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В статье рассматривается проблема становления гражданской культуры городского населения Сибири на примере местного самоуправления во второй половине XIX начале ХХ веков. Актуальность темы очевидна не только с научной точки зрения, но и для современной социальной практики, когда остро стоит вопрос учёта исторического опыта в условиях становления гражданского общества и его культуры в регионах России. Методологической основой работы послужило положение о том, что специфические особенности гражданской культуры определяются историческим опытом. Поэтому в статье поставлена задача реконструкции конкретно-исторической обстановки и показ конкретных форм социально-политического участия. Целью авторов является исследование проявлений гражданской культуры через участие в органах местного самоуправления горожан сибирского региона в конкретный исторический отрезок времени. Особое внимание уделяется деятельности городских дум и влиянию на них представителей политических партий. Авторы приходят к выводу, что постепенно гражданская культура местного самоуправления приобретала либеральные черты. Доказывается преимущественное влияние либералов на местные «общества обывателей и избирателей», а также на сменившие их повсеместно «прогрессивные группы». Благодаря этому, толерантность, основанная на признании прав другого, становилась частью гражданской культуры городского самоуправления, а через него и значительной части горожан Сибири. ; The problem of formation of civil culture of the urban population of Siberia as an example of local government in the second half of XIX early XX centuries. Relevance of the topic is obvious not only from the scientific point of view, but also for the contemporary social practice when accounting is an issue of historical experience in the conditions of formation of civil society and its culture in the regions of Russia. The methodological basis of the work was the position that the specific features of civic culture are determined by historical experience. Therefore, this article the task of reconstruction the specific historical situation and show specific forms of social and political participation. The aim of the authors is to investigate the manifestations of civic culture through participation in local government, residents of the Siberian region in a particular historical period. Particular attention is paid to the activities of city councils and the impact on them of the political parties. The authors conclude that the civic culture gradually acquired local government liberal features. It proved the dominant influence of liberals in the local "society and inhabitants of voters", as well as replaced them everywhere "progressive group". Because of this, the tolerance based on the recognition of the rights of another, became part of the civic culture of municipal government, and through it, and a large part of the citizens of Siberia.

В статье анализируются проблемы развития института гражданского общества саморегулирования в строительной отрасли и предлагаются обоснования необходимых законодательных изменений. Действующее законодательство значительно снижает использование саморегулирования как мощного социального и экономического фактора для повышения конкурентоспособности национальной экономики, обеспечения национальной безопасности. ; The article analyzes the problems of development of Institute of civil society self-regulation in the construction industry and provides justification for the necessary legislative changes. The legislation significantly reduces the use of self-regulation as a powerful social and economic factor for increase of competitiveness of the national economy, national security.

The article focuses on the emergence of the third sector in the scenario of structural transformations of the State and the economy at the end of the 20th century in Argentina. Accompanying such transformations, a symbolic shift is evident -with important political implications- in the profile of civil society organizations, which goes from an original idea of philanthropic associationism, associated with charity and voluntary work (Thompson, 1995; Di Steffano, 2002), towards the notion of civil society and, already in the nineties, to the idea of the social as a sector ("social sector" or "third sector"). During these years, the notion of the third sector acquired centrality and a formidable institutional capacity: it named and classified practices and actors, ordered the social and delimited the political, thus reconfiguring the relations between State and society, the scenario for the construction and exercise of citizenship. ; El artículo enfoca en la emergencia del tercer sector en el escenario de transformaciones estructurales del Estado y la economía a fines del siglo XX en Argentina. Acompañando tales transformaciones, se evidencia un desplazamiento simbólico -con importantes implicancias políticas- en el perfil de las organizaciones de la sociedad civil, que va de una primigenia idea del asociacionismo filantrópico, asociado a la caridad y el trabajo voluntario (Thompson, 1995; Di Steffano, 2002), hacia la noción de sociedad civil y, ya entrados los noventa, a la idea de lo social como sector ("sector social" o "tercer sector"). Por estos años, la noción de tercer sector adquirió centralidad y una formidable capacidad instituyente: nombró y clasificó prácticas y actores, ordenó lo social y delimitó lo político, reconfigurando de este modo las relaciones entre Estado y sociedad, escenario para la construcción y ejercicio de la ciudadanía.

Modern Society is in the deep value-based crisis. This crisis have taken place already some time ago and is linked to a process of corruption of traditional values and transition to the new forms of cooperation of the actors of social and political processes and relations between the state and the society. There are many reasons for the modern crisis. They are: planetary sized transition to the information-oriented society, that led to destruction of value-based positions; appearance of the new leaders on the political stage; escalation of the conflict between civilizations that is well seen in inadequate interpenetration of their values and cultures; understanding of the fact that values-based orientations of so called "free" market are not absolute and cannot be used for all purposes and etc. This happens because beside the material values in the society are also consider as important the values of the ideal sides of the life such as culture, religion, way of living and a lot of other things that make up an important part of civilizational basic principles of society. Why did consumptionism that was so much raised by modern liberals still not become the highest value in most societies thou it is the key element for development of the economic policy of the state? Is it possible also taking into account analyses of value-based crises to forecast the forks of the evolution of the modern world? ; Modern Society is in the deep value-based crisis. This crisis have taken place already some time ago and is linked to a process of corruption of traditional values and transition to the new forms of cooperation of the actors of social and political processes and relations between the state and the society. There are many reasons for the modern crisis. They are: planetary sized transition to the information-oriented society, that led to destruction of value-based positions; appearance of the new leaders on the political stage; escalation of the conflict between civilizations that is well seen in inadequate interpenetration of their values and cultures; understanding of the fact that values-based orientations of so called "free" market are not absolute and cannot be used for all purposes and etc. This happens because beside the material values in the society are also consider as important the values of the ideal sides of the life such as culture, religion, way of living and a lot of other things that make up an important part of civilizational basic principles of society. Why did consumptionism that was so much raised by modern liberals still not become the highest value in most societies thou it is the key element for development of the economic policy of the state? Is it possible also taking into account analyses of value-based crises to forecast the forks of the evolution of the modern world? ; Сучасний світ знаходиться в глибокій ціннісній кризі, яка пов'язана з процесом розкладання традиційних цінностей і переходу до нових форм взаємодії акторів соціально-політичних процесів та відносин між державою та суспільством, що вже відбувався в минулому. Причин сьогоднішньої кризи досить багато: це і планетарного масштабу перехід до інформаційного суспільства, який став каталізатором зламу ціннісних координат; і поява нових лідерів на світовій політичній арені; і розвиток конфлікту цивілізацій, що проявляється в невідповідному взаємопроникненні властивих їм цінностей і культур; і розуміння того, що ціннісні орієнтації так званого «вільного» ринку не є універсальними і абсолютними і т.д. У зв'язку з обговорюваною проблемою, що стосується ролі ціннісних орієнтирів соціально-політичного розвитку, правомірно поставити питання про цілі розвитку суспільства. Адже крім виключно матеріальних благ, в суспільній свідомості значущими вважаються і чисто ідеалістичні сторони життя: культура, релігія, спосіб життя і багато іншого, що становить важливу частину цивілізаційних основ суспільства. Чому ідеологія споживання, що настільки підноситься сучасними лібералами, у багатьох суспільствах не стала найвищою цінністю, хоча і є найважливішим фактором розвитку економічної політики держави, і чи можна прогнозувати, виходячи з аналізу ціннісних криз, розвилки розвитку сучасного світу?

Confederated International Workshops on On the Move to Meaningful Internet Systems, OTM 2012: OTM Academy, Industry Case Studies Program, EI2N 2012, INBAST 2012, META4eS 2012, OnToContent 2012, ORM 2012, SeDeS 2012, SINCOM 2012, and SOMOCO 2012; Rome; Italy; 10 September 2012 through 14 September 2012; ; In e-Society the spreading services offered by Social Web has changed the way of communication and cooperation among citizens, policy-makers, governance bodies and civil society actors. One of the main goals of policymakers is to motivate citizens for participation in policy-making processes. UbiPOL ((Ubiquitous Participation Platform for Policy-making, ICT-2009.7.3(ICT for Governance and Policy Modelling), 2009-2011) aimed to develop a ubiquitous solution, which emphasizes citizens' participation in policy-making processes (PMPs) regardless of their current location and time. Ontology-based opinion mining component of Ubipol system has a crucial role in citizens' commitment, because it empowers them to contribute in policy making. This paper presents the ontology-based semi-automatic approach and tool for sentiment analysis in Ubipol system, which include lexicon extraction from a large corpus of documents. Aspect-based opinion summarization of user reviews and its combination with domain ontology development are discussed as well.

Under what conditions do rebel organizations control territory during civil war? How do civilians influence the distribution of territorial control? This article introduces a civilian agency theory, emphasizing community collective action capacity (CAC) defined by underlying social network structure, to complement existing explanations of territorial control. I argue communities with greater CAC mobilize information and resources more efficiently, increasing belligerents' incentives to control territory. However, CAC also increases community bargaining power to demand costly investments in governance, partially offsetting these gains. CAC increases rebel control in areas of state neglect. But, as state service provision increases, communities leverage CAC to demand prohibitively costly rebel governance, deterring rebel control. This article tests the theory in the context of the communist insurgency in the Philippines, using military intelligence reports from 2011 to 2014 to measure village-level communist insurgent territorial control and a household-level census (2008–2010) to measure village CAC. Interviews with village elders in Eastern Mindanao illustrate causal mechanisms and explore alternative explanations.

Oceanic feeling and the pursuit of happiness -- Oceanic commitment and the global : fostering a complex systems view of the world -- We are condemned to seek happiness -- Globalization: a complex social psychology -- The impossible promise of globalization : globalization and fear of the global -- The impossible promise of globalization : nostalgic retreat and the importance of society -- Idstincts & drives/repression & resistance -- Idstincts and drives: an embodied-mind approach -- Repression and resistance : a complex social psychology of global power -- Sex, aggression, & death -- Sex, sexuality, & gender -- Aggression, otherness & death -- The global strong arms versus global civil society

The Earth Charter is a declaration of fundamental ethical principles for building a just, sustainable and peaceful global society, with ecological integrity as a major theme. This book provides a series of analyses of ecological integrity as it relates to the Earth Charter, social movements and international law for human rights. It is shown how the Earth Charter project began as a United Nations initiative, but it was carried forward and completed by a global civil society initiative. The drafting of the Earth Charter involved the most inclusive and participatory process of its time ever ass

Women and Politics in the Islamic Republic of Iran looks at the rise and role of female activism in Iran since the 1979 Revolution. Since 1979 women have played a decisive role in elections and assumed political posts. This study assesses this role as well as the impact of domestic and international policies on women''s activism, highlighting the contradictions between politics and religion within the Islamic Republic. It also seeks to evaluate political and economic developments and the transformations in civil society, including the development of a gender conscious society. Women and Poli

This training manual serves as a practical guide for equipping adolescents with competencies to face the present and future challenges of life effectively and creating in them an urge to lead a more responsible, happier and healthier life. It advocates and seeks active involvement of all sections of society-educational institutions, voluntary organisations and civil society-in the holistic development and growth of adolescents into confident, responsible and productive citizens of the country. Some of the salient features of the manual are:. - Wide scope: The manual covers a wide range of life

To better respond to a new set of concerns of the population and promote sustainable development, governments today actively seek a broad partnership with civil society and the private sector. Yet, it is at local and regional levels, closer to the problems and the individuals, that partnerships are most often formed. Partnerships are being established throughout OECD countries to tackle issues of economic development, employment, social cohesion and the quality of life. What all partnerships share is a common desire to improve governance -- how society collectively solves its problems and meet

As we move into the 21st century, the turbulent transformation of economy and society looks set to continue. Growing integration of markets, radical new technologies, the increasing knowledge intensity of human activity, all point to the emergence of an immensely complex world. But how will it be managed? And by whom? What forms of organisation and decision-making will be required at local, national and global levels to meet the challenges of the next decades?. One thing seems certain: old forms of governance -- in the public sector, corporations and civil society -- are becoming increasingly

(...) Callahan, Mary P.: Cracks in the edifice? Changes in military-society relations in Burma since 1988. Selth, Andrew: The future of the Burmese Armed Forces. Steinberg, David I.: The state, power and civil society in Burma-Myanmar. The status and prospects for pluralism. Reynolds, Craig J.: The ethics of academic engagement with Burma. Mya Than: Recent developments in Myanmar. Impacts and implications of ASEAN membership and Asian crisis. Lintner, Bertil: Drugs and economic growth in Burma today. Pedersen, Morten B.: International policy on Burma. Coercion, persuasion, or cooperation? Assessing the claims. Malik, Mohan: Burma's role in regional security

The COVID-19 pandemic has seen the engagement of a wide range of professionals in responding to clinical, social and economic issues. While the clinical expression of the pandemic has generated strong media portrayal of physicians and nurses as frontline workers, social workers – who play a key role in helping individuals and families in crisis – have not been similarly highlighted. The pandemic within a social accountability framework highlights important roles of both public officials and civic society in containment efforts. This article recognizes social workers as important actors in their representative and supportive role for civil society during COVID-19.