Social Manifestations Research Articles

Cultural talk or cultural walk? Highbrow tastes and network quality

Although research shows that highbrow tastes correlate positively with network quality, we know little about why. We hypothesize that individuals need to manifest their highbrow tastes socially, for example via conversations about, or shared participation in, highbrow culture with network ties, for these tastes to enhance network quality and stability. To address this hypothesis empirically, we collected panel data in the Netherlands with information on individuals’ highbrow tastes, social manifestations of these tastes (highbrow talk and shared participation in highbrow activities with ties), and networks. We find that (a) highbrow tastes are positively associated with network quality and stability; (b) highbrow talk (but not shared participation) mediates part of this association; and (c) highbrow tastes and talk are positively associated with the quality of new and continued ties. Our results support the idea that social manifestations of highbrow tastes explain why highbrow tastes enhance network quality and stability.

Динамика школьной вовлеченности и ее взаимосвязь с развитием осознанной саморегуляции у подростков

<p>The phenomenon of school engagement, considered as a stable, directed and active participation of students in educational activities and in the school life in general, is of considerable interest to researchers in the field of educational psychology. According to modern scientific concepts, engagement can be assessed through behavioral, cognitive, emotional and social manifestations. The research had its purpose to study the dynamics of school engagement in adolescents, as well as to reveal the relationship of conscious self-regulation with behavioral and cognitive components of engagement based on the longitudinal data obtained on the sample of 6-8 grade students (N=80). A separate task was to find an answer to the question of whether the conscious self-regulation can be considered as a significant predictor of changes in the behavioral and cognitive engagement of students during their study in the secondary school. Methods: "Multidimensional Scale of School Engagement"(Wang et al., 2019; Fomina, Morosanova, 2020); "The Self-Regulation Profile of Learning Activity Questionnaire — SRPLAQ" (Morosanova, Bondarenko, 2017). Statistical processing of longitudinal data (including the latent growth curve modeling) made it possible to reveal the negative dynamics of the students’ behavioral and cognitive engagement during their study in the secondary school. The data analysis allowed to describe the effects of relationship between behavioral and cognitive engagement: a higher level of cognitive engagement contributes to a less pronounced decrease in behavioral engagement. The study established positive correlations of conscious self-regulation with both cognitive and behavioral engagement. The decrease in engagement is less pronounced in adolescents with a higher level of development of conscious self-regulation.</p>

Educating children: future directions for the history of childhood and education

ABSTRACT This article explores the crossover between the history of education and the history of childhood. The emergence of state-sponsored national schooling, institutions for juvenile delinquents, home-schooling and expanding higher education were legal and social manifestations of cultural assumptions concerning the needs of children and projections of futurity that accompanied childhood. Several avenues ripe for collaboration between historians of childhood and education are proposed, including a move towards transnational and globalised history, a renewed attention to socialisation and a return to the school as a source for children’s writing and activities. In doing so it can be seen how educational practices and pedagogical beliefs regarding the nature of children reveal the underlying logic that governs modern categories of belonging and difference particularly in reference to the British and Ottoman empires.

АНАЛІЗ ЗМІСТУ І СУТНОСТІ МАСОВИХ ЗАВОРУШЕНЬ ЯК ОБ’ЄКТА ПРИПИНЕННЯ ПІДРОЗДІЛАМИ НАЦІОНАЛЬНОЇ ГВАРДІЇ УКРАЇНИ

The article analyzes the content and essence of mass riots as an object of suppression by units of the National Guard of Ukraine. The positions and opinions of scientists and researchers regarding mass riots as a social phenomenon, an illegal act and as an object of termination by the National Guard of Ukraine were studied. The author proves the position that, in the modern sense, mass riots are not only a social phenomenon, but first of all a criminally punishable act. At the same time, from the point of view of the need to stop them by the National Guard of Ukraine, this social manifestation is characterized by a system of other criteria, which in turn does not exclude the illegality and high public danger of the corresponding actions, which determines the need for immediate response by law enforcement agencies to these processes. It has been proven that the content and essence of the powers of the National Guard of Ukraine in general and the servicemen of individual units and units determine the normative possibility and objective obligations to stop mass riots on the territory of Ukraine, thus fragmenting the need to stop a mass riot as an act of illegal behavior and the need for further pre-trial investigation of such actions by other subjects of law enforcement agencies. The conclusion was reached that the essence of a mass riot consists in the organized commission of actions directed against public order and morality, accompanied by violence, pogroms, arson, destruction of property, seizure of buildings or structures, forcible eviction of citizens, resistance to representatives of the authorities with the use of weapons. The prospect of further scientific research is the need for a more detailed study of the powers of the National Guard of Ukraine to stop mass riots under the conditions of the legal regime of martial law in Ukraine.

SOME ADAPTATION STRATEGIES OF THE POPULATION OF THE SAHEL TO THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE: CASE OF THE CIRCLE OF YÉLIMANÉ, MALI

This study analyzed perceptions of the effects of climate change at the local level in the Yélimané area, Kayes region. A sample of 36 households, six (6) per village, were investigated. Community leaders facilitated data collection through the formation of focus groups. The investigations were carried out using tools such as the interview guide and questionnaires, taking into account the categories of social actors (the elderly, adults, and young people, as well as farmers, opinion leaders and technical services/NGOs). The results showed that communities are affected by climate change through high winds, irregular rainfall, drought, and increased crop pests. The social manifestations were the intensification of transhumance, the multiplication of conflicts over scarce resources. This has led to the spread of food insecurity and the high mobility of the labor force to other locations such as gold panning sites as well as urban cities.

Социальная роль религиозной организации: историко-социологический аспект (кейс Римско-Католической Церкви Филиппин)

The subject of the research is the historical and geographical aspect of studying the features of the manifestation and degree of the Roman Catholic Church (RCC) influence on social processes in the Philippines. The purpose of the research is to use the example of the Roman Catholic Church of the Philippines to identify the role of the predominant religious institution in the country in functioning of the social sphere dating back to the period of its inception within the territory under consideration. The article examines the manifestations of the social functions of religious organizations (on the example of the Philippines RCC) both at the national and regional levels. The history of the spread of Catholicism in the Philippines has more than 500 years. Over this time, a unique model for the functioning of the confessional space has been formed in the Asia-Pacific region, in which the RCC of the Philippines plays an important role in ensuring the social well-being and spiritual development of the Filipino people. The research made it possible to identify the role of the RCC in the implementation of important social activities, which consists in overcoming the problems of the country’s public sphere and promoting its further development. That is, the RCC is one of the institutions that provide significant support to the state in the implementation of the main directions of social policy, responding to the needs of modern society. The Philippines is a unique example of a country not only for the Asia-Pacific region, but also for the world, where many social manifestations of the population's life are still based on the value orientations, ritual and dogma of the Roman Catholic Church, which date back to the period of its inception within the territory under consideration and never stopped.

USING ANOCRITICISM AS AN ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK: PERSPECTIVES FROM THE HUMANITIES

Abstract To date, Gender Studies and Age Studies (predominantly humanities-based approaches to studying old age) have mostly remained two separate areas of research despite the ontological and epistemological similarities of both fields. As Maierhofer points out, “[a]ge/[a]geing studies would not have been established as a field without the theoretical and methodological approaches established through feminist theory.” Age studies research has largely focused on cultural representations (e.g., novels, films) and social manifestations of either age or gender but not both. Considering this limitation in research, this interdisciplinary panel discusses cultural and social intersections of age and gender from a theoretical as well as an empirical perspective. Taking Maierhofer’s analytical approach of ‘anocriticism’ as a starting point, the contributions of this panel explore intersections of age and gender in society, culture, and cultural representations. The first paper traces the historical development of anocriticism, from its feminist origins to its current application in Age Studies scholarship. The second paper presents research from two studies which used anocriticsm as an analytical framework. The third reports findings from an analysis of two novels. Here, an anocritical lens was used to deconstruct heteronormative assumptions about gender and age. The final paper presents an anocritical, qualitative analysis of narratives from five older men with regarding their performance of masculinities and power. As the papers demonstrated, anocriticism as theoretical framework, allows for a multi-dimensional yet nuanced analysis of cultural and social intersections of age and gender.

Is a Psychic Thermidor Inevitable? Marcuse’s Hedonism and Its Freudian Challenge

Abstract In this paper I argue that Marcuse’s Eros and Civilization is a revision of his early hedonism presented in his early papers from the 1930’s, a revision necessitated by the challenge Freud’s psychoanalysis posited to the possibility of hedonism. In the first section of the paper, I present Marcuse’s critical hedonist position, mainly in “On Hedonism” (1938), where he develops a social and objective hedonism that should be set as a main political goal of a society. Accordingly, the key to a transformation of society is located at the social-political level. However, Freud’s metapsychology shows that the barriers that prevent a transformation of society are located at a much deeper level and are found in the relation between the psychological structure of individuals and social pressure, between the dynamics of the instincts and society’s material welfare. Thus, the possibility of a society that asserts happiness as its principle depends on the possibility of a transformation of human metapsychology and its social manifestation. This challenge, and the manner in which Marcuse dealt with it is the subject of the second section in which I analyze Eros and Civilization as Marcuse’s rethinking of his hedonism in light of Freud.

Harmonization of the sensorimotor state of children with autism as a factor in increasing their adaptive capabilities

This article focuses on the search for effective ways to prepare individuals with autism for education in an educational institution. Our research, both theoretically and empirically, led us to conclude that when planning support strategies for children with (autism spectrum disorder) ASD, it is necessary to consider the condition of the sensorimotor sphere, which is the basis for their further holistic development. Neglecting this area of preparing children with ASD for the educational process poses significant challenges regarding in terms of behavior, social manifestations, and academic success. However, careful and consistent care for the normalization of the sensorimotor state of children with ASD can create the conditions for their effective learning, development and social adaptation. To test this hypothesis we examined 18 preschool children with ASD. For this purpose, we used the "Sensory Profile-2" (W. Dunn), as well as a checklist developed by us, the content of which were the indicators of the formation of basic sensorimotor forms (gravitational stability, proprioceptive sensitivity, bilateral coordination, postural control, automated actions). These examinations allowed us to conclude that their basic sensorimotor qualities develop main at a low and insufficient levels; in addition, the presence of distinct types of sensory dysfunctions ("passive-reactive manifestations", "defence in rituals", etc.) was revealed. The 18 children with autism we examined were introduced to the "Synergy" intervention program (T. Skrypnyk), in which we arranged, according to the content of the first two stages of sensorimotor development, techniques and exercises from the "NeuroMovement" (A. Baniel); "Co-Creation" (E. Maximova), "Developing Movement" (W. Sherborne); Wilbarger-protocol; "Neurodynamic Movement Modeling" (A. Smolyaninov), our own developments. The intervention programme lasted for 5 months and included a targeted impact on basic sensorimotor structures and functions. After the intervention programme, we re-examined the children using the same methods and collected expert evaluations from teachers and parents. All diagnostic parameters of the checklist revealed an increase in the results at a high level of significance according to Pearson's χ2 (p≤0.001), the number of manifestations of various types of dysfunctions (according to the Sensory Profile-2) decreased fundamentally. Parents and teachers noted significant improvements in all children in various aspects of behavioural and social-emotional manifestations, as well as educational activity.

Application of intervention strategies for behavior management in autism spectrum disorder in childhood and adolescence. a systematic review

Introduction and objectives: autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder, which exhibits symptoms such as early-onset impairment of interaction and social communication, as well as repetitive and restricted sensory and motor behavior. This study aims to carry out a systematic review regarding the application of intervention strategies for behavior management in autism spectrum disorder in childhood and adolescence. Methods: A systematic search of Randomized Controlled Clinical Trials conducted between January 2016 and June 2021 found in PubMed, Scient direct y Scopus was performed. Keywords used were “Psychomotor, disorder, autism, behavior, intervention”. Results: 2 845 records were found, and, after further analysis, 45 articles were obtained for the final analysis, with a number of participants (n=3 439), age range: 8-17 years of age, confirmed diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder. As a result, we found The use of technological resources is associated with a significant reduction in clinical severity of ASD, functioning global assessment, and social manifestations of anxiety. Conclusions: the authors to conclude that there are several strategies used for behavior management in autism spectrum disorder, the use of technological tools stands as a promising option as they are highly beneficial and contribute to achieve behavioral therapeutic objectives. Keywords: Psychomotor, disorder, autism, behavior, intervention.

Longing for the West: The literary utopia of consumption in communist Romania

The main focus of this study develops around the symbolic potential of consumption as a social phenomenon and its multiple spheres of social manifestation. Given that the literature insists upon the implications of consumption upon individual and social identity construction, this analysis lays emphasis on the influences of a certain type of consumption, strictly determined by the political regime, in a given socio-political space and well-defined time-frame—communist Romania—on the citizens’ political, cultural, and even on literary identity. I have come to identify a type of “subversive consumption” which is shaped as a declaration of adhesion to the free Western world and, implicitly, as a rejection of state ideology. This strategy of revendicating another political, social and cultural descendance through consumption also manifests itself in the literary works of the poets of the so-called ‘80ist Literary Movement. Given communist poverty and all sorts of interdictions, certain imported goods, as well as certain cultural products, gained a deeply subversive value that was later taken up and transformed into “intentional communication” (Hebdige) and manifesto by the young poets.

The Study of the Paleoclimatic Situation and the Problem of Population Mobility in the Eurasian Zone of the 10th -5th Centuries. BC.

Various natural phenomena, including climate change and various social manifestations resulting from them, have been in the focus of attention of specialists in various fields in recent decades. Despite the available research, the works on climate change in the Armenian Highlands to a lesser extent present the broad issues of the relationship between society and nature, expressed in climate change, such as the movement of societies over a large area and the change in their way of life. The purpose of this study is to present climatic changes in some zones of Eurasia at the end of the 2nd and the beginning of the 1st millennium BC. and consider their influence on the movements of different tribes and cultures. Studies show that over the past 5000 years, the Eurasian zone of interest to us has experienced several cooling events, which in turn led to over-humidification. In other words, in the Eurasian zone at the end of the 2nd millennium BC. a situation of natural conditions was created, when the extraction of food became difficult. Therefore, it is quite logical that the tribes living in those areas, together or separately, had to leave their settlements in the hope of finding more favorable conditions. Probably, climatic changes were also the reason that, judging by the archaeological material, some tribes, which were characterized by a new economy and culture, settled almost throughout the Caucasus. The combination of written and archaeological sources suggests that a special role among them was played by tribes known in professional literature as "Cimmerian and Scythian tribes".

Indexicality and ideology in narratives about intimate partner violence

Abstract Theories of indexicality explain the ways in which linguistic forms are linked to social forms. As such, indexicality deals in part with ideology and cultural discourses. This article demonstrates the ways in which intimate partner violence (IPV), seen as an indexical, discursive formation, facilitates the material and social manifestations and ramifications of IPV. I argue for an expansion of the concept “indexical field” to account not only for phonemic variables, but also lexicosemantic variables. Such lexicosemantic variables are legible in narratives, in particular stories, that are circulated in and around IPV discourse. The indexical field forms a web of potential meanings for IPV. In the indexical field, variables have multiple potential and sometimes conflicting meanings, which can be and indeed are activated and made meaningful differently by different groups of speakers. My data are made up of 57 interviews, 34 with victims/survivors of IPV and 23 with police officers. The differences in indexical meaning surrounding IPV are analyzed from the perspective of critical discourse analysis. In this article, I show how victims/survivors of IPV animate variables in the IPV indexical field with meanings that conflict with the meanings attributed to the same words, phrases, and events by police officers. Because police officers have more institutional power, their indexical meanings often receive preference and coordinate with those of the society at large.

The Language of Mass Architectural Postmodernity

Setting itself off against the architecture of the capitalist West, allegedly tangled in styles, Soviet architecture claimed its origins in the social realm. If one is to trace the intrinsic nature of changes in the architecture of the 1980s in the USSR, it is to be done not through the borrowed concept of postmodernism, but through the analysis of the developments in the design of its most social manifestation—mass housing. So far, Soviet architecture has primarily been whittled down to the evolution of styles. A more advanced reading focuses on the shift from Socialist Realism to the complex design of the human habitat following Khrushchev’s reforms in construction. However, even this transformation took place within the framework of building systematization, represented by the all-Union system of naming for standard architecture, or the Nomenclature. The system, implemented since 1947, assigned indexes to type designs of all building types; within it, every type design was allocated its specific position. The Nomenclature could thus describe the whole human habitat. In the mid-1980s, the naming system made further steps to meet the growing diversification of type designs by assigning new indexes which were longer and codified more parameters, undermining vested geographical and temporal hierarchies. The diversity was treated as a quantitative problem, which the Nomenclature successfully solved. It proved flexible enough to consistently ascribe an index to any—not necessarily type—design. Although mass housing disappeared from the architectural discourse during perestroika, standardized architecture enjoyed the most fruitful and systematic time in its history. So all-encompassing and everlasting, the Nomenclature nevertheless collapsed with the fall of the Soviet Union. The centralization of design proved its most fundamental precondition, which in the post-Soviet world was impossible to retain.

The Exclusionary Discourse of Aṣḥāb Al-Ḥadīth: Some Concepts and Their Analysis -Example of 3rd/9th Century Refutation Literature-

İslam düşünce tarihinde, farklı dini anlama ve yorumlama biçimleri tezahür etmiştir. Dinî söylemler kimi zaman hakikat ve kurtuluş iddiasıyla diğer gruplara karşı dışlayıcı söyleme dönüşmüştür. Düşüncenin ifade edilmesine ve gelişmesine engel olduğu gibi, bireylerin temel hak ve hürriyetlerine de zarar veren din içinde dışlayıcılık sorunu tek bir mezhebe mal edilemeyecek boyuta sahiptir. Bununla birlikte söylem, tarihsel bir zaman diliminde, bağlama ve muhataplık ilişkilerine göre şekillenmektedir. Bu nedenle din içinde dışlayıcı söylemin, tarih ve ilişkisellik yönlerinden sınırlandırılarak ele alınması gerekmektedir. İslam düşüncesinde temel farklılaşmalardan birisi, re’y ve eser/hadis gelenekleri şeklinde tezahür etmiştir. Erken dönemde re’ye muhalefet eden Ashâbu’l-hadîs, sistematik kelamın inşasıyla birlikte nazarî kelamın da karşısında tavır sergilemiştir. Bu makalede, re’y ve kelâma karşı muhalefetiyle bilinen Ashâbu’l-hadîs’in 3./9. asırda telif ettiği reddiye türü eserlerdeki dışlayıcı söylemin kavramsal çerçevesi ele alınmıştır. Makalenin amacı, Ashâbu’l-hadîs’in dışlayıcı söyleminin somutlaştığı kavramları tespit etmek ve bu kavramların söylem içindeki yerini ve anlamını belirginleştirmektir. Kavramsal analiz yoluyla, Ashâbu’l-hadîs’in muhalifleriyle arasına çizdiği sınırların mahiyetini ortaya çıkarmak amaçlanmaktadır. Bu sayede aynı zamanda Ashâbu’l-hadîs’in düşünce kodlarına dair ipuçları elde etme imkânı doğacaktır. Bu çalışmanın ana kaynakları arasında, Ahmed b. Hanbel (ö. 241/855), Buhârî (ö. 256/870) İbn Kuteybe (ö. 276/889) ve Ebû Saîd Osmân ed-Dârimî’nin (ö. 280/894) reddiye türü eserleri bulunmaktadır. İlgili reddiyelerde dışlayıcı söylemin somutlaştığı kavramlar, mezhebî-dinî ve niteleme düzeyinde olmak üzere iki başlık altında kategorize edilmiştir. Dışlayıcı kavramların her birinin muhataplarıyla ilişkilendirilme biçimi; kavramın kullanıldığı konu, dayanakları ve gerekçeleri gibi yönlerden ele alınmıştır. Bu araştırmanın İslam düşüncesindeki dışlayıcılık sorununun anlaşılması ve çözülmesine mütevazı bir katkı sağlaması umulmaktadır. Makalenin yöntemiyle ilgili vurgulanması gereken iki husus bulunmaktadır. Bunlardan birisi, Ashâbu’l-hadîs’in bir zihniyet olarak; bir diğeri ise reddiye türü eserlerin Ashâbu’l-hadîs’in dinî söyleminin bir parçası olarak ele alındığıdır. Ashâbu’l-hadîs’in öne çıkan zihniyet özellikleri arasında gelenekçilik, nakilcilik, literalizm ve dogmatizm bulunmaktadır. Ashâbu’l-hadîs, nakli esas almış ve dinî konularda aklı, âsârın sınırları içinde bir idrak vasıtasına indirgemiştir. Bütün bu esasların belli ölçüde dışlayıcı söyleme temel sağladığı söylenebilir. Dinî-mezhebî düzeyde olan dışlayıcı kavramlar; Cehmiyye, Kaderiyye, Mu‘attıla, Zenâdıka, Mecûsiyye, Mülhid ve Müşebbihe’dir. Niteleme düzeyinde olan dışlayıcı kavramlar; bid‘at, re’y, kıyas, nazar, hevâ, zeyğ, dalâlet, küfr ve şirk’tir. Cehmiyye ve Kaderiyye, nispet edildikleri isimlerin birtakım görüşleri ve devlet tarafından öldürülmeleri sebebiyle kullanılmıştır. Mu‘attıla ve Müşebbihe isimlendirmeleri de Mu‘tezile’nin İlâhî sıfatlar anlayışı hakkında, inandıkları Allah’ı hakkıyla tanıyamadıkları iddiasıyla tenkit edici şekilde kullanılmıştır. Mu‘tezile’nin teolojik düzeyde mücadele ettiği Zenâdıka, Mecûsiyye ve Melâhide gibi grupların isimleri, Mu‘tezile için kullanılarak din dışı gösterilmeye çalışılmıştır. Re’y, kıyas ve nazar; Ashâbu’l-hadîs tarafından naklin karşısına konumlandırılmış ve hevâ ve zeyğ ile özdeşleştirilerek dışlayıcı anlamda kullanılmıştır. Bu kavramlar metodolojik farklılığa işaret ederken, bid’at, dalâlet, şirk ve küfr; hakikat ve hidayet iddiasının daha fazla ön plana çıktığı dışlayıcı kavramlar olmuştur. Ashâbu’l-hadîs’in re’y, kıyas ve nazarı, hevâya indirgeyerek aynı zamanda dinî konularda aklî bilgi üretmenin imkânını ortadan kaldırmaya çalıştığı söylenebilir. Günümüzde, Ashâbu’l-hadîs’in bir zihniyet olarak varlığını koruması; aralarında bir özdeşlikten söz etmek mümkün olmasa da Selefîlik olgusu ile Ashâbu’l-hadîs arasında düşünsel esasları bakımından bir ilişki ağı olması; Ashâbu’l-hadîs’in birikimlerini referans alan grupların halen varlığı gibi hususlar, dışlayıcı kavramların ilmî, dinî, hukukî ve sosyal tezahürleri ölçüsünde, çalışmanın bugüne dönük yönünü ifade etmektedir.

An Essay on Rhythm

Rhythm is a universal phenomenon : it appears on ontological level in the different theories of temporality ; on the other hand, it is an empirical phenomenon to be studied in diverse concrete cases. Rhythm appears either in the utterance (énoncé) or in the act of uttering (énonciation). If we apply this to music, it means that rhythm can be written down in the score, or manifested in the performance. Rhythm is a corporeal entity, a psychological reality, it is decisive in social manifestations like in various dances, and rhythm has aesthetics, it is a symbol. The article investigates a great number of cases, from the Viennese gemütlichkeit to the rubato (Bela Bartok), tarantella, scanzione incitativa (Gino Stefani), Kalevala and 5/4 meter, capoeira and batuque, i.e. rhythmic varieties in different cultures.

Пути обеспечения ментальной безопасности обучающихся вузов системы МВД России в условиях ведения гибридных войн

The article analyzes the social determinants and manifestations of mental security challenges, which are inevitably reflected in the minds of young people studying at the universities of the Ministry of Internal Affairs system of Russia. Introduction. The purpose of the article is to consider the process of formation of sustainable worldview principles among students of higher education institutions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs through the prism of the theory of generations. An assumption is made about the effectiveness of hybrid warfare methods in connection with the mimetic nature of the factors influencing the perception of information. Theoretical analysis. It is established that one of the ways to counter the challenges of mental security is the formation of a “professional identity” even at the stage of studying at a university, as well as the development of mental immunity, which involves the formation of a system of stable spiritual and moral guidelines. Conclusions. The challenges of mental security are in a dynamic state, not only influencing the minds of citizens, but also creating fashion trends. In this regard, it is necessary to form in the new generation worldview principles that are resistant to the methods of conducting hybrid wars. The proposed principles and methods for the formation of professional identity can become the basis for organizing the educational process in departmental educational institutions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in conditions of mental instability.

Disentangling radical right populism, gender, and religion: an introduction

ABSTRACT This Special Issue provides diverse multidisciplinary entry points that convey the multi-layered complexity of the interactions between radical right populism, gender issues, and religious questions. It fills a gap in the scholarship dealing with the political and social manifestations of radical right populism. From a theoretical point of view, the connections between radical right populism and gender and between radical right populism and religion, respectively, have received growing scholarly attention. The present Special Issue bridges these separate lines of inquiry, concentrating on how issues of gender and religion are jointly addressed in radical right populist discourses. The articles in this Special Issue provide the first in-depth and comparative understanding of the entanglements of gender and religion in radical right populist ideology, explore the active role of religion in the populist discourse, and invite to combine the analysis of the political sphere with the analysis of occurrences in the broader society.

REGULATION OF THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC ACTIVITY OF EMPLOYMENT PROCESSES IN UKRAINE

The article considers the essence and importance of factors of socio-economic activity that affect the employment processes of the region and the country. An analysis of publications on related issues reflects the study of employment processes. Understanding the systemic nature of the labor market and employment as its integral part of the market system of management is outlined—differentiated indicators of socio-economic activity that affect work in certain forms: regulated, unbalanced. The goals and strategies of the regulation mechanism of employment processes as the influence of socio-economic factors are specified. The objectives of the study are outlined. It is the regulation of employment as a process considered in two ways. The first of them is manifested in support of a regulated form of work by introducing active actions to improve the level of vocational training, skills, and abilities. As for the second direction, it adds the causes of unemployment in essence. Effective macroeconomic policies are considered, ensuring regulatory, social, stabilizing, and distributive functions of economic growth, achieving optimal proportions in the distribution of the working population in intersectoral proportions, the possibility of labor mobility, and migration. Several principles have been developed that determine the impact of socio-economic activity in the region: balance and systematics, balance and structure, indicativeness; long-term orientation, adaptability, flexibility, rationality, efficiency, democracy, and freedom of economic activity of subjects in the labor market; social manifestations of adaptation and psychological support when changing jobs; ensuring the right of every employee to fair working conditions. Recommendations are theoretical and methodological and designed to increase employment in the region and the country.
 An essential component of the employment process should be given to the resource provision of the region, which should include quantitative and qualitative characteristics of the labor potential of the area. Quantitative attributes of labor resources include the working-age population, its gender, the number of employed and unemployed. Qualitative characteristics are manifested in the qualification level of education, conditions of providing the people with the necessary benefits, intersectoral structure of labor resources, moral and spiritual level of the population, creativity, needs for labor mobility, and available incentives and motives for work.

Age, Education, and Stress Affect Ageing Males' Symptoms More than Lifestyle Does: The Wroclaw Male Study.

An increasing number of subjects are affected by health problems related to the advanced involutional processes. It is extremely important to identify the determinants of the rate of occurrence of physiological, psychological, and social manifestations of aging. The aim was to determine how factors such as lifestyle, level of education, or severity of stressful life events indicate the appearance of aging symptoms in adult men. The material consisted of data of ethnically homogeneous group of 355 men (32–87 years), invited to the study as a part of the Wroclaw Male Study research project. The analyzed features included (1) socioeconomic status: age, educational level, marital status, and having children; (2) elements of lifestyle: alcohol drinking, cigarette smoking, and physical activity; (3) major and most important stressful life events—the Social Readjustment Rating Scale; (4) symptoms related to male aging—the Aging Males’ Symptoms. The backward stepwise regression models, the Kruskal–Wallis test, and multiple comparisons of mean ranks were used. Noncentrality parameter δ (delta), two-tailed critical values of the test, and test power with α = 0.05 were calculated. Among the analyzed variables, age was most strongly associated with the intensity of almost all groups of andropausal symptoms in men (p = 0.0001), followed by the level of education (p = 0.0001) and the intensity of stressful life events (p = 0.0108). Selected lifestyle elements turned out to be much less important (p > 0.01). Preventive actions aimed at slowing down the intensification of involutional processes, including teaching strategies for coping with stressful life events, should be implemented in groups of men with specific risk factors from an early age.