Transformation Of Social Relations Research Articles

Relational Work and Accounting: What Venture Capital Analysts Do with Accounting and Other Information in Situations of Uncertainty

Analysts in venture capital (VC) organizations are important mediators in the entrepreneurial economy, operating as both ‘scouts’ and ‘coaches’ of early-stage ventures. Research shows that these analysts invest heavily in collecting and scrutinizing accounting and a wide range of other information at all stages of their work. However, we lack an integrative theorization of how, in the presence of fundamental or ‘Knightian’ uncertainty, analysts effectively use this information. We explore this topic through interviews with VC analysts and project makers operating in Denmark in 2009 and 2010. Drawing on and extending the work of Viviana Zelizer, we show, firstly, how the multiple, different uses of accounting and other information function in relation to each other and the communication and transformation of social relations. Each stage of analyst work involves a double movement in which economic media is differentiated and the relationships between analysts and project makers and their ventures are created, negotiated, maintained, and changed. Secondly, we show how this double movement provides an indirect and ‘ontological’ mode of handling situations of uncertainty in which accounting information adds matter and form to the new business venture. We conclude by exploring opportunities for further applications of relational work in accounting research.

The Clash of Imaginations on the Identity of the Messiah in Luke 7:18−35 in the Perspective of Harari’s Theory of Imagination

From the perspective of Harari’s theory of imagination, the narrative of Luke 7:18−35 displays the clash of imaginations between John and Jesus regarding the identity of the Messiah. It appears that Jesus tries to beat John’s imagination about the identity of the Messiah by lowering the position of John in the Kingdom of God. Clashing with John’s imagination, Jesus builds up the imagination of the Messiah as a figure who presents the Kingdom of God which includes the individual transformation, the transformation of social relationships in the community, the transformation of social structures, and the transformation of the world.

Economic and Socio-cultural Changes at the Edge of Eras: Post-industrial Society

The article offers an analysis of the most famous scientific works of the 20th century (such as, С. Clark, J. Fourastié, D. Bell, T. Roszak, H.-M. McLuhan, T. Stonier, R. Katz, F. Webster, Z. Brzezinski, A. Toffler, A. Toynbee, J. Baudrillard, J.-F. Lyotard, etc.), related to the study of the key concepts of the information age, its objective foundations of development, which formed the main scientific, sociopolitical currents of the last century, opened perspectives for the development of modern political thought and possible ways of forming society in the 21st century. What happened at the end (or rather in the second half) of the 20th century, forcing even conservative skeptics to recognize the end of a long era of industrial development? The reasons for these processes, as shown by social and socio-political processes, must be sought in the economy. In addition to the primary and secondary sectors of the economy, there has always been a tertiary sector related to the sphere of services. In the second half of the 20th century thanks to the development of technology, the importance of the tertiary, service sector of the economy began to grow steadily, which marked the end of the era of industrial society and the beginning of a new, post-industrial history. The consequence of this was the emergence of new forms of culture and the transformation of social relations. The concepts of “post-industrial society,” “information society,” and “information age” are often mentioned in journalistic texts of the mass media and scientific publications. However, if you set yourself the goal of understanding what a post-industrial society or the information revolution is, it will not be so easy. Different authors often put their own meaning into these concepts, thus turning their texts into what is called in psychoanalysis a flow of free associations. The intention to make certain corrections to the concept of “post-industrial society,” to outline the main trends and features of the postmodern era, and explore the potential consequences of its influence on various spheres of life of modern civilization, became the reason for the creation of this article.

Transformation of social relationships in COVID-19 America: Remote communication may amplify political echo chambers.

The COVID-19 pandemic, with millions of Americans compelled to stay home and work remotely, presented an opportunity to explore the dynamics of social relationships in a predominantly remote world. Using the 1972-2022 General Social Surveys, we found that the pandemic significantly disrupted the patterns of social gatherings with family, friends, and neighbors but only momentarily. Drawing from the nationwide ego-network surveys of 41,033 Americans from 2020 to 2022, we found that the size and composition of core networks remained stable, although political homophily increased among nonkin relationships compared to previous surveys between 1985 and 2016. Critically, heightened remote communication during the initial phase of the pandemic was associated with increased interaction with the same partisans, although political homophily decreased during the later phase of the pandemic when in-person contacts increased. These results underscore the crucial role of social institutions and social gatherings in promoting spontaneous encounters with diverse political backgrounds.

Public Private Partnership in Resocialization of Convicts

Modern society is at the stage of a serious transformation of social relations, testing the strength of social values and institutions. External and internal threats make national security issues urgent; necessitate the construction of new social systems, chains of social interaction, effective tools to counter such threats. Crime commission has always been regarded as an internal threat to national security. The state has countered the growth of crime with an effective crime counteraction or crime prevention system. Countering crime has never been a task that can be implemented exclusively by the state. In this regard, at the present stage of the development of statehood, it is important to build up mechanisms of public private partnership. The main obstacle to the successful implementation of public private partnership in the penitentiary sphere is the lack of legal regulation. It is vital that various aspects of the interaction between society and the state be subject to detailed regulation as this creates conditions for the socially adapted persons to return to society. This will allow for creation of environment that is understandable and as comfortable as possible for all participants. In addition, such an environment should be attractive to representatives of private business, should facilitate the involvement of the maximum number of investors in projects that have, in addition to economic benefits, also a social orientation.

Феномен коррупции в социальной матрице современного общества

The article deals with the attempt to comprehend the phenomenon of corruption through a set of different scientific approaches and its place in the social system of modern society (social matrix). The research is based on the necessity to understand the nature of this phenomenon, its role in social mechanisms and transformations and, as a result, to determine the direction of counteraction to corruption acts.
 Introduction: The study of corruption as a socio-cultural phenomenon in the matrix of modern society through a set of different approaches (legal, deviantological, economic, psychological, socio-cultural) is predetermined by the problem of understanding the epistemology of the phenomenon under consideration. This directly affects the effectiveness of anticorruption efforts and the qualitative content of the mechanism for counteracting corruption behavior.
 Purpose: analysis of corruption as a social phenomenon from the perspective of various scientific approaches in the conditions of formation and transformation of social relations and institutions and presentation of the author’s understanding of the content and essence of this phenomenon.
 Methodology, methods and techniques. The research was based on the dialectical method in combination with other general scientific methods: logical-epistemological, epistemological, epistemological, rationalistic deduction, analysis, comparison, etc., as well as special methods of scientific cognition - legal, sociological, etc.
 Results: scientific views on the content and essence of corruption as a negative phenomenon and its place in the social matrix of modern society were analysed: the main directions of counteracting corruption through the adoption of appropriate measures by social institutions were proposed.
 Scientific novelty: the scientists’ viewpoints on corruption as a phenomenon and an inevitable component of all social institutions, as well as the author’s substantiated position of defining the essence of corruption as a socio-cultural phenomenon contribute to the fundamental knowledge of the phenomenon under consideration and its role in developing and transforming social relations and other phenomena.
 Practical significance: the results of the research are aimed at supplementing the existing scientific knowledge about corruption, forming a theoretical and applied basis for counteracting this negative social phenomenon in modern society.

Theory of geocultural technologies in international relations


 
 
 The development of the theory of geocultural technologies is an attempt to integrate various theories and practices of foreign policy cultural activities of states on the world stage within the framework of a generalizing scientific vision, as well as to rethink international relations on the basis of geographical and cultural determinism, as well as the technological approach. The constitutive basis of the theory of geocultural technologies in international relations is the idea that the subordination of social actors to power is determined by its cultural attractiveness for them and leads to their further internalization, immersion in the cultural and symbolic interpretive matrix that justifies and justifies power in its geocultural originality. The complementary application of geographical, civilizational, cultural, deterministic, communicative and technological approaches has made it possible to outline the contours of the theory of geocultural technologies in international relations, to interpret effective practices of cultural engagement in the local, regional and global dimensions as geocultural technologies. Today, the problem of global cultural governance is increasingly coming to the fore among scholars. By actively participating in global cultural governance, states can not only realize their national interests, but also build the world of the future in accordance with their long-term strategies and culturally determined ideals of coexistence in the context of further increasing interdependence between peoples. In this sense, geocultural technologies are effective means of global cultural governance. The multidimensional nature and manifestations of geocultural technologies as effective practices in the international arena for the dissemination of geocultures allows them to be considered as means of international communication, as tools for public diplomacy, as means of cultural diplomacy, as soft power, as propaganda, and as legitimization. Thanks to geocultural technologies, a global transculture is being formed, which is a synthesis of ideas, images, and material things from different geocul- tures. Geocultures are defined as historically ordered sets of symbols, values, ideals, ideas, language practices, religious traditions, technologies of reproduction and transformation of social relations that embody the spirit of a particular geographical part of the world. Geoculture is inherent in any civilizational community or national-political entity.
 
 

Why Robert Scholes's Utopian Vision Did Not Become Reality, and How to Make It Happen

Why Robert Scholes's Utopian Vision Did Not Become Reality, and How to Make It Happen

The “Solar Plexus” of Russian Law (on the Evolution of Judicial and Normative Constitutionalization of Russian Law)

The article analyzes the potential of constitutional provisions from the standpoint of the philosophy of public law, theory and practice of constitutionalism, reveals the mechanism and levels of constitutionalization of legislative norms, and traces the law-forming role of the Russian Constitution for the entire legal system. The law is considered as a dynamic system, the parameters of which can change under the influence of the ideology of modernity and postmodernity, challenges and global threats. The connection of law with current social processes is obvious and its understanding helps to realize the creative power of law in the transformation of social relations. This confirms not only the dogmatic, but also the important practice-oriented dimension of constitutionalism. Constitutional justice ensures the coherence and harmonization of the ideas of natural law with the requirements of the certainty of the norms of law that have a branch affiliation. Global changes in the world required the modernization of the provisions of the country's Basic Law as a guiding vector for the development of the entire system of Russian legislation. In fact, this direction was a new legal effect of constitutionalization. In the year of the 30th anniversary of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, it is important to discuss not only the one-level links of constitutional norms and sectoral legislation, but also to consider the images of the future phenomenon of constitutionalization.

Evangelicals and Abolitionist Methodologies

The development of the primarily women-of-color-led movement for transformative justice has also shed light on the fact that abolition requires not just the transformation of social relations and place, but the transformations of subjectivity itself. This movement recognizes that violence is not just enacted against oppressed communities but is enacted with them, and hence the line between those who harm and those who face harm is often illusory. The movement for transformative justice—for accountability without disposability—calls on us to create different systems of relationality, which, in turn, transform who we think we are as people. Essentially, we are required to embark on an uncharted journey that will result in the creation of new selves we would not now recognize. Abolition can be seen as a process and a methodology rather than a presumed destination. To identify abolitionist methodologies, it can be helpful to look at unexpected places rather than presume that some spaces and peoples are necessarily more abolitionist than others. Consequently, this essay will look at abolitionism in an unexpected place, Christian evangelicalism.

Student’s innovative competence as a priority direction of educational management

Introduction. The research is topical due to the need for fundamental reforms in the field of educational management. The problem of acquiring innovative competencies by the students arises against the background of the continual transformation of social relations. Future specialists who are currently students of higher educational institutions (HEIs) must meet all socio-economic challenges in the future. Methods: an adapted questionnaire was used to assess the level of skills in students of pedagogical HEIs and the method of diagnosis of the individual measure of reflexivity, the Rokeach Value Survey; methods of data collection and coordination, statistical and mathematical processing of results through Pearson’s formulas. Results: In the experimental and control groups, 7.6% of respondents have a low level, 82.6% — a medium level, and 9.8% — a high level. The experimental group (45%) showed a higher level of high reflexivity results than the control group (30%). Conclusion: Based on the processing of the obtained results, it is concluded that the development of innovative competencies in students of pedagogical HEIs after the application of pedagogical conditions increases quantitatively. Prospects: further research should be aimed at identifying key relevant innovation competencies.

РЕКЛАМНА ДІЯЛЬНІСТЬ: СОЦІАЛЬНІ СМИСЛИ СУЧАСНОГО СУСПІЛЬСТВА

The article attempts a socio-philosophical analysis of advertising activity as a factor of socio-cultural changes in society and the formation of social meanings. The concept of advertising appears to indicate a peculiar nature of human economic activity at the level of consumption. it is stated that advertising is not only a means of communication (the product of objective conditions), but also the affirmation and deployment of the activity of a social subject. It was determined that advertising is a branch of communication and a social phenomenon that represents the information space where the reality of consumption of declared values is cultivated. It was revealed that, by its essence, advertising activity is a polyphonic phenomenon, diversified in many forms. In such a polyphony of advertising activity, what is dominant is what appears through the relationship between what is individually desired and what is socially acceptable. The functionality of such a relationship is ensured by appropriate mass media and the multidimensionality of advertising itself. It has been proven that advertising activity allows not only to outline these orientations in a unique way through the innovative use of symbols, metaphors, «simulacrums», etc., but also to determine the main directions of intensification of the life activity of a person and society thanks to the reorganization and transformation of social relations.

Facultative Groups, Invisible Individuals: The Transformation of Social Relations in the New Technological Reality

The article aims to propose an alternative approach to the analysis of the social effects of digitalization. It was, by and large, intended to solve two problems; first, to assess the epistemological potential and limitations of existing theories and approaches, and second, it was to do what Luhmann, following Spencer Brown, called re-entry, to discover the blind spots of these theories, those differences that lead to the unrecognizable, the background, and the reduced, and then to try to re-enter the main theoretical concepts. Re-entry is easiest to accomplish with the new empirical material offered in this article. The study include the following results: 1) proposing a reactualization of Gordon Pask’s concept of “aesthetically charged environments” as a powerful analytical tool for social and digital communications; 2) an empirical and theoretical justification for the irrelevance of using the concept of “communities” in the context of digital practices research and replacing it with the concept of “facultative groups”; and 3) the fixation and description, on the basis of field research, of new forms of digital behavior that are inevitable reactions to the coercive or manipulative nature of digital regimes, which are expressed in the zero activity of advanced users, in the emerging digital ethic of absence, and in the development of new forms of self-discipline.

Баланс частных и публичных интересов при правовом регулировании // Актуальные проблемы государства и права

Introduction: the events of the last few years provoke scientists and practitioners to constantly raise the problem of determining the balance of private and public interests necessary for effective legal regulation. On the one hand, we are talking about the spread of the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19), a difficult foreign poli-cy environment that requires the active participation of the state, rigidity in legal regulation in order to ensure constitutionally enshrined provisions. On the other hand, the state course to development the digital economy, the rapid development of digital technologies, the qualitative transformation of social relations are entail the need for flexible legal regulation, greater consideration of the interests of economic entities. Goals and objec-tives of the study: consists in clarifying the main parameters for determining the balance of private and public interests, taking into account current trends in Russian society. Research methodology: dialectical, systemic, comparative legal, formal legal methods. It made possible to identify the parameters for determining the balance of private and public interests, to conduct a brief analysis of the current state of modern trends characteristic of Russian society and the state, and to determine the possible conditions for its further formation. Conclusions: the author's position is argued that the totality of public law and private law principles of legal regulation of a particular sphere of human life is expressed in amount of means, methods, forms, mechanisms and regimes of legal regulation, which are elected by the state, taking into account a number of factors. That is why the balance of interests is a mobile category, which is based on the principle of protecting the rights, freedoms and legitimate interests of a person and a citizen.

Sources of research in the development of legal relations regarding the use and protection of the environment in the innovation field

Problem setting. Transformation of social relations, as well as the state of the natural environment necessitate the study of the origins of development and the formation of Ukrainian legislation in this area. Rapid rates of man-made load, depletion of natural resources, impossibility (or slow) recovery of natural resources - all these are factors that encourage rapid further steps towards innovative solutions to the use and protection of the environment. Alternative energy sources, the so-called renewable energy sources, are becoming increasingly popular due to their potential and environmental and economic characteristics of use. The object of the origins of the development of legal relations on the use and protection of the environment in the field of innovation. The subject of the study is the historical aspects of the regulation of legal relations on the use and protection of the environment in the field of innovation. The state of research of the problem. The origins of scientific research on the relationship between the use and protection of the environment have repeatedly attracted the attention of researchers. In particular, in this area there were publications of legal scholars: A.P. Hetman, H.V. Anisimova, V.L. Bredikhina, M.V. Krasnova, Y.S. Shemshuchenko, N.R. Malysheva, G.N. Polyanskaya, V.G. Emelyanova, V.V. Nosik and others. However, the study that would be aimed at analyzing the normative regulation of legal relations on the use and protection of the environment in the field of innovation has not yet been, which prompted us to choose this topic of research. The target of this research is to identify and analyze the origins of legislation and scientific achievements in this area. Scientific novelty is the search for and further development of an effective mechanism for regulating the legal relationship between the use and protection of the environment in the field of innovation. Article’s main body. The historical continuity and recurrence of the main legal forms, as emphasized in the literature, make it possible to predict the direction of further development of legislation taking into account the maximum use of valuable historical experience, on the one hand, and avoid future use of legal forms that have failed. Conclusions. Today we can conclude that nature management is irrational, leads to depletion (or disappearance) of natural resources, there is a violation of the ecological balance of natural systems - as a result of rising Earth temperature, destruction of ecosystems, deteriorating human health. Rapid population growth has been observed with great progress, and industrial development has contributed to the increase in energy consumption and the use of non-renewable energy resources, the mass consumption of which has had negative consequences for the environment. Unlike countries with more developed economies, Ukraine is only at the beginning of its path of saving the environment, but instead continues to operate an extensive type of economic development. Natural resources are not used efficiently enough, and if we do not take decisive action, we can already have irreversible consequences. The answer to this should be alternative energy sources - renewable, resource-saving, waste-free (low-waste).

Innovations as a necessary condition of social development

The purpose of the study was to identify and characterize the factors that affect the efficiency of innovations implementation in the social development. Methodology. It was possible to characterize the essence and content of innovations in the social development, to identify factors that affect the efficiency of innovations implementation in the social development through the use of the methods of analysis, systematization, comparison, confronting, generalization of scientific literature and legal and regulatory framework. Results. It was found that in a broad meaning, scientists considered the social development as a change in society, resulting in new social relations, institutions, norms and values. In a narrow meaning, the social development could be seen as a change in the social structure, individual institutions of the society, as a result of which they appeared themselves in a new state. At the same time, the characteristic features of the innovative social development were: novelty for the social environment in which it was implemented; focus on meeting current social needs, solving social problems; had a practical nature of the development, involved the implementation of ideas; transformation of social relations. It was established that innovations in today's conditions were a basic condition of the social development which provided both innovative ideas and innovative methods, ways, technologies of their application. The key factors of the innovative social development were identified: legal support and financial assistance, favorable social-and-economic conditions, innovative resources, critical mass. It was found that efficiency in the implementation of the innovative social development could be achieved through the accumulation of human potential and economic support; formation of the corresponding legislative, financial, economic base; increasing the social activity of young people; modernization of social infrastructure; introduction of innovative technologies, etc. Practical importance. We hope that the results of the study, our observations and comments will contribute to the effective implementation of innovations in the social development, will help to create the necessary conditions, to develop appropriate measures to regulate the activity. Prospects for further study. In our opinion, the issues of factors influencing the quality of human potential, mechanisms of implementing social innovations, etc. can be further developed.

The new institutional economy: ways of renewal and social inequalities

Purpose of the research – to determine the ways of renewal and social inequalities in the new institutional economy.Methodology – historical and causal analysis.Originality / value. The articulation of external compulsion with internal productive and social dynamics is a common explanation for the existence of open and diverse trajectories of occurrence. Here we show that they are also driven by the sectoral dynamics, the internal transformation of social relations, and the institutional dynamics that accompany the profound structural changes that "emerging" economies undergo.Findings – systematization of scientists ' opinions on the formation of scientifi c views on the institutional economy and institutions.

ВИБІР СТРАТЕГІЙ ПОВЕДІНКИ ПОДРУЖЖЯМ У ВИРІШЕННІ СІМЕЙНИХ КОНФЛІКТІВ

Family conflicts contribute to the reassessment of the system of values, the transformation of social relations and interpersonal relations, the development of the family system, are a source of change for each of its participants. The leading role in the construction of the family system and good relations in it belongs to the marital subsystem, which determines the development of relations in other family subsystems. The propensity of each spouse to conflict behavior, as well as the choice of appropriate behavioral strategies determines the success of resolving family conflicts. Objective. The research is related to the analysis of the essence of the "family conflict" concept and the characteristics of behavioral strategies in conflict; experimental definition and analysis of the main behavior strategies of spouses in resolving family conflicts. Methods. To solve the research problem we used such theoretical research methods as: analysis of scientific psychological literature, generalization, systematization of scientific information; the following empirical research methods were used: conversation, observation, psychodiagnostic method "Diagnosis of a person's propensity to conflict behavior" by K. Thomas adapted by N. V. Hryshyna; processing and quantitative and qualitative interpretation of results. The study involved 16 married couples (husband and wife) with different marital experiences in the number of 32 people aged 26 to 48 years (Kyiv). All the couples have children aged 2 to 21 years. The results of the empirical study of the peculiarities of the behavior strategies choice for spouses in resolving family conflicts showed that the predominant strategies are: "Compromise", which was found in 28.12 % of the total number of respondents and 37.5 % of women in particular; "Rivalry", which was found in 25 % of the total number of respondents and 31.25 % of men in particular; respondents are the least likely to choose the "Avoidance" strategy – 9.38 % of the total number of respondents, 6.25 % of women and 12.5 % of men. We see the prospects for further development in the study of family values and role attitudes of a married couple and their relationship with the effective resolution of conflicts in the family.

Theoretical and Legal analysis of Modern Approaches to the Concept of International Crime

The article attempts to study the political and legal essence (nature) of international crime as a negative impact of social reality in the analysis of various approaches. It is concluded that the concept of international crime in the context of modern trends in globalization and transformation of social relations is relevant by its definition. It is argued that in the theory of international criminal law, there are four approaches, different defining factors that comprise the contextual element of an international crime violations of international peremptory norms (jus cogens); the special nature of the external expression of such acts indicating the inherent danger of the phenomenon (as, for example, the direction of intent, seriousness and scale, special attitude on the part of the international community); functional relationship with an agent acting as a criminal policy; and encroachment on international peace and human security. Modern methods of development of the international community are applied in modern literature) as are torture, encroachments on persons enjoying international immunity, international terrorism, piracy, illegal circulation of weapons of mass destruction, etc. The option of criminalizing acts that infringe on international peace and human security and are committed as international crimes is also not excluded. An international crime is a complex affair committed in the context of institutional politics, infringing on international peace and security, and challenging the concept of the international community, thus, falling under universal jurisdiction.

Антропологические предпосылки формирования современной уголовной биополитики

Biopolitics begins to occupy more and more place in the modern understanding of the state about its possibilities in choosing the means necessary to exert the required influence on each individual and society as a whole. The limits of such possibilities, taking into account the knowledge accumulated by mankind in the past few decades, turned out to be truly unlimited, inevitably formulating the question of setting specific goals and objectives implied by the authorities. The function of control has always been inherent in the official power formation, and the problem of determining the limits of its implementation has also always been in the sphere of disagreements, forming various types of societies and states. 
 Biopolitics is a phenomenon of a fundamentally new order, capable of bringing the discussion of this problem to a previously inaccessible level. The criminallegal component of the presented issue is still on the sidelines, continuing to persistently ignore the ongoing processes, and especially the transformation of social relations, the analogs of which in terms of its scale in history are not so many. 
 However, it is criminal policy, through the introduction of biopolitical tools into circulation, that can have the greatest impact on the formation and implementation of the function of controlling individual human behavior and social relations in general. The function, which today is not typical for the criminal law sphere, is ultimately capable of acting as one of the main ones in the course of implementing this area of legal regulation.