scholarly journals THE ATTITUDE OF KAZAN STUDENTS TO ALCOHOL AND SMOKING (BASED ON THE RESULTS OF AN EMPIRICAL STUDY)

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 71-79
Author(s):  
L.P. Maslova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Social Environment ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Difficult Situation ◽  
Social Sphere ◽  
Younger Age ◽  
The Social ◽  
Complete Exclusion ◽  
The Media

The study of deviations from social norms is particularly relevant in modern social conditions, when significant reforms are being implemented in the field of politics, economy and social sphere, accompanied by significant changes in the level and quality of life of the population. The topic is also sharpened by the speed of globalization, as a result of which inequality between different social groups, including age groups, is growing. The most difficult situation in such transitional periods of development of society is the youth, whose worldview is in the process of formation, and the unformed value system of the transforming society can not provide the necessary social guidelines for behaviour.
The article shows the attitude of Kazan students to alcohol and Smoking on the basis of theoretical justification and author's empirical research. Based on the theoretical analysis of the works of representatives of the sociopsychological paradigm (Z. Freud, A. Adler, E. Fromm, K. Horney), it is shown that deviations are the result of negative family experiences and mental traumas of childhood. According to the sociological theories Of E. Giddens, J. Massionis, And N. Smelser, deviations arise primarily under the influence of social factors: the influence of the media, fashion, and others . Based on an empirical study of University students in Kazan-a sample of 400 people, representatives of various universities, it was found that a significant part of the respondents drink alcohol, smoke cigarettes. The survey data shows that the older the respondents, the more of them drink alcohol, and younger age groups tend to hold opinions about the complete exclusion of alcohol from use. This indicates the stressful factors of the social environment, the emergence of alcohol and Smoking habits, and the influence of the social environment.

STUDYING THE PECULIARITIES OF SOCIAL INNOVATIONS IN COMMERCIAL ORGANIZATIONS

2018 ◽  
pp. 22-26
Author(s):  
G. Yaschenko
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Social Environment ◽  
Psychological Support ◽  
Clear Understanding ◽  
Social Changes ◽  
Important Place ◽  
Social Sphere ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Innovations ◽  
Commercial Organizations

The article considers the peculiarities of innovations in the social sphere of commercial organizations, proposes a classification of innovations in the social sphere of a commercial organization. Management, organizational, educational and economic innovation directions were identified as the main result of the empirical study. Identify the scope of innovation in the enterprise. Identify the factors that are the reasons for the need to introduce changes, in particular: increase in profits and productivity, changes in society as a whole. Analyzed the reasons that promote and hinder the effective introduction of social changes, including insufficient motivation of staff and the preparation of managers for implementing change. Relevant forms of work for the implementation of psychological support for the process of introduction of changes are found. In our opinion, in order to improve the methods of implementing social innovations in commercial organizations, a clear understanding of the place of social innovations in the system of their innovation development is necessary. Moreover, an understanding of the structural and functional division of social innovations with a view to their conscious design and implementation, which will provide innovation-led result. In order to better understand the peculiarities of introducing innovations in the social sphere of organizations, we conducted an empirical study aimed at identifying the type of innovations in the social sphere of commercial organizations that are most commonly encountered at the moment, as well as factors that determine the necessity of introducing such innovations and the factors contributing to and impede the effective implementation of social change. The main purpose of our article is to study socio-psychological conditions for the implementation of social innovations in commercial organizations .The research carried out proved the fact of existing social innovation in modern commercial organizations. In addition: 1. In modern commercial organizations, the introduction of social changes that affect various spheres of the social environment of the organization, have an uneven distribution. In particular, the most innovative changes in the managerial, organizational, educational and economic component of the social environment of the organization. 2. Among the motives for introducing changes, the motive for gaining more profit, increasing productivity and satisfaction of employees with their work are the first place. An important place among the motives is also the compliance of the needs of employees with the new needs that arise in society as a whole. The biggest obstacles are ignoring the actual needs of employees and the formality of the changes introduced. 3. The initiators of such changes are, in most cases, the management of the company, which is guided by both the needs of a purely commercial nature and the requirements of modern changes in society. 4. The readiness of the employees to participate in the innovation processes and the conditions contributing to it, namely, the motivation of the personnel and the special training of the persons responsible for these processes are revealed. 5. It has been found that appropriate forms of work on the implementation of psychological support for the process of introducing changes are socio-psychological training and counseling, both group and individual. The prospects for further research are to analyze the readiness of the leaders of organizations to implement social changes, to develop practical ways of training employees and responsible for introducing changes in the social sphere of commercial organizations.

Evolution of the public administration system. The Republic of Estonia

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 82-118
Author(s):  
YANA TOOM ◽  
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VALENTINA V. KOMLEVA ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Administration System ◽  
The Public ◽  
Administrative Reforms ◽  
Social Sphere ◽  
External Threats ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Republic

The article studies the main stages and features of the evolution of the public administration system in the Republic of Estonia after 1992. This paper presents brief geographical and socio-economic characteristics that largely determine the development of the country’s public administration. The evolution of the institution of the presidency, executive, and legislative powers are considered. The role of parliament and mechanisms for coordinating the interests of different groups of the population for the development of the country is especially emphasized. The authors analyze the state and administrative reforms of recent years, which were aimed at improving the quality of services provided to the population, increasing the competitiveness of different parts of Estonia, as well as optimizing public spending and management structure. The introduction of digital technologies into the sphere of public administration, healthcare, education, and the social sphere is of a notable place. Such phenomena as e-residency, e-federation, and other digital projects are considered. The development of a digital system of interstate interaction between Estonia and Finland made it possible to create the world’s first e-federation, and the digitization of all strategically important information and its transfer to cloud storage speaks of the creation of the world’s first e-residency, a special residence of data outside the country’s borders to ensure digital continuity and statehood in the event of critical malfunctions or external threats.

The transformation of the Russian notary in the new economic realities

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 92-97
Author(s):  
KONSTANTIN A. KORSIK ◽  
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ANASTASIYA A. PARFENCHIKOVA ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Relevant Information ◽  
The State ◽  
Technological Infrastructure ◽  
Social Sphere ◽  
The Social ◽  
Modern Economic ◽  
World Development

The article is devoted to the review of current changes in the legislation on notaries related to the development of electronic civil circulation, analysis of existing digital risks and assessment of the role of notaries in combating them. In modern economic realities, a significant expansion of the sphere of competence of the notary is carried out by introducing completely new notarial actions into the scope of the notary’s terms of reference. At the same time, the notary does not just follow the general ‘digital’ trend, but independently makes significant efforts to effectively perform the tasks of the social sphere regulator assigned to it by the state. The creation of the Unified Notary Information System as part of the formation of the technological infrastructure to ensure the security and stability of legal relations in the context of electronic civil circulation takes to a new level the quality of notarial services and the security of legally relevant information. The role of notaries significantly increases in conditions when the use of digital technologies in the economy, public administration, social sphere becomes one of the main vectors of world development, and society and the state inevitably face the flip side of this process – digital risks that jeopardize the safety of participants in civil turnover and their property. In 2020, as part of the implementation of the national program ‘Digital Economy’, it is planned to introduce a number of innovations that will create the basis for a stable and secure ‘digital’ turnover.

Social and Political Interaction of Local Communities in the Region in the Context of Reactive Relations: Cases of Urban Space Improvement

2021 ◽  
pp. 81-90
Author(s):  
Elena A. Kranzeeva ◽  
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Evgeny V. Golovatsky ◽  
Anna V. Orlova ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Urban Communities ◽  
Urban Space ◽  
Social Action ◽  
Event Analysis ◽  
Political Communications ◽  
Political Interaction ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Media ◽  
Media Event

The relevance of the study is associated with the speed of modern sociopolitical processes in the territories, the emergence of new participants and tools for achieving their own and collective interests. The aim of the article is to describe the real urban processes of sociopolitical interaction in the conditions of reactive relations, taking into account the interests and positions of the participants, the content and dynamics of interaction. The methodological basis of the study is the concept of social action and power relations by M. Weber, the concept of resources by A. Giddens, research works by L.L. Shpak, who considers interaction in the aggregate of regional everyday sociopolitical practices. The article proposes a framework for the study of rapid reactive actions and relationships that can significantly accelerate the flow of social and political interactions. The analysis of reactive relations, the dynamics of the nature of social and political interaction on the scale of the urban space, as well as confirmation of signs of reactivity of relations, is based on the analysis of two cases of Kemerovo related to the improvement of the urban space, demonstrating at the same time the practice of social and political communications. For the Statue of Saint Barbara case, the method of content analysis is used to study the Internet audience; the method allows analyzing the density and coherence of information communications taking into account the inclusion and/or belonging of users in relation to the analyzed data. The use of the method of analyzing event data in the media (event analysis) for the Lazurny case illustrates the dynamics of social and political interaction. As a result, it has been revealed that, in the context of new reactive relations, the communicative potential of ordinary users (citizens) grows in the social and political interaction of a city or a certain territory. The practices of social interaction considered in the article are replenished from the implementation of innovative projects within the framework of urban communities. An important role is played by the constantly changing conditions for the transmission and accumulation of information significant in the urban space, as well as by the activity resource – active drivers of modern communication. The prospect of further research is the search for new tools and indicators of a new quality of social and political interaction in the context of reactive relations

scholarly journals Request Strategies in the American TV Series Full House

Lexicon ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yemima Febriani ◽  
Sharifah Hanidar
Keyword(s):  
Social Distance ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
The Other ◽  
Relative Power ◽  
Adult Age ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Younger Age ◽  
The Social ◽  
Request Strategies

This research aims to analyze the request strategies used in an American TV Series entitled Full House season 7 episodes 1-12. The main characters are family members from three different age groups (adult, teenager, and children). This research attempts to see if there is any difference on the choice of request strategies used by the three age groups. Blum-Kulka and Olshtain’s (1984) theory on request directness level is used to classify the requests. Relative power and social distance are also studied to see how they influence the characters in making their requests. The results show that mood derivable is the most frequent strategy used by all age groups. Specifically, direct request is highly used by the adult age groups. On the other hand, indirect request is mostly used by the younger age groups. The results also show that all age groups tend to use direct strategy when the social distance is negative. However, when the social distance is positive, the choice of strategy depends on the authority of the speaker.

scholarly journals Factors of Influence on the State of Happiness in the Contemporary Russian Society

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 9-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mikhail F. Chernysh
Keyword(s):  
Social Life ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Social Situation ◽  
Russian Society ◽  
Standards Of Living ◽  
The Social ◽  
State Of Mind ◽  
Considerable Impact ◽  
Factors Of Influence

The article analyzes the level of happiness on the basis of the data provided by the RLMS study. Happiness is viewed as a subjective state of mind influenced by the social situation in which an individual finds him or herself. The level of happiness turns out to be dependent on sex and age. The latter is especially salient: young people feel happy more often than respondents in more advanced age groups. Standards of living and employment are also marked as variable that have considerable impact on the level of happiness. It appears that income influences happiness indirectly through the parameters of social environment and norms that characterize it. A respondent feels somewhat happier if his or her level of material well-bing is higher than the average. The level of respect shown by other people towards the respondent is another factor that can impact the level of happiness. The feeling of loneliness is a variable with considerable influence on other parameters of social life: the lonelier is the person, the more likely he or she would feel unhappy. The study demonstrated that the level of happiness, against expectations, depends primarily on the quality of social milieu.

Healing the Civic Body: Darren O’Donnell’s Social Acupuncture

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam Wray
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Power Dynamics ◽  
Diving Reflex ◽  
Social Sphere ◽  
Political Perspective ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Media ◽  
To Come ◽  
Artistic Director ◽  
The Relationship

Darren O’Donnell (b. 1965) is a writer, director, actor, playwright, and designer, and the artistic director of the highly decorated Mammalian Diving Reflex. My study is focused on his work in social acupuncture, outlined in his Social Acupuncture: A guide to suicide, performance, and utopia (2006). Social acupuncture is a style of theatre/performance art that “blurs the line between art and life,”impelling people to come together in unusual ways and tap into the power of the social sphere. With social acupuncture, O’Donnell and Mammalian Diving Reflex are striving to create an aesthetic of civic engagement: an avenue through which social edifices like public space, schools, and the media can be used as the armature for the mounting of work that “takes modest glances at simple power dynamics and, for a moment, provides a glimpse of other possibilities.” Mammalian Diving Reflex began their exploration of the form in the summer of 2003 with The Talking Creature, and since then have devised and performed almost two‐ dozen similar “needles” worldwide.Social acupuncture warrants examination not only from a socio‐ political perspective, but through a theatrical lens, as well. It probes the relationship between audience and performer, raises questions about theatre’s ability to keep up with other media in the digital age, and offers tremendous insight into the potential for positive, fruitful intersections between art and civil society.  My project will include theoretical examination of O’Donnell’s work, as well as practical exploration of the form’s potential.

16. The Media

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katrin Voltmer ◽  
Gary Rawnsley
Keyword(s):  
Social Environment ◽  
Quality Of Reporting ◽  
Communications Technologies ◽  
The Media ◽  
Journalistic Professionalism ◽  
State Relations ◽  
Political Economic ◽  
Flow Of Information

This chapter examines the role of the media in processes of democratization. It considers the media’s political, economic, and social environment both in their domestic and international contexts. It also explains how new communications technologies have made it increasingly difficult for authoritarian regimes to hermetically seal their borders to prevent the flow of information in and out of the country. The most noticeable influence of international communications in the process of democratization is the ‘demonstration effect’. The chapter also discusses media-state relations, how market conditions and commercialization affect the media’s ability to fulfil their democratic role, and issues of journalistic professionalism and the quality of reporting. It argues that democracy and the media need each other.

scholarly journals Enlisting Employees in Improving Payroll Tax Compliance: Evidence from Mexico

2020 ◽  
Vol 102 (5) ◽  
pp. 881-896
Author(s):  
Todd Kumler ◽  
Eric Verhoogen ◽  
Judith Frías
Keyword(s):  
Pension Reform ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Tax Compliance ◽  
Household Survey ◽  
Payroll Tax ◽  
Younger Workers ◽  
Younger Age ◽  
The Social ◽  
Relative Decline ◽  
Pension Benefits

Comparing two sources of wage data in Mexico—firms' reports to the social security agency and individuals' responses to a household survey—we document extensive underreporting of wages by formal firms, with compliance better in larger firms. We also present evidence that the 1997 Mexican pension reform, which tied pension benefits more closely to reported wages for younger workers, led to a relative decline in underreporting for younger age groups. The results suggest that giving employees incentives and information to improve the accuracy of employer reports can be an effective way to improve payroll tax compliance.

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