scholarly journals Social well-being of families in light of regional social policy

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 46-62
Author(s):  
Lamara L. Mehrishvili ◽  
Nina A. Tkachjova ◽  
Andrej V. Judashkin
Keyword(s):  
Social Policy ◽  
Quantitative Description ◽  
Large City ◽  
Well Being ◽  
General Level ◽  
Rural Settlements ◽  
Sociological Study ◽  
Central Type ◽  
Theoretical Approaches ◽  
The Social

This article studies the social well-being of the families of the Tyumen Region (excluding the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area — Yugra and Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Area). This article considers the theoretical approaches to the concept of “social well-being” presented in the Russian academic literature. The results of a sociological study conducted by the authors in 2020 are presented. The novelty of the research lies in highlighting the specifics of intraregional differentiation of the influence of factors influencing the social well-being of families. The main research method was a questionnaire survey, which allowed providing a quantitative description of the phenomenon under consideration. The construction of the research sample model was carried out taking into account the center-peripheral model, which implies the analysis of the data obtained in the context of various types of territories represented in the region. The volume of the quota sample of the study was 1,200 people — the representatives of regional families with children. The main goal of the article is to determine the general level of social well-being of regional families, as well as to show its specificity in such social-territorial communities as a large city, a small town, rural settlements of the central type and peripheral villages. The following were considered as the components of social well-being: satisfaction with various aspects of life; availability of social infrastructure facilities; assessment of the state of various spheres of life; problems that concern families, their needs. Based on the results of the analysis, it was concluded that in different types of settlements, the level and nature of social well-being change. This circumstance should become the object of close attention of the authorities implementing social policy. The authors noted the need to develop a social policy that takes into account the spatial characteristics of the region. At the same time, the research component is of great importance, which makes it possible to analyze the problems of families in a territorial context, and it is also important to develop clear criteria for the classification of socio-territorial communities, taking into account the tendencies of their changes over time.

scholarly journals Modernization of traditional Yakut families in the social project «Sis Yal» («Model family»)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
У.А. Винокурова ◽  
О.Д. Романова ◽  
К.Д. Барашкова
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Family Values ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Sociological Study ◽  
The Social ◽  
Modern Family ◽  
Social Project ◽  
Intergenerational Ties

В данной статье представлены результаты социологического исследования сельских якутских семей. Актуальность статьи обусловлена растущим кризисом семьи, репродуктивного поведения, трансформацией гендерных аспектов современных форм семьи и их последствиях, что свидетельствует о культурном повороте целостного жизненного мира от ценностей совместимости, взаимопомощи в сторону индивидуализма, ослабления межличностных и межпоколенных взаимодействий, влияющих на социальное благополучие всех поколений. Авторами статьи выявлены современный уклад жизни, хозяйственной деятельности, размеры семьи, проживающей в их традиционном месте поселения, межпоколенческие связи. Предпринята классификация типов современных якутских семей, проживающих в сельской местности, по критериям пространственной локализации, уклада семьи, экономического состояния, социального статуса, ведущих нравственных ценностей, состава семьи. Выявлено 85 типов семей, сгруппированных по 6 критериям, характеризующим ведущие основы якутского этнического семьеведения. Исследование актуально тем, что на основе выявленной экосистемы семьи разработан социальный проект конструирования позитивных семейных ценностей в сельском социуме. This article presents the results of a sociological study of rural Yakut families. The relevance of the article is due to the growing crisis of the family, reproductive behavior, the transformation of gender aspects of modern family forms and their consequences, which indicates a cultural turn of the integral life world from the values of compatibility, mutual assistance towards individualism, and the weakening of interpersonal and intergenerational interactions that affect the social well-being of all generations. The authors of the article revealed the modern way of life, economic activity, family size, living in their traditional place of settlement, intergenerational ties. The classification of types of modern Yakut families living in rural areas according to the criteria of spatial localization, family structure, economic status, social status, leading moral values, and family composition is undertaken. 85 types of families were identified, grouped according to 6 criteria that characterize the leading foundations of Yakut ethnic family studies. The study is relevant because on the basis of the identified family ecosystem, a social project for constructing positive family values in rural society has been developed.

Social policy: models, directions, and features of the implementation

2020 ◽  
pp. 34-39
Author(s):  
Svetlana Nikolaevna Ispulova
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Social Support ◽  
Social Policy ◽  
Economically Disadvantaged ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The United States ◽  
Social State ◽  
The Social ◽  
Policy Models

The article is devoted to the main models and ways of forming social well-being as an indicator of the social state. The author draws attention to the ongoing measures of social support for economically disadvantaged citizens in Russia and the United States.

From Welfare States to Planetary Well-Being

2021 ◽  
pp. 900-920
Author(s):  
Ian Gough
Keyword(s):  
Social Policy ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Welfare States ◽  
Global Environmental ◽  
The Social ◽  
Welfare Systems ◽  
Basic Services ◽  
Rich Countries ◽  
The Welfare State

This final chapter concentrates on global environmental challenges to rich-country welfare states: climate breakdown and associated ecological disasters. These common threats add two new raison d’êtres for welfare states: first, that the security and equity they seek should be sustainable through time; second, that their scope is broadened to take account of global equity and well-being. With a few notable exceptions, these fundamental questions have been ignored in the social policy community. I argue here that we need to transform our understanding of social policy in four ways, each more difficult than the previous one. First, we need to develop novel eco-social programmes to tap synergies between well-being and sustainability via transformative investment programmes such as a Green New Deal. Second, we need to recompose consumption in rich countries in two ways: to realize the best principles of the welfare state by extending the range of universal basic services and to work towards a private ‘consumption corridor’ to end waste, meet basic needs, and reduce inequality. Third, we must develop strategies of ‘reduce and redistribute’ to adapt welfare systems for a future of slower, if not negative, economic growth. And finally, we need to develop a global equity framework to meet climatic and ecological threats in a globally just way that recognizes current international inequalities.

scholarly journals Whither development studies? Reflections on its relationship with social policy

2015 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 100-113 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Copestake
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Social Policy ◽  
International Development ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Development Studies ◽  
Academic Fields ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Status ◽  
Evolving System ◽  
The Uk

This paper contributes to an ongoing conversation between development studies (DS) and social policy (SP) as academic fields, particularly in the UK. Using Andrew Abbott's analysis of the social sciences as an evolving system of knowledge lineages (KLs), it reflects on the status of DS and its relationship with SP. Defining DS as a distinctive KL centred on critical analysis of ideas and projects for advancing human well-being, I suggest that it has lost coherence even as research into international development thrives. Indeed it is easy to envisage its gradual assimilation into other KLs, including SP. The two increasingly overlap in their analysis of the causes of relative poverty and injustice, and what can be done to address them, within countries and globally. Strengthening links between the two fields can be justified as a political project, even at the risk of some loss of plurality and plenitude across the social sciences.

scholarly journals The Analysis of Interface of Social-Technical Aspects within Transport Planning and Urban Design

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 40-50
Author(s):  
Ylber Limani ◽  
Binak Beqaj ◽  
Vlora Aliu
Keyword(s):  
Urban Development ◽  
Urban Design ◽  
Human Factor ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Transport Planning ◽  
Technical Aspects ◽  
Theoretical Approaches ◽  
The Social ◽  
Technological Effectiveness ◽  
Organizational Science

This paper discusses the essentials of social-technical aspects of urban development and transport planning. It describes the role and position of human factor in urban development and transport planning and its interface with technical elements. The paper argues the possibilities of optimization of the correlation between human factors and technical elements using the social-technical insights related turban design and transport planning. The research methodology has been based on qualitative empirical and theoretical approaches using the methods of combination the direct observation and the analysis of documents, and the literature. The working methodology has been based on the concept of organizational science emphasizing the importance of balance between human health, well-being and technological effectiveness.

scholarly journals Women at Work: Issues for the 1990s: Introduction to the Collection

1970 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rose Ryan
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Social Policy ◽  
Service Sector ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Economic Life ◽  
Market Regulation ◽  
Policy Changes ◽  
Women's Participation ◽  
The Social ◽  
Economic Well Being

The celebration of one hundred years of women's suffrage in New Zealand in 1993 has provided a welcome opportunity to undertake something of a "stock-take" of many aspects of women's participation in the social and economic life of New Zealand. Participation in the paid workforce is one of the most important of these, given the centrality of employment and work to social identity and economic well-being. The current re-assessment has, however, raised more questions than it has answered, given the rapidly changing social and economic environment in which women work. This includes the restructuring of the economy, the growth of the service sector, social policy changes in health and education, and the greater emphasis on market regulation of many areas previously subject to legislative regulation.

ANALYSIS OF THE LEVEL OF WELFARE AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC DIFFERENTIATION OF THE RUSSIAN POPULATION

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 923-936
Author(s):  
A.V. Minakov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Comparative Method ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Present Stage ◽  
Economic Relations ◽  
Theoretical Approaches ◽  
General Welfare ◽  
The Social ◽  
Macroeconomic Indicators

At the present stage, the problem of socio-economic differentiation of the country's population is becoming quite significant, which is even more aggravated in the context of macroeconomic instability. The crisis and tension in relations with Western countries have a negative impact on the social structure of the population through a negative impact on the country's economy, exacerbating the processes of differentiation, while sustainable development presupposes the achievement of the general welfare of citizens. The main purpose of the article is to study the level of well-being of the population and its differentiation. This goal setting dictates the need to develop not only theoretical approaches to understanding the categories of «welfare» and «socio-economic differentiation of the population», but also in practice - to understand the current situation at the present stage. The study used the comparative method (for comparing macroeconomic indicators), analytical, method of economic and statistical analysis (use of statistical data) and some others. The main result of the study is the substantiation of theoretical approaches to changes in the level of well-being of the population, taking place against the background of large-scale processes of globalization and the existing instability of economic relations both within the country and between states, which leads to imbalances in society and aggravated differentiation of the population by income, which can cause social tension in Russia. The socio-economic development of the country is, first of all, a factor influencing the standard of living of Russians. Through negative crisis moments, the stratification of society occurs, which leads to a decrease in the quality of life. An analysis of the level of well-being of the population is necessary in parallel with the study of indicators reflecting this level, in order to be able to track the depth of the process of differentiation of the population in relation to income.

scholarly journals CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES IN MODERN RUSSIA

2020 ◽  
pp. 188-192
Author(s):  
R. M. Sadykov ◽  
N. L. Bolshakova
Keyword(s):  
Social Policy ◽  
The State ◽  
Sociological Study ◽  
Positive Image ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Future ◽  
Charitable Activities

Сharitable organizations and charitable activities in Russia and their role in modern conditions have been considered. Charity in Russia today is a significant and important institution that continues the social policy of the state. The reasons, forms and types of charity have been presented. The innovative forms of charity have been identifed: SMS donations, using charity portals and donation services, purchasing a product or service in favor of charity, charity events, and volunteering. A promising form of charitable activity is volunteering. According to the results of a sociological study, charity is popular among the population: 89.5% of respondents have ever been involved in charity. In general, the respondents have a positive image of charity in Russia. Most of the respondents in one way or another have ever taken part in charity and noted the possibility of participation in the future.

scholarly journals Support for Families with Disabled Children As a Priority Area of Social Policy

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 103-110
Author(s):  
M.V. Vdovina ◽  
◽  
N.N. Semochkina ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Policy ◽  
Family Members ◽  
The State ◽  
Social Characteristics ◽  
State Of Health ◽  
Disabled Children ◽  
Sociological Study ◽  
Priority Area ◽  
The Social ◽  
Degree Of Disability

the article presents the results of a sociological study of the authors, which contains an analysis of the characteristics of a family with a disabled child. The social characteristics of such a family, the dynamics of problems as the child grows, the needs for support from the state depending on the degree of disability of the child, his age, the family’s own resources, medical, social, financial needs, the state of health of the child and the capabilities of caring family members are revealed. Measures to support a family with a disabled child as a direction of social policy are proposed.

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