contribute to their long term success, and collapse once outside assistance is withdrawn; they are unsustainable. This issue of project sustainability is of critical importance to the field of international development. This research uses a case study to explore how international development organizations understand and enact sustainability. Key questions that were asked in approaching this topic were: what makes a project sustainable, and how do international development organizations manage for the sustainability of their projects? This research looks to institutional theory in the attempt to shed light on the process of sustainable development. I endeavour to demonstrate how conceptualizing the process of sustainable development as a process of institutionalization may be of assistance in implementing sustainable development projects. This premise forms the foundation of my thesis. The theoretical basis of this research can be located in the work of organizational scholar Nelson Phillips, who asserts that institutionalization, the process of institutional formation, should be conceived of as a discursive process. I conjecture that in order for a discourse to produce an institution, it must address three key institutional concerns as described in W. Richard Scott's theory of three institutional pillars. This theory holds that in order for an institution to be stable, it must have foundations in three recognized areas of organizational life: rules, values, and culture. I use critical discourse analysis to examine if and how these institutional concepts feature in organizational texts of sustainable development. In order to study organizational texts on sustainable development, it was necessary to gain access to a representative development organization. New Zealand's international aid and development programme, NZAID, was identified as the ideal organization for this study, as its formal commitment to internationally recognized development agreements means that its practices should be representative of the practices of other similar organizations. Through interviews, observations and document analysis I have studied its approach to sustainable development, and how that approach continues down the chain of development to its partners and stakeholders within two projects in a province of Papua New Guinea (PNG). Data was collected at NZAID in Wellington, as well as at NZAID's office in Port Moresby, PNG, and among two of NZAID's development partners in rural PNG. The findings of this research demonstrate that while themes of institutionalization are already present to some degree within international development organizations' sustainable development discourse, that discourse and the projects that it informs would benefit from more overt engagement with the principles of institutionalization. My research contributes to development practice by exploring how sustainability goals are formulated and diffused through organizational discourse, specifically between varied environments and organizational actors. It offers practical suggestions for the improvement of the process of sustainable development. This research also contributes theoretically to organization studies through its exploration of how institutional theory can be applied to better understand the process sustainable development.</p>

Sharing Economy in Russia: A Possible New Source of Political Participation and Democratization?

Introduction. Scientific understanding of current and future trends in the development of society, the formulation of problems of social development, and even more so its prediction is associated with the analysis of the role and place of modern and promising communication technologies in the complex architecture of social interactions. Today, such technologies determine the direction of restructuring traditional political and economic institutions contribute to the formation of fundamentally new formats of social interactions. The beginning of the 21st century was marked by a wide spread of sharing relations – old socio-economic practices of joint (shared) use of goods in a new technical and technological design. The driver of the development of joint consumption practices has also been the spread of global trends in the transition from a system of strong fundamental links between socioeconomic entities to weaker but numerous temporary links. Methods and materials. In the course of the study, the sharing economy was considered through the prism of structural-functional, neoinstitutional and network approaches. The authors used system analysis, interdisciplinary and empirical methods (questionnaire, expert survey), as well as the method of social modeling. The materials for the study were the publications of leading foreign and domestic researchers of the issue in peer-reviewed scientific publications, as well as the results of a cross-regional sociological study conducted by the authors. Analysis. Currently, an institutional formation of a new ontological reality within which self-regulating, more autonomous from the state, sharing communities built on the network principle function is taking place. Through the liberalization of access to a wide range of benefits through low-cost channels, sharing contributes to the growth of trust, social well-being, and reduction of social tension. At the same time, the uncontrolled spread of sharing practices is fraught with a drop in the level of institutional and interpersonal trust, an increase in conflict in society, and the deformation of regional and sectoral labor markets, which will naturally affect social well-being and political stability. Results. The obtained results confirmed the hypothesis of the study that the practices of joint consumption in Russia have a pronounced development potential and a growing influence on the political sphere through the growth of political activity of the population participating in these practices, through the actualization of microsocial contracts and the subsequent translation of their content to the macro level.

Fatwa Qualification between Individual Training and Institutional Formation; An Applied Theory Study

يظل "المفتي" هو حجر الزاوية في العملية الإفتائية برمتها؛ حيث يقع على عاتقه عبء ومسئولية القيام بهذه المهمة الخطيرة والعظيمة؛ حيث هي في حقيقة الأمر إبلاغ عن الله مراده وأحكامه وتوقيع عنه. ونظرًا لإدراك أهل العلم خطورة منصب الفتوى وأهميته، فقد وضعوا مجموعة من الشروط والصفات التي ينبغي أن تتحقق فيمن يتصدر لهذه المهمة العظيمة والمسئولية الجسيمة، فتحدثوا عن عملية التأهيل والتكوين العلمي اللازم توافرها في المفتي وهذا ما يتناوله هذا البحث؛ حيث يتناول عملية التأهيل العلمي والبناء المعرفي للمتصدر للفتوى وفق مستويين: مستوى التكوين الذاتي والفردي. مستوى المؤسسات والهيئات والمراكز الإفتائية: والتي يقع على عاتقها القيام بمهمة التهيئة والتأهيل وفق واقع متشابك ومتداخل وتطور علمي ومعرفي كبير. وقد راعينا في هذا البحث طرح مقترح لخطة عملية تطبيقية يمكن للمؤسسات والهيئات العلمية المعنية بالفتوى وشئونها الاسترشاد بها وتطبيقها بحيث تحصل الثمرة المرجوة، وهي تكوين ذلك المفتي العصري المدرك لشانه العالم بزمانه. الكلمات المفاتيح: الإفتاء، التأهيل الإفتائي، التكوين المؤسسي، المؤسسات الإفتائية Abstract The Mufti remains the cornerstone of the entire fatwa process; wherein he shall bear the burden and responsibility of carrying out this grave and great task; where, in fact, it is to inform about God's will and provisions and to sign on Him. Because the scholars are aware of the seriousness and importance of the fatwa position, they have set a set of conditions and qualities that should be fulfilled by those who take the lead in this great task and grave responsibility. It deals with the process of scientific qualification and knowledge building for the issuer of the fatwa according to two levels;level of self and individual formation, and the level of institutions, bodies and fatwa centers: which are responsible for carrying out the task of preparation and rehabilitation according to an intertwined reality and a great scientific and cognitive development. We have taken into account in this research a proposal for an applied practical plan that the institutions and scientific bodies concerned with the fatwa and its affairs can be guided by and apply so that the desired fruit will be obtained, which is the formation of that modern mufti who is aware of the importance of the world in his time. Keywords: Ifta, fatwa qualification, institutional formation, fatwa institutions.

Fatwa Qualification between Individual Training and Institutional Formation; An Applied Theory Study

The Mufti remains the cornerstone of the entire fatwa process; wherein he shall bear the burden and responsibility of carrying out this grave and great task; where, in fact, it is to inform about God's will and provisions and to sign on Him. Because the scholars are aware of the seriousness and importance of the fatwa position, they have set a set of conditions and qualities that should be fulfilled by those who take the lead in this great task and grave responsibility. It deals with the process of scientific qualification and knowledge building for the issuer of the fatwa according to two levels;level of self and individual formation, and the level of institutions, bodies and fatwa centers: which are responsible for carrying out the task of preparation and rehabilitation according to an intertwined reality and a great scientific and cognitive development. We have taken into account in this research a proposal for an applied practical plan that the institutions and scientific bodies concerned with the fatwa and its affairs can be guided by and apply so that the desired fruit will be obtained, which is the formation of that modern mufti who is aware of the importance of the world in his time.

Institutional Formation and Development of the Luhansk Eparchy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Autocephalous Synodal Church (1922-1936)

The article attempts to recreate the process of organizational development of the Luhansk eparchy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Autocephalous Synodal Church of 1922-1936. It was found out that due to the conditions of aggravation of confessional division the representatives of the renewal movement managed to minimize their reformation provisions during 1926-1928. The Synodal Church managed to stabilize the institutional crisis. With the appointment of Bishop Veniamin to a vacant for a long time throne, with the active support of local authorities, the Luhansk diocese has reached its greatest development, covering in its structure about a quarter of the Orthodox communities of the district. It is determined that since the Ukrainian-centric ideological principles of the Synodal Church were not fully embodied in the practical activities of the renewal clergy, the emergence of the Conciliar Episcopal Church as a relatively canonical alternative Reformation denomination of Ukrainian Orthodoxy became relevant in Ukraine. In particular, in the Luhansk region, as a result of the unconstructive methods of Bishop’s Photius (Topiro) governing, it was the local diocese of the UCEC that became a refuge for the renewal communities, almost doubling the number of its own parishes during 1928-1929. It is proved that the development of the Synodal Church in the Luhansk region was marked by the lack of an effective system of government, the low discipline of the clergy, and especially given the change in state policy in the field of religion. The historical circumstances of the confessional division of Ukrainian Orthodoxy in the interwar period on the example of a separate region are highlighted. Further research on this topic requires clarification of a number of ethnocultural, political, linguistic, and canonical issues of local renewal communities, which will expand the understanding of the religious worldview of the local population and propose new conceptual approaches to overcoming church divisions.

Peran GTRA dalam Pelaksanaan Reforma Agraria di Kabupaten Lampung Tengah

The implementation of agrarian reform to date has not been maximized due to the existence of sectoral egos and lack of coordination between related sectors / ministries. The institutional formation of the GTRA is expected to be able to unite across sectors of the relevant ministries / institutions. In Central Lampung Regency there are many land issues on HGU land and transmigration land which will later become the priority location of the Agrarian Reform Land (TORA). The Central Lampung BPN target in 2020 as many as 3,000 plots of land will be distributed to the public. It is hoped that the existence of GTRA can support the achievement of these targets. This study aims to determine the role of GTRA, obstacles and how to overcome obstacles in implementing agrarian reform in Central Lampung Regency. The research method used is qualitative with a descriptive approach. The results showed that budget limitations and the existence of an institutional sectoral ego led to impeded implementation of asset management and access structuring. A strong commitment from all GTRA implementers is needed in carrying out all agrarian reform programs. If not, the GTRA will be the same as the previous institution which only changed its name.Keywords: Agrarian Reform, GTRA, TORA Intisari: Pelaksanaan reforma agraria sampai saat ini belum maksimal dikarenakan adanya ego sektoral dan kurangnya koordinasi antara lintas sektor kementerian/lembaga terkait. Pembentukan kelembagaan Gugus Tugas Reforma Agraria (GTRA) diharapkan mampu menyatukan lintas sektor kementerian/lembaga terkait. Di Kabupaten Lampung Tengah terdapat banyak permasalahan tanah pada tanah HGU dan tanah transmigrasi yang nantinya dijadikan lokasi prioritas Tanah Objek Reforma Agraria (TORA). Target BPN Kabupaten Lampung Tengah tahun 2020 sebanyak 3.000 bidang tanah akan direditribusikan ke masyarakat. Harapannya dengan adanya GTRA dapat mendukung capaian target tersebut. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui peran GTRA, kendala dan cara mengatasi kendala dalam pelaksanaan reforma agraria di Kabupaten Lampung Tengah. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah kualitatif dengan pendekatan deskriptif. Hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa keterbatasan anggaran dan adanya ego sektoral kelembagaan menyebabkan terhambatnya pelaksanaan penataan aset dan penataan akses. Dibutuhkan komitmen yang kuat dari seluruh pelaksana GTRA dalam menjalankan seluruh program reforma agraria. Jika tidak maka GTRA akan sama saja dengan kelembagaan sebelumnya yang hanya berganti nama.Kata Kunci: Reforma Agraria, GTRA, TORA

Reconsidering Sinophone Studies: The Chinese Cold War, Multiple Sinocentrisms, and Theoretical Generalisation

Sinophone studies has improved the visibility of a range of Chinese-language cultural products and is expanding into a transnational and multilingual academic enterprise. With firm acknowledgement of the pragmatic benefits the Sinophone has brought (particularly to Anglophone and Taiwanese academia), this paper reflects on some of the problems embedded in the underlying premises and ideological mechanisms of the concept of the Sinophone that have so far been under-discussed. As a first step towards a more self-reflective meta-discourse about Sinophone studies, it highlights three areas that warrant more clarification and debate before the concept is applied to specific analyses: the significance of the Chinese Cold War; the matrix of multiple Sinocentrisms; and the double-edged sword of theoretical generalisation. In this process, I emphasise the institutional formation of the ‘Sinophone’ both as a cultural field and as an academic discourse, and highlight the significant role that Taiwan has been playing in this.