Transformation Of Social System Research Articles

Public governance in the era of pandemic: The developing market research

Indonesia’s COVID-19 Resilient Village (Kampung Tangguh) initiative has significantly impacted crucial institutions and highlighted the vulnerability of village-level social systems during the pandemic. This study focuses on the program’s institutional dynamics, particularly in Malang, East Java, to understand its role in empowering social capital and resources. Unlike previous works that mainly explore government responses, this qualitative research relies on participatory social science methods and purposively selected informants. The findings reveal that the Kampung Tangguh program transformed local leaders into key actors, shifting from apathy to proactive engagement in pandemic control. This community-driven resilience system led by neighborhood heads and villagers marks a crucial turning point. It establishes a proactive model adaptable to various crises as a foundation for researchers and policymakers, fostering innovation and driving social system transformation. This study underscores village-level democratization and knowledge dissemination’s pivotal role in effective governance and institutional evolution.

Digital Transformation in Education: social well-being and adaptation strategies (on the example of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia))

Digitalization creates a new quality of life, new opportunities and new risks for society, prerequisites for a radical transformation of social systems, new challenges and a new digital inequality. And one of the key sectors of the social sphere, which is directly influenced by the introduction of digital technologies, is the field of education. This article presents the results of a sociological study "The Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) and big challenges: social well-being, mobility and adaptation strategies" conducted in 2021-2023 in Yakutia. Special attention is paid to the impact of digitalization of education and the introduction of distance learning formats on the social well-being of the region's population. The study captures the main contradictions that arose during the emergency transfer of the educational process to a remote form of work, local material shows the emerging social contradictions that are formed under the influence of objective differentiation between urban and rural territories. A mass sociological survey was conducted in five socio-economic zones of Yakutia: using a complex of field work: face-to-face, online survey, and a survey involving "public correspondents". The study used a multi-stage quota sample of respondents, the sample totaled 1,320 respondents. Among the most tangible consequences of the pandemic, respondents noted an increased level of stress, psychological tension, increased time spent on social networks and on the Internet in general, an increase in financial burden and expenses. Problems related to the implementation of remote work and study, 26.8% of respondents attributed to one of the most tangible consequences of the pandemic.The majority of respondents expressed satisfaction with the state, quality and accessibility of education, about half of the respondents are more or less dissatisfied with the quality of Internet connection in their place of residence. The main determinants of the digital divide between urban and rural areas and the growth of educational inequality are the uneven material and technical equipment and the introduction of digital educational resources, as well as the availability and quality of telecommunications services.

Strategizing Research for Impact.

In its Strategic Plan 2021-2026, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research - Institute of Health Services and Policy Research (IHSPR) convincingly expresses its desire to expand capacity for applied health services and policy research (HSPR) and better mobilize research results for health system transformation geared toward the Quadruple Aim and health equity for all (CIHR IHSPR 2021). These strategic priorities echo views widely shared within the HSPR community, and we commend IHSPR for its leadership and vision. Recognizing the systemic challenges ahead of us, this commentary considers the HSPR community's capacity to achieve the promise of learning health systems, given the obstacles likely to hinder their rapid scale-up over the next five years. Next, we consider the spread of virtual care during the pandemic to illustrate the embedded and negotiated nature of innovation in health systems and the need for vigilance as to the social distribution of their benefits and costs. Finally, a critical review of the strategic plan provides insights into how research is governed in the HSPR field. Based on this analysis, it appears essential to reconsider health system transformation as social system transformation and strengthen interdisciplinary and comparative research. Looking forward, developing a science of science to better understand the conditions associated with high-impact research should be a cross-cutting priority for Canada's HSPR community.

From “absolute” time to “acquiring control over time”: theoretical aspects of social time in publications of the 1920s – 1930s

This article examines the publications of the Russian scholars on sociological aspects of social time, which are poorly studied in the Russian and foreign literature. The author believes that they are the pioneers in the field of the sociology of time. Analysis is conducted in such concepts as past, present, and future time; their content and correlation; time as the transformation process; use of time and control over time»; time of an individual and time of the social system; biological time as a step towards social time. The beginning of the XX century indicated the organic correlation of the development of natural science and general science and social practice, activity. Most vividly such correlation manifested in the area of the perception of time, relation the time of publications presented in the article, which are ideologically connected with the social practice of the studies on time, and the origins of the theory of social time.  It is noted that the first sociological study on the budgets of time was conducted in Petrograd in the 1821 – 1922 by P. Sorokin. The authors tried to remain within the field of sociology, understanding sociology as a science about functionality and transformation of social systems, presented by the “submerged” into cultural-institutional environment subsystems of the subjects, their activity and relationships. The article focuses attention on the statements of scholars, which had conceptual significance for the science, as well as for solution of the real time-budget problems.

Sociocultural aspect of conflict of generations in the Tuvan society: modernity and prospects

The object of this research is the transformational processes in the Tuvan culture, which take place due to transition from the centuries-old feudal structure to the modern globalized culture. The combination of interpenetrating cultural phenomena creates a unique context for the transformation of worldview, which becomes the basis of social unrest. Special attention is given to the problem of the conflict of generations, which arises due to disruption of the succession of cultural development in the Tuvan society. Drastic change of economic patterns and methods of interaction with nature under the new socioeconomic conditions, forms up the contradictory worldview of the younger generation, who identify themselves with the Tuvan ethnos, but fail to comply in practice. The conclusion is made on the presence of factors that aggravate the conflict of generations in the Tuvan society, which is undergoing the bidirectional influence of globalization. The author indicates the processes of implementation of innovations into social relations and tendency to archaization. The dynamism of socioeconomic development opens various opportunities for adaptation to different generations, which enhances the axiological gap. Moreover, the structure of transformation of social system takes roots in the change of mechanisms of socialization and education. The article reveals correlation between the problem of the conflict of generations and multiple aspects of the development of cultural-historical traditions. This provides a more holistic picture of the long-term development of Tuvan society.

Sustainable overall social transformation as a way of progress.

The paper concerns the fundamental issues of the sustainable social progress. As follows from the argumentation, a realistic design of institutional changes in connection with resource and organizational changes needed for sustainable progress is called for to realize in the line of overall social system transformation. This approach presupposes an exhaustive study of interconnected transformations in the main societal fields as system processes considering the influence of relatively exogenous factors (technological, demographic and climate changes). In turn, it is advisable, taking in view current world challenges, to expose an idea of ​​universal sustainability, the property of which is inherent in all social practices, and not just mediating the relationship between society and its environment. The first result of study concludes in revealing the fundamentals of overall social system sustainability. The second result: the transition to sustainable transformation of society supposes the synergetic implementation of structure-forming system and policy-driven shifts.

Sustainable Progress – The Achievable Result of Overall Social System Transformation

The paper concerns the fundamental issues of the sustainable social progress. As follows from the argumentation, a realistic design of institutional changes in connection with resource and organizational changes needed for sustainable progress is called for to realize in the line of overall social system transformation. This approach presupposes an exhaustive study of interconnected transformations in the main societal fields as system processes considering the influence of relatively exogenous factors (technological, demographic and climate changes). In turn, it is advisable, taking in view current world challenges, to expose an idea of universal sustainability, the property of which is inherent in all social practices, and not just mediating the relationship between society and its environment.The first result of study concludes in revealing the fundamentals of overall social system sustainability. The second result: the transition to sustainable transformation of society supposes the synergetic implementation of structure-forming system and policy-driven shifts.

Scientific libraries as "brain centers" in conditions of organizational war

The article deals with the new tasks of mass media and scientific libraries in the conditions of organizational warfare with the use of "soft power" of books and mass media, psychophysical and biological weapons. It was found that organizational war is a war of a special type: financial, economic, cultural, informational, political, organizational. Organizational warfare is conducted with the use of organizational weapons (OW), the components of which are: organizational information, organizational finance, organizational management, organizational educational and other types of equipment. The main tasks of the army are to disorient the behavior of the enemy population, strengthen the centrifugal trends in his society, exacerbate contradictions in the system of cultural codes, impose unacceptable for its economy development programs, form situational social groups that will require radical reform of ideological and ideological target states. It is noted that organizational wars are conducted according to social-communication algorithms of transformation of social systems. Currently, the best-known and most popular among the G-oligarchs algorithm for targeted management of social processes is an algorithm based on the doctrine of "controlled chaos". It is emphasized that today the issues related to the study of book collections for a constructive organizational war are extremely relevant. The role of scientific libraries as think tanks in the conditions of organizational war is determined.

Universal Basic Income: Reflections on the Possible Impac on Improving the Living Standards and Quality of Life and the Sustainability of Society

The article is devoted to the study of the possible impact of the introduction of universal basic income on improving the standards of living and quality of life and sustainability of societies. The theoretical part of the article reveals the problems that require further study of the category of " universal basic income" (UBI), such as its relationship with the transformation of the state and society, labour and employment, the standards of living and quality of life; the reasons for the introduction and tasks that are solved with the use of UBI, contradictions and limitations of this tool of political, economic and social reforms. In the practical part of the article on the basis of systematization of the most important experiments on the introduction of UBI the conclusion of the transitional forms of its experimental implementation is made: the conditionality (for the target categories of citizens), not the unconditionality of payments, limited period of payment, small size, commensurate with the national subsistence minimum. All this does not allow us to consider this payment as a basic one with all its local impact on the transformation of social systems in the countries concerned. The conclusion is made about the embryonic practical application of UBI elements in Rossiya. A number of recommendations for additions to the testing elements of the universal basic income in our country have been elaborated: to increase per capita income after the provision of targeted social support to low-income sections of the population; to select the trajectories of employment for registered unemployed persons; to reduce the time transitions of graduates from educational institutions to stable or satisfactory employment; and to increase the level of security for the employed with a wide range of characteristics of precarity of employment. The Object of the Study is country societies and their separate regional and social groups.The Subject of the Study is the transformation of employment, social protection and sustainability of societies in connection with the introduction of elements of universal basic income.The Purpose of the Study is identifying hypothetical possibilities of influence on the improvement of the standards of living and quality of life and sustainability of societies by the introduction of universal basic income and analysing the results of testing its transitional forms.

Toward a Sustainable Social System Transformation: Realistically Optimistic View

The paper is devoted to fundamental issues concerning the future sustainable transformation. Its implementation has available in the first place basing on the recognized framework concept of sustainable development (SD). A realistic design of institutional changes in connection with resource and organizational/behavioral changes needed for SD is called for to realize in the line of overall social system transformation. Adequate understanding of this process presupposes an exhaustive study of interconnected transformations in the main social fields taking into account the influence of relatively exogenous factors (technological, demographic and climate changes). According to the author, the transition to global sustainable social transformation is achievable by means of a number of possible fundamental shifts, which synergistically can fulfill. Also proceeding from the arguments, the sustainable reproduction of the economy of a mature post-industrial type, including the green sectors, implies its stable and quiet growth, although the rapid growth of individual markets, especially innovative ones, may take place. In addition, the main findings include the substantiation in favor of the choice of the national middle way model as the most appropriate for the corresponding sustainable system transformation of society.

Constitutional Futurology and the Science of Law. “Cryptocurrency” File

The fascinating acceleration of social dynamics leads to a critical perception of the traditional methodology of law, which predominantly goes back to the dogma of legal positivism. Modern science of law is intended to assess current trends leading to a qualitative transformation of social systems in the near and distant future, and to propose leading models of their regulatory framework. The concept of constitutional futurology, which takes into account the need to maintain adherence to the principle of the rule of law, even in a situation of growing critical threats and challenges posed by technological and social innovations, is associated with the solution of such tasks. Constitutional futurology can be understood as the current edition of the academic policy of law. At the same time, unlike the latter, it avoids competing dogma and consistently adheres to constitutional legal thinking. On this basis, it becomes possible to consolidate and synchronize sectoral legal studies of the sleeping factors of the postmodern era and the digital economy. The phenomenon of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology is taken into focus.

Свобода в смирительной рубашке: сбываются ли фатальные прогнозы теоретиков массмедиа?

In this paper, the development of ideas of leading mass media theorists on freedom of communication process in modern media space is analyzed. Rapid development and expansion of information technologies in the second half of XXth century brought an illusion that ‘external expansion of human’ (by M. McLuhan) would get him free of ideological dictate. But mass media evolution revealed the ambiguity of answers to the question “Who is stronger – a machine or a man?” Theorists have to state that digitalization leads to transformation of social systems and to a human being dependent on the Net dictate. Studies of leading scientists demonstrate a crisis of Homo Informaticus and a transformation of his thinking. However, theorists believe in an optimistic scenario of overcoming the technological determinism.

Vše v rámci trhu, nic proti trhu, nic mimo trh: neoliberální devianti a dohled nad nimi skrze sociální pomoc

This article focuses on welfare surveillance as a sociological sub-discipline and a specific issue that has emerged in the past two decades in relation to the neoliberal revolution and the transformation of social systems in the West. The paper has three main goals: (1) a theoretical conceptualisation of welfare surveillance based on an analysis of existing empirical research; (2) an analysis of socio-practical manifestations and impacts of welfare surveillance; and (3) a contextualisation of the implementation of welfare surveillance within the Czech social milieu during recent social reforms. Within the scope of the first two goals, the author shows that welfare surveillance is theoretically construed along the lines of a specific combination of social justice and neoliberal governmentality, and that welfare surveillance enables the application of specific illiberal practices to welfare applicants and recipients in order to effectively discipline and normalise them, which results in the stigmatisation and criminalisation of recipients. Given that there is relatively little research on surveillance in the Czech Republic, the article opens with an introduction to the issue of surveillance.

Dynamics of soil chemical properties in shifting cultivation systems in the tropics: a meta‐analysis

AbstractThe forest cultivation system (slash‐and‐burn or shifting cultivation) has contributed to the transformation of social systems since the early Neolithic period. Despite being considered by conservationists and public policymakers as a system of low productivity that generates environmental degradation and contributes to the maintenance of rural poverty, the shifting cultivation system (SCS) is being declared a practice that is highly ecologically and economically efficient. Such dichotomy of opinions is the consequence of the disparate results of studies assessing the effects of SCS on soil properties of rainforests throughout the last three decades. To circumvent this apparent inconsistency, we used a systematic quantitative review method (meta‐analysis), with the objective of integrating and synthesizing the data published in the literature to assess the overall effects of SCS on soil chemical properties. Four variables traditionally assessed in primary studies were chosen for the meta‐analyses: pH, cation exchange capacity (CEC), total carbon (Total C) and total nitrogen (Total N). Our results show that pH values increase under SCS conditions, while Total N and C content are significantly reduced under SCS. No significant impacts are observed on CEC. Our results on pH and CEC support the position from researchers who argue for the sustainability of SCS and highlight the importance of evaluating the soil system as a soil/vegetation complex. Also, our results indicate that soil chemical properties under SCS scenarios are better conserved and more readily recoverable, provided there is a rather longer fallow period than has been traditionally employed.

Changes in use of Hot Springs due to the Social System Transformation

Changes in use of Hot Springs due to the Social System Transformation

超高齢社会と地域医療

超高齢社会と地域医療

Governance in the Field of Public and Gender Policies

Governance is a modern procedure in the task of governing which is performed through dialogue, negotiation and elucidation of goals, strengthened by an effective political communication with the different actors involved, who come from public or private sectors or from civil society, positioning themselves in the development process of public policy. As Bassols (Bassols, 2011: p. 16) states, “it is a technique of power that is related to the act of affecting and being affected, if we think of it as a Faucaultian version”. Therefore, governance processes should be regarded as a means towards social transformation and, in particular, towards the transformation of social systems of gender roles. This form of democratic governance would be expressed through institutional changes or, in other words, through changes of the rules and regulations which organize the relationships among the different actors or partners in different settings, especially those relationships between the state and civil society, and those established among the state, market and family. In this sense, changes would open up new opportunities to transform gender roles assessing the implications of public policies for both men and women. This would include legislation and policies in all areas and levels. Therefore, the fact of introducing an approach based on gender in the processes of governance appears to be a strategy to integrate topics of interest and experiences of women and men as an integral dimension of the design, implementation and evaluation of policies in the political, economic and social sphere, to benefit both men and women. Thus, inequality is not perpetuated.

Dynamic Interactions of Agency in Leadership (DIAL): An Integrative Framework for Analysing Agency in Sustainability Leadership

This article investigates agency as a way of being and acting in sustainability leadership. Our primary aim is to enhance understanding of agentic strategies that facilitate transcending systemic complexities in sustainability leadership. We make a distinction in our analytical approach by drawing from Emirbayer and Mische’s (Am J Sociol 103:41, 1998) conceptualisation of agency as ‘an interactive process of reflexive transformation and relational pragmatics, a temporally embedded process of social engagement, informed by the past, oriented towards the future and enacted in the present’ (p. 963). We add ontological sources of agency to these dynamics which interact with habit, imagination, judgement and learning in the transformation of social systems. This approach underpins our model ‘Dynamic Interactions of Agency in Leadership’ (DIAL), an integrative framework for analysing agency in sustainability leadership. We examine the efficacy of our framework in higher education initiatives in which sustainability aspirations, aims and actions are envisioned, articulated and mobilised. We conclude by offering further avenues of research in sustainability leadership designed to advance this burgeoning field and contribute to bridging the gap between sustainability challenges and our abilities to solve them.

建設業界におけるIT活用の動向─BIMによる社会システムの変革─

建設業界におけるIT活用の動向─BIMによる社会システムの変革─

Організаційні основи впорядкованості тоталітарної системи соціального управління

From positions of the sociological approach, the author analyzes problems of the organizational orderliness of a management system of the totalitarian type and substantiates the ways to prevent the totalitarian tendencies in the process of transformation of social systems.