bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Equilibrium of Invisible Hand in the Family: the Gravitation between Men and Women in Marriage Markets
Authors:   Pierre Mendès-France University, Malakhov S.V.
Published: September 2021

The proof of the Invisible hand describes the inner market mechanism, which leads the producer to the meeting point with the uninformed consumer, where the price and the meeting time provide the maximization of the output on the consumption-leisure production possibility frontier and unintentionally maximize the buyer’s consumption-leisure utility. This mechanism also works in marriage markets where the Invisible hand corrects the misleading information. The paper confirms G. S. Becker’s assumption that more beautiful, charming, and talented women tend to marry wealthier and more successful men but refutes his conclusion that such marriage maximizes the aggregate output. The high male productivity really attracts women because it produces a strong male gravitation field. But the marriage of a very productive man to a beautiful woman fails because it represents for a beautiful woman a corner solution. The man’s wealth, accumulated before the marriage, as well the bride price reinforces this disequilibrium. A dowry can also result in a disequilibrium because it gives time for a man to look for another partner. The paper argues that the quality of men is determined not by their productivity as such but by the trade-off between the productivity and their ability to provide household services on the family consumption-leisure production possibility frontier. The quality of women is determined by the trade-off between household activity and efforts to support her natural female attractiveness. The invisible hand equilibrium represents something close to the mating of unlikes but with some peculiarities. The woman’s ability to provide household services substitutes the man’s household activity but it complements his gender-related quality of productivity. A housewife raises the productivity of her husband; she increases his attractiveness and reinforces his gravitation field at the expense of her own attractiveness and her gravitation field but only this way she maximizes her consumption-leisure utility. Polygamy also represents the invisible hand equilibrium but in this case the equal distribution of wealth between wives is followed by unequal distribution of household activities when some wives spend less time in the kitchen but more leisure time with the husband because they are more attractive. In monogamy, the woman’s strong gravitation field produces the phenomenon of the ‘tragedy of a femme fatale’. Her alliance with a wealthy man comes to the corner solution; she needs more attention of her husband but with that she decreases his gravitational field, and he becomes less interesting to her. The loss of male attractiveness results in the short time horizon of the equilibrium determined by the invisible hand.
The Financial Instability Hypothesis and the Case of Private Non-Financial Firms in South Korea
Authors:   National Research University Higher School of Economics, Rozmainsky I.V. , Selitsky M.S. ,   National Research University Higher School of Economics
Published: September 2021

The paper aims to test the Financial Instability Hypothesis (FIH) proposed by Hyman Minsky by looking at the case of private non-financial firms in South Korea. The FIH offers analytical tools to explore how an economy endogenously becomes financially fragile and is therefore prone to crises. Using this toolkit and a sample of 102 leading South Korean nonfinancial private companies, we analyze how their financing regimes changed between 2005 and 2019. We applied five different classification criteria developed over the past few years within the framework of the FIH. The paper brought to light two time periods when the sector of private non-financial firms in South Korea became more financially fragile. The first period is the few years before and during the Great Recession. The second period is the few years preceding 2019, the last year of the analyzed period. The conclusion is made that by the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the South Korean economy was vulnerable to crisis shocks. Therefore, there is a need for macroeconomic policies that will saturate the firm sector with funds. Otherwise, the crisis could turn into an economic collapse. Our findings also show the applicability of the FIH to the case of South Korean economy.
Methodology for the Evaluation of the Economic Effectiveness of Investment Projects
Authors:   The State University of Management, Serov V.M. , Tikhonov Y.P. ,   The State University of Management
Published: September 2021

This article discusses the problem of evaluating the economic efficiency of investment in production capital. The article provides an overview of the theoretical and methodological framework developed by Russian scholars and practitioners. In the Soviet period, when the model of centrally planned economy prevailed, the evaluation methodology comprised the following methods: comparing the result of capital investment and its amount (calculation of the coefficient of capital investment effectiveness); comparing the coefficient’s estimated value with its normative value set for specific sectors of economy; and the category of national income (net production) being taken as the result of capital investment. The methodology was described in the officially approved document ‘Methodological Guidelines for Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Investment Projects (Second Edition)’, which corresponded to the guidelines of the research centre of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization. Our analysis brings to light certain drawbacks in the methods described in this document, more specifically, the inaccuracies in the evaluation criteria, the lack of methods for calculation of the corresponding indicators, and the shortcomings of the established indicators of economic effectiveness, in particular the main indicator -the net present value. In accordance with the established methodology, we calculate not the amount of net present value but only a part of it and the method of calculating this part boils down to testing whether the desired level of profitability is ensured or not. To improve this methodology, it is proposed to apply a combination of income- and property-based approaches. The newly generated value should be taken as the result of investment (on the national level — national income, on the level of production entities — net output). Since this approach focuses on the satisfaction of the economic interests of the government, investors and employees, apart from general effectiveness, it is recommended to differentiate between entrepreneurial, budget-related and labour-related components of effectiveness.
Resume tentang konsep ilmu ekonomi
Authors: Irmawati
Published: September 2021

Resume tentang konsep ilmu ekonomi
Stress-based forecasting of induced seismicity with instantaneous earthquake failure functions: Applications to the Groningen Gas Reservoir
Authors: Smith Jonathan , Heimisson Elias , Bourne Stephen , Avouac Jean-Philippe
Published: September 2021

In this study we use the Groningen gas field to test a new method to assess stress changes due to gas extraction and forecast induced seismicity. We take advantage of the detailed knowledge of the reservoir geometry and production history, and of the availability of surface subsidence measurements and high quality seismicity data. The subsurface is represented as a homogeneous isotropic linear poroelastic half-space subject to stress changes in three-dimensional space due to reservoir compaction and pore pressure variations. The reservoir is represented with cuboidal strain volumes. Stress changes within and outside the reservoir are calculated using a convolution with semi-analytical Green functions. The uniaxial compressibility of the reservoir is spatially variable and constrained with surface subsidence data. We calculate stress changes since the onset of gas production. Coulomb stress changes are maximum near the top and bottom of the reservoir where the reservoir is offset by faults. To assess earthquake probability, we use the standard Mohr-Coulomb failure criterion assuming instantaneous nucleation and a non-critical initial stress. The distribution of initial strength excess, the difference between the initial Coulomb stress and the critical Coulomb stress at failure, is treated as a stochastic variable and estimated from the observations and the modelled stress changes. The exponential rise of seismicity nearly 30 years after the onset of production, provides constraints on the distribution of initial strength. The lag and exponential onset of seismicity are well reproduced assuming either a generalized Pareto distribution, which can represent the tail of any distribution, or a Gaussian distribution, to describe both the tail and body of the distribution. The Gaussian distribution allows to test if the induced seismicity at Groningen has transitioned to the steady-state where seismicity rate is proportional to the stressing rate. We find no evidence that the system has reached such a steady-state regime. The modeling framework is computationally efficient making it possible to test the sensitivity to modeling assumptions regarding the estimation of stress changes. The forecast is found robust to uncertainties about the ability of the model to represent accurately the physical processes. It does not require in particular a priori knowledge of the location and orientation of the faults that can be activated. The method presented here is in principle applicable to induced seismicity in any setting provided deformation and seismicity data are available to calibrate the model.
AGE, PETROGENESIS AND TECTONIC IMPLICATIONS OF THE LATE PERMIAN PERALUMINOUS AND METALUMINOUS MAGMATIC ROCKS IN THE MIDDLE GOBI VOLCANOPLUTONIC BELT, MONGOLIA
Authors: Ganbat Ariuntsetseg , Tsujimori Tatsuki , Miao Laicheng , Safonova Inna , Pastor-Galán Daniel , Anaad Chimedtseren , Aoki Shogo , Aoki Kazumasa
Published: September 2021

The Mongol–Okhotsk Belt, the youngest segment of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt, formed by the evolution and closure of the Mongol–Okhotsk Ocean. The oceanic closure formed two volcanoplutonic belts: Selenge Belt in the north and Middle Gobi Belt in the south (in present day coordinates). However, the origin and tectonic evolution of the Mongol–Okhotsk Belt in general, the origin and formation age of the Middle Gobi Belt in particular, remain enigmatic. To better understand the history of the magmatic activity in the Middle Gobi Belt, we conducted geochemical, U–Pb geochronological, zircon Hf, whole-rock Nd isotopic analyses of volcanic and plutonic rocks of the Mandalgovi suite, the major component of the Middle Gobi Belt. Our results show that the Mandalgovi suite consists of (i) 265 ± 2 Ma biotite-granite; (ii) 250 ± 3 Ma hornblende-granitoids; (iii) their volcanic equivalents of both: and (iv) gabbro-diorites. The geochemical compositions indicate that their precursor magmas were derived from crustal source. The protoliths of the biotite and hornblende-granitoids were metagraywacke and metabasalt, respectively. They are characterized by positive whole-rock εNd(t) and zircon εHf(t) values, indicating the molten protoliths were juvenile crust. The biotite-granites formed by remelting of fore-arc sediments by ridge subduction and later hornblende-granites were emplaced at an intra-oceanic arc by the subduction of the Mongol–Okhotsk Ocean. We conclude that the magmatic rocks of the Middle Gobi formed in an active continental margin and/or intra-oceanic arc setting.
3-year-old children’s memory flexibility allows adaptation to an altered context
Authors: Peres Krisztina , Kampis Dora , Király Ildikó
Published: September 2021

Imitation provides a reliable method to investigate the developing memory functions in childhood. The present study explored whether 3-year-old children are able to revise their previous experiences after a 1 week delay in order to adapt to an altered context. We used a combined immediate (Session 1) and delayed (Session 2) imitation paradigm. The constraints (target object close/far) and relatedly the relevance of using a tool in a goal attainment task (irrelevant/relevant, respectively) changed between the sessions. We found that children in Session 1 used the tool only when it was needed (relevant/object far context). After the 1 week delay when the tool was previously irrelevant and then became relevant, children remembered the irrelevant act and applied it in the altered context. When the tool lost its relevance after 1 week, children used the tool less than before, but did not fully omit it, despite its reduced efficiency. We propose that the flexible restoration of a formerly irrelevant act and the maintenance of a formerly successful solution indicate flexibility of children’s memory when guiding imitation. This flexibility, however, interacts with children’s tendency to remain faithful to strategies that were previously ostensively demonstrated to them.
Evaluating benefits, costs, and social value as predictors of gratitude
Authors: Forster Daniel Eric , Pedersen Eric J. , McCullough Michael E. , Lieberman Debra
Published: September 2021

Although much is known about cooperation, the internal decision rules that regulate motivations to initiate and maintain cooperative relationships have not been thoroughly explored. Here, we focus on how acts of benefit delivery and perceptions of social value inform gratitude, an emotion that promotes cooperation. We evaluate alternate information-processing models to determine which inputs and internal representations best account for the intensity with which people report experiencing gratitude. Across two experiments (Ns = 257; 208), we test ten models that consider multiple variables: the magnitude of benefits conferred upon beneficiaries, the magnitude of costs incurred by benefactors, beneficiaries’ perception of how much benefactors value their welfare, and beneficiaries’ value for the welfare of their benefactors. Across both studies, only beneficiaries’ change in social valuation for their benefactors consistently predicted gratitude. Results point to future research and contribute to the growing literature linking cooperation, social emotions, and social valuation.
Diversity promotes abstraction and cognitive flexibility in collective problem solving
Authors: Goregliad Fjaellingsdal Tatiana , Vesper Cordula , Fusaroli Riccardo , Tylén Kristian
Published: September 2021

Social interaction plays an important role in many contexts of human reasoning and problem solving, and groups are often found to outperform individuals. We suggest that this benefit is associated with the dialogical sharing and integration of diverse perspectives and strategies. Here, we investigated whether diversity in prior experience affects groups’ problem representations and performance. In a game-like experiment, participants categorized aliens based on combinations of their features. Whenever a specific feature combination was learned, the rule changed and a new feature combination had to be learned. However, unbeknown to participants, rule changes were governed by an abstract meta-rule and awareness of this provided an advantage when rules changed. We compared categorization performance between individuals, groups composed of members trained on the same rule, and groups composed of members trained on different rules before entering the collaborative test phase. Following preregistered predictions, groups with diverse task experience outperformed groups with similar task experience, which in turn outperformed individuals. These findings were unaffected diversity in personality (Big Five) and motivational factors, suggesting that diversity in experience plays the key role. We conclude that cognitive diversity impact problem solving by stimulating processes of abstraction and flexibility at the level of the group.
One wave or another in the pandemic: Psychological well-being during the third COVID-19 wave
Authors: Marchetti Michela , Gatti Daniele , Inguscio Lucio , Mazzoni Giuliana
Published: September 2021

After a year from the emergence of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on February 2020, between March and May 2021 Italy faced its third wave of infections. Previous studies have shown that in the first phases of the pandemic certain factors had a protective role against distress. However, as the months in the pandemic went by, people’s feelings and experiences significantly changed and little is known regarding the role of possible protective variables after prolonged pandemic situations. In the present study we aimed to investigate the impact of several behavioral variables on individuals’ mental states and emotions experienced during the third COVID-19 wave in Italy. 454 Italian adults were asked questions regarding the intensity of mental states and emotions experienced, the perceived usefulness of lockdown, the feeling of living a normal life, and the coping strategies implemented to face the pandemic. Using a data driven approach, we calculated the best model on the participation of each factor in explaining participants’ emotions and mental states. Our findings indicate that the presence of acceptance attitudes toward restrictive measures and the implementation of recreational activities helped participants face a prolonged pandemic with positive emotions.
Municipal-Indigenous Relations in Ontario: Initiatives in Brantford, Hamilton, and Niagara
Authors: Heritz Joanne
Published: September 2021

The relationship between local government and urban Indigenous Peoples in Ontario is understudied, even though over half of Canada’s Indigenous population live in urban centres, one in five of Canada’s Indigenous population live in Ontario, and the Six Nations of the Grand River has the largest reserve population in Canada. Brantford, Hamilton, and Niagara were selected to build on previous research that mapped Municipal-Indigenous relations in seven municipalities across Canada. Studies regarding Municipal-Indigenous relations indicate the degree of inclusion of Indigenous Peoples in policy processes is as unique as each municipality. Some municipalities are urban Indigenous policy innovators with formal mechanisms for Indigenous inclusion in policy processes while others lag. An investigation of three Ontario municipalities is pivotal in partially supporting the finding that larger urban centres with proportionately smaller Indigenous populations are moving toward substantive Indigenous relationship building when compared to smaller municipalities with proportionately higher Indigenous populations.
Tracing One Warm Line: Climate Stories and Silences in Northwest Passage Tourism
Authors: Kerber Jenny
Published: September 2021

This article examines representations of polar cruise tourism in the Northwest Passage as climate change extends the geographic range of open waters and increases the number of ice-free days in the Canadian Arctic. It connects current cruise promotion to earlier exploration histories and investigates the paradoxes that arise in the drive to bear witness to climate change while accelerating its impacts through carbon-intensive travel. It also examines some of the ways that Franklin expedition tourism in particular is being used to reinforce claims of Canadian sovereignty over Arctic resources. Overall, the promotion of this kind of maritime tourism highlights many of the key fault lines between visitor expectations and geophysical and cultural realities in a changing North, raising doubts about whether expanded development of such tourism can succeed in creating climate change ambassadors. The article concludes that the potential for developing cross-cultural environmental justice solidarities depends in significant measure on the tourism industry’s greater inclusion of Inuit perspectives that understand the Arctic not merely as a place to travel through, but as a homeland of earth, sea, and the shifting ice between.
The Indigenous Public Child and Neoliberal Settler-Colonialism: Theorizing the Intersections between the White Possessive and Neoliberal Accountability Regimes
Authors: Leibel Miranda
Published: September 2021

This article examines accountability discourses in Alberta’s legislative debates on child intervention during the years 2016–19. I demonstrate that the supposedly apolitical discourse of accountability functions as a form of neoliberal and settler-colonial governmentality that reaffirms the legitimacy of settler state intervention into the pathologized Indigenous family. Using the death of Serenity in Alberta’s child intervention system in 2014, and the subsequent legislative debates surrounding her death and the lack of accountability in the child intervention system as a case study, I demonstrate that accountability as both a discourse and a mechanism moves between positioning Albertans-as-Victims, Albertans-as-Stakeholders, and, finally, Albertans-as-Responsible-Agents. Ultimately, I argue that shifting discourses of accountability, which move from governmental to societal to individual accountability, re-centre a relationship of settler possession in relation to the Indigenous Public Child, whose life and death become available for consumption by settler publics in exchange for governmental credibility and accountability.
Undermining Justice: The Political Framing of Actors in the Independent Assessment Process
Authors: Deska-Gauthier Sidey , Levac Leah , Hanson Cindy
Published: September 2021

This article presents findings from a critical discourse analysis of House of Commons debates about the Independent Assessment Process (IAP), an out-of-court compensatory adjudication process intended to resolve claims of sexual and physical abuse that occurred at Indian Residential Schools and one of five key elements of the Indian Residential School Settlement Agreement. Our analysis is guided by the question: What do elected officials’ discussions about the IAP reveal about the implementation of compensatory transitional justice mechanisms in settler colonial states, and about colonial relations (specifically attempts at reconciliation) more generally? Our study focuses on debates that took place between 2004 and 2019. We explored elected officials’ framing of both Survivors and the Canadian State in their discussions about the IAP. Our analysis reveals the limited reach of dialogue based in a partisan and antagonistic context and supports those scholars who assert that transitional justice is incompatible with reconciliation and decolonization. By way of contributing to the larger interdisciplinary study entitled Reconciling Perspectives and Building Public Memory: Learning from the Independent Assessment Process, of which this article is part, we reflect on what our findings mean not only for public memory but also for studying the IAP moving forward.
ВІКІДИДАКТИКА − СКЛАДНИК НОВІТНЬОЇ МЕДІАДИДАКТИКИ В СОЦІАЛЬНІЙ МЕРЕЖІ ФЕЙСБУК
Authors:   доктор технічний наук, професор, Національний технічний університет «ХПІ», Харків, Україна, Білецький В. С. , Онкович Г. В. ,   доктор педагогічних наук, професор, Київський медичний університет, Київ, Україна, Онкович А. Д. ,   кандидат педагогічних наук, магістр журналістики, доцент, Київський національний університет культури і мистецтв, Київ, Україна
Published: September 2021

The article deals with a new pedagogical branch of "wikididactics" and its presentation on Facebook. Wikididactics is considered as a part of pedagogy, which deals with the use of Wikipedia in the educational process, development and testing of new didactic materials based on Wikipedia sources. Terminological base of the direction "Wikididactics" today includes the following concepts: wiki user, wikimedian, wikipedian, wiki educator, wikididact. Wikididactics is the newest branch of modern media didactics, presented on the social network Facebook. The materials of the Facebook page are aimed at developing the media educational and socio-cultural competencies of its users. The results of the content analysis of the FB page "Wikididactics" are offered.
ОСОБЛИВОСТІ ВИКЛАДАННЯ КЛІНІЧНИХ ДИСЦИПЛІН СТУДЕНТАМ МЕДИКАМ ПІД ЧАС ДИСТАНЦІЙНОГО НАВЧАННЯ У ЗВ’ЯЗКУ З ПАНДЕМІЄЮ COVID-19
Authors:   доцент кафедри нервових хвороб, психіатрії та медичної психології ім. С.М. Савенка, Буковинський державний медичний університет, м. Чернівці, Україна, Савка C. Д. , Карвацька Н. С. ,   доцент кафедри нервових хвороб, психіатрії та медичної психології ім. С.М. Савенка, Буковинський державний медичний університет, м. Чернівці, Україна
Published: September 2021

According to UNESCO statistics, more than 1.5 billion children and youth in 188 countries around the globe have to stay home due to the closure of schools and higher education institutions following the Coronavirus outbreak [1]. The aim of our work was to study the features of teaching clinical disciplines to medical students during distance learning and to develop an algorithm to improve practical skills and abilities. The study included 260 fourth-year medical students. Surveys were conducted anonymously in a randomized manner to increase the reliability of the results, using Google Forms (software for administering the survey, which is part of the free web package Google Docs Editors, offered by Google). The whole list of questions was compiled into one questionnaire, to each of which the student had to give a positive or negative answer. After analyzing the answers to the questions about the resources that contribute to better learning of practical skills during distance learning, the majority of 204 (78.5%) respondents chose simulation technologies, 38 students (14.6%) preferred video interviews followed by discussion and only 18 people (6.9%) - solving clinical tasks and tests. According to the results of the research, the highest indicators of mastering practical skills and abilities were students who worked them in the educational and training center of simulation medicine and innovative technologies.
ДОКУМЕНТ В СОЦІАЛЬНИХ КОМУНІКАЦІЯХ
Authors: Барановська Наталія , Січкаренко Галина , Стоян Тетяна
Published: September 2021

Ефективне функціонування соціальних комунікацій в новітніх умовах масового поширення інформаційно-комунікаційних технологій, де нерідко присутня неперевірена або неправдива інформація, неможливе без розвитку такої традиційної його форми як документальні видання. Метою статті є узагальнення досвіду України щодо формування політики документної комунікації через видання збірників архівних документів в останне десятиліття для надання суспільству максимально об’єктивної інформації в найрізноманітних сферах його життєдіяльності. Методологія дослідження ґрунтується на стратегіях порівняння, типології, принципах історизму, соціального підходу. В основу логіки викладу матеріалу покладено проблемно-історичний принцип. Наукова новизна розвідок пов’язана з тим, що питання аналізу місця й ролі документальних видань як складової системи соціальних комунікацій досі не стало предметом спеціального дослідження. Показується, що обсяг документальних матеріалів, виданих в останнє десятиліття, досить великий і створив тематичні блоки з широкою хронологією. Відзначений вагомий внесок документальних збірників, підготовлених в регіонах, присвячених зокрема темам, що отримали свій розвиток лише в часи незалежності. Можна констатувати, що історики й архівісти загалом справляються з завданням показу об’єктивної картини історичних подій, що є головним в ефективній соціальній комунікації. Разом з тим, стан соціальних комунікацій має значні резерви в своему розвитку для підготовки документальних видань, які б відповідали назрілим інформаційним запитам населення та розвіювали кліше і міфи стосовно важливих історичних подій, і де є особливо наявним зовнішній щодо України інформаційний вплив.
ОРГАНІЗАЦІЯ ІНФОРМАЦІЙНОЇ ДІЯЛЬНОСТІ В УПРАВЛІННІ: ТЕНДЕНЦІЇ РОЗВИТКУ ТА ФАКТОРИ ВПЛИВУ
Authors: Климова Катерина
Published: September 2021

В сучасних умовах організація інформаційної діяльності в управлінні зазнає суттєвих модифікацій і потребує аналізу тенденцій і визначення перспективних напрямів її розвитку. Основними тенденціями в організації інформаційної діяльності сфери управління є зростання ролі і значення організаційних засад в інформаційній підготовці та реалізації управлінських стратегічних планів і проектів; узалежнення організаційних засад інформаційного забезпечення управління від законодавчо-нормативної бази у сфері інформації, документації та інформаційної діяльності; нормативна база управлінської інформаційної діяльності має потужну правову основу, і саме закони визначають правове поле розробляння нормативних актів, які охоплюють всі аспекти роботи з документованою управлінською інформацією; організація інформаційної діяльності в управлінні охоплює всі стадії життя документів та має тісний зв’язок з питаннями архівування задокументованої управлінської інформації; підпорядкування інформаційного та документаційного забезпечення менеджменту цілям і завданням політики ‒ державної, політики установи/підприємства/організації; розширення предметного поля організаційних засад інформаційної діяльності в умовах демократизації суспільного життя та забезпечення доступу до публічної інформації;  швидке пристосування до технічних змін і новітніх технологій створення та функціонування документованої інформації;  зростання ролі наукових засад організації інформаційної діяльності важливим фактором якого є діяльність наукових інституцій, університетських кафедр;  вплив міжнародного досвіду на організаційні засади інформаційно-документаційного забезпечення менеджменту; поява нових структур ‒ субʼєктів інформаційної діяльності ‒ інформаційних посередників; активізація діяльності інформаційних та інформаційно-аналітичних підрозділів установ; вплив правових питань функціонування та використання інформації, гарантування дотримання прав власності на інформацію, забезпечення доступу до відкритої інформації, що знаходиться в розпорядженні державних органів, органів місцевого самоврядування, окремих установ/організацій.
СТРУКТУРА УПРАВЛІНСЬКИХ КОМУНІКАЦІЙ СЕРЕДНЬОВІЧНОЇ ДЕРЖАВИ КИЇВСЬКА РУСЬ
Authors: Біловус Леся , Боднарчук Юлія , Гомотюк Оксана
Published: September 2021

Мета роботи. Дослідження узагальнює структуру управлінської комунікації періоду ранньофеодальної держави Київська Русь як особливий вид соціальних комунікацій; виявляє типові риси в системі управлінських комунікацій культурних традицій народів, що перебували у безпосередній взаємодії; аналізуються історично сформовані риси управлінських комунікацій з метою встановлення причинно-наслідкових зв’язків якісного функціонування держави Київська Русь. Методологія дослідження полягає у застосуванні загальнонаукових методів дослідження (опис, порівняння, аналогія, аналіз та ін.), а також передбачає застосування порівняльно-історичного методу, історично типологічного, історично хронологічного. Наукова новизна роботи полягає у дослідженні поєднання культурних традицій агентів взаємовпливу в політичній системі управлінських комунікацій Київської Русі, як ефективної комунікаційної мережі, що зумовила тривалий розвиток середньовічної держави в умовах поліцентричності та територіальної розгалуженості. Розглянуто основні складові управлінсько-комунікативної моделі державного управління в Київській Русі як поєднання різних культурних традицій воїнів-варягів та автохтонів слов’ян. Окреслено умови застосування та якісні наслідки використання комунікативної системи для централізації держави й ефективного її розвитку упродовж тривалого періоду. Зосереджено увагу на історичній складовій політичних інституцій, які увійшли до управлінської моделі комунікацій Київської Русі.
Висновки. Управлінсько-комунікативна мережа Київської Русі сформувала симбіоз двох управлінських культур слов’янської та норманської правлячих традицій. Взаємопроникнення культур і стабільний еволюційний розвиток комунікаційної мережі сприяли якісному існуванню держави упродовж тривалого періоду.
Czy w tym szaleństwie jest metoda? Dyskurs konfliktu w relacjach Chorwacji i Serbii w latach 2014-2018
Authors: Kucharski Michał Piotr
Published: September 2021

Celem artykułu jest analiza dyskursu konfliktu w relacjach bilateralnych Chorwacji i Serbii, wskazanie czy tamtejsi politycy wykorzystują go świadomie oraz jakie mogą być potencjalne konsekwencje ich działania. Krytyczna Analiza Dyskursu jest interdyscyplinarną metodą badawczą z pogranicza językoznawstwa i nauk społecznych. W związku z tym najważniejszą częścią artykułu będzie umieszczenie wypowiedzi polityków w szerszym kontekście społeczno-politycznym, relacji międzynarodowych oraz sytuacji wewnętrznej w tych dwóch krajach. Kluczowym materiałem poddanym analizie będzie retoryka prezydenta Serbii Aleksandra Vučicia i jego środowiska i byłej prezydent Chorwacji Kolindy Grabar-Kitarović.
Masculinity, Disability, and Politics in Polish War-Disabled Memoirs (1971)
Authors: Śmieja Wojciech
Published: September 2021

This article offers a contextualized analysis of disabled Polish war veterans’ memoirs published in 1971. This set of documents constitutes a remarkable source for understanding how masculinity and male corporeality are narrated and negotiated between politics, social and family lives, private and public spheres. The article focuses on the conventions and conditions of war-disability discourse production in Poland during the long sixties; it also highlights biographical tensions between appreciation of veterans’ masculinity in political discourse and their often emasculated position in social structures, families and private lives.
The Whiteness of French Food
Authors: Cohen Mathilde
Published: September 2021

Food is fundamental to French identity. So too is the denial of structural racism and racial identity. Both tenets are central to the nation’s self-definition, making them all the more important to think about together. This article purports to identify and critique a form of “French food Whiteness” ( blanchité alimentaire ), that is, the use of food and eating practices to reify and reinforce Whiteness as the dominant racial identity. To do so, it develops four case studies of how law elevates a fiction of homogenous French/White food as superior and normative at the expense of alternative ways of eating and their eaters—the law of geographical indications, school lunches, citizenship, and cultural heritage.
China's Policy to Ensure Sovereignty in the South China Sea: Who Defends China's Interests
Authors:   Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Russia, Moscow, Melnichuk S.A.
Published: September 2021

The article provides an overview of the PRC's strategy to ensure sovereignty in the South China Sea, as well as of the subjects responsible for its implementation. In her work, the author attempted to analyze the role of civil, military and administrative bodies in the implementation of measures to establish control over the maritime zone and disputed islands and reefs in the SCS. Since 2013, the Chinese leadership has not only actively modernized the departments involved in ensuring China's maritime interests, but also carried out reforms aimed at centralizing the work and strengthening the interaction of these structures. This tactic has led to the fact that today the consolidation of China in the waters of the SCS, to which it claims, has reached the "point of no return".
Indo-Pacific Dimension of the U.S. Policy under J. Biden: Implications for ASEAN
Authors:   National Research University Higher School of Economics: Moscow, Moscow, RU, Korolev Alexander S.
Published: September 2021

The article reveals the main parameters of the U.S. Indo-Pacific strategy under J. Biden. Despite the short term in the presidency, it is already possible to note a high level of continuity in the Indo-Pacific strategy of J. Biden in comparison with his predecessor D. Trump. The basis of a «new» approach – is the comprehensive containment of the PRC, the promotion of alternative economic mechanisms and the strengthening of the military-political dialogue with the US allies, as well as deeper involvement of key partners, including ASEAN member states. For the Association itself, the development of the IPR and the institutionalization of its main formats is a challenge to its central role in ensuring security in the region, which can further exacerbate intra-ASEAN contradictions.
Global Transregional Initiatives in Contemporary World Politics: Evolution of the Leading Powers Foreign Policy Strategies in Asia and the ASEAN Position
Authors:   National Research University Higher School of Economics, Martynova Elena S.
Published: September 2021

This article focuses on the most ambitious integration initiatives, negotiations on which in recent years have been the main topic of meetings of heads of state at the highest level and at meetings of intergovernmental organizations. First of all, there are competing trade agreements – RCEP and TPP, as well as global geopolitical projects – the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative, the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue created under the auspices of the United States and the Great Eurasian partnership promoted by the Russian Federation. The analysis shows that, in fact, China has taken over the initiative to form a new world order. Currently, Chinese strategic projects are the most ambitious, consistent and attractive in comparison with the proposals of other leading powers. We have to admit that the formats of cooperation on the basis of ASEAN may become a political anachronism in the near future, to which everyone will pay tribute, but key decisions will be made at other venues.
COVID-19 and New Investment Opportunities in Southeast Asia
Authors:   IMEMO RAS, Russia, Moscow, Rogozhin Aleksandr A.
Published: September 2021

The article states that the COVID-19 pandemic negatively affected almost all sectors of the economy in Southeast Asia, which, accordingly, led to a sharp slowdown in the investment process. However, according to the author, as the epidemic spreads, new investment opportunities have emerged in several sectors and spheres of their economy. The author provides a brief analysis of the most likely of these possibilities, believing that it is difficult to say how quickly and successfully they will be implemented.
Comparative Analysis of Innovation Processes in the Russian Federation and the Countries of Southeast Asia
Authors:   Institute of the Socio-Political Researches of FCTAS RAS, Ruban Larissa S. , Ananjin Мaksim А. ,   Institute of Socio-Political Studies of FCTAS RAS,   First CIS Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry
Published: September 2021

The authors undertake a comparative analysis of the development of the innovation process in the Russian Federation and the countries of Southeast Asia, taking into account the dynamic changes that have occurred since the late 90s of the twentieth century to the present, taking into account the impact of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. The article shows the production and social sectors where innovation and digitalization are most actively implemented: IT, software development, retail and others. The authors trace the historical sequence of the emergence and development of high-tech zones, technology parks, startups and business incubators in Russia and the ASEAN countries, show their successes and the difficulties and problems they face. The conclusion made is unambiguous: only on the path of cooperation on the introduction of innovations in production and in all spheres of social life is the effective development of society possible.
Myanmar 2021: Military Coup as Tragic Recurrence of Old Scenario
Authors:   Institute of oriental studies, Russian academy of sciences (MOSCOW), Simoniya Aida A.
Published: September 2021

The article draws a parallel between the military coup in Myanmar in 2021 and the events of 1988, when a new generation of military came to power to replace the older one. The author believes that the scenario of the events of the late 80s − early and mid- 90s is repeated. The imposition of sanctions by Western countries and international financial organizations will lead the country to even greater economic and political dependence on China. Special attention is being paid to the criminal case being fabricated against the ousted leaders of the country and the National League for Democracy in order to eliminate this party from the electoral field in the future.
A Year in Lockdown in the Philippines: Timeline of the Pandemic and Conditions of Living under Quarantine Rules (Part 2.)
Authors:   Institute of oriental studies, Russian academy of sciences (MOSCOW), Panarina Daria S.
Published: September 2021

The article examines the course of the spread of the coronavirus infection epidemic in the Philippines during the first year, 2020, from the moment of the first confirmed cases of infection to the present time. The author pays attention to how the epidemic developed from May to December 2020, what measures were taken by the country's national government to combat the coronavirus, in which tightly regulated framework people were forced to live. We are considering 4 types of quarantines that were introduced by the Philippine government in different regions of the country during the specified period.
Role of Social Media in Radicalizing Protests in Thailand
Authors:   IAAS MSU, Russia Moscow, Lipilina Irina N.
Published: September 2021

Throughout 2020 youth protests did not stop in Thailand. They began as a reaction to the dissolution by the Constitutional Court of the New Future party, which is aimed at a youth audience. After the introduction of antiepidemiological restrictions street demonstrations stopped, but the activity of their participants shifted to social networks. In a digital space that is less subject to government censorship, the protest agenda has expanded and escalated significantly. As soon as the ban on demonstrations was lifted, the performances continued, but with more drastic demands, which were originally formulated on social networks. This article examines the impact of social media on the radicalization of youth protest in Thailand.
Singapore Seaport: Trends and Development Prospects
Authors:   Institute of oriental studies, Russian academy of sciences (MOSCOW), Osipova Mariya G.
Published: September 2021

Singapore is located at the crossroads of sea routes. Two hundred years ago this tropical island was uninhabited, and only sixty years ago began its independent development. Over the past years, the country has experienced two industrial revolutions, a financial center of world importance was built, and the industrial structure was transformed into an innovative one. This happened with the active intervention of the state and control over financial flows aimed at technical re-equipment and innovative restructuring of both the entire economy in general and the seaport in particular. The “yesterday”, “today” and “tomorrow” of the seaport are closely related to the economic development of Singapore, with its development in the past, functioning in the present and preparing for future transformations.
Australia: Economy of Growth
Authors:   Institute of oriental studies, Russian academy of sciences (MOSCOW), Mosolova Olga V.
Published: September 2021

The government of Australia gives a grant attention to the maintenance of high rates of economic development. In the course of a long time the country was one of the leading countries in the rates of economic growth in the world. The achievements of Australia attributes to competent domestic policy direct on the effective elaboration and realization of the economic, ecologic and social initiatives.
Humanitarian Cooperation between Russia and Japan like Sakura Flowers: a Symbol of Hope for a Better Future
Authors:   RUDN University, Zabella Anastasia A. , Eguchi Mitsuru ,   Soka University, Japan, Tokyo
Published: September 2021

Humanitarian cooperation between Russia and Japan is one of the key factors which can stimulate the development of interstate dialogue. The traditionally stable humanitarian interaction between Russia and Japan is particularly relevant in the face of conflicting political and economic conditions. In this article, the authors provide an analysis of key events and priority areas of humanitarian cooperation between Russia and Japan. The article presents the author's periodization of the development of humanitarian cooperation between countries.
Vietnamese Writer Hồ Biểu Chánh and His Adaptation of Dostoevsky's «Crime and Punishment»
Authors:   University of Social Sciences and Humanities – Vietnam National University of Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam, Phuong Phuong Tran Thi
Published: September 2021

Hồ Biểu Chánh (1884–1958) was a novelist, playwright, translator, scholar, who was considered as one of pioneers of modern Vietnamese novel. In his literary legacy there were many novels adapted from foreign literature, and «A Despondent Man» (Người thất chí) published in 1938 was among them. The plot of this novel was borrowed from Dostoevsky's «Crime and Punishment». This article gives some comparisons between «A Despondent Man» and «Crime and Punishment» to show how the Vietnamese writer perceived Dostoevsky's socio-psychological and socio-philosophical novel and based on its plot to create his own work in Vietnamese language.
Inter-Institute Scientific Conference “The Countries of Southeast Asia and the South Pacific Region between Beijing and Washington"
Authors:   Institute of oriental studies, Russian academy of sciences (MOSCOW), Astafieva Ekaterina M.
Published: September 2021

The article provides an overview of the reports of the Scientific Inter-Institute Conference “The Countries of Southeast Asia and the South Pacific Region between Beijing and Washington”, which took place on May 17, 2021 in the online format. Scientists, as well as postgraduates students from various academic, research and educational institutions took part in the conference, organized by the Center for Southeast Asia, Australia and Oceania Studies of the IOS RAS. The topics of the reports covered a wide range of issues, starting from the global and regional levels and ending with the problems of some Southeast Asia and the South Pacific region countries interaction with China and the United States.
Action for adolescent girls and COVID-19: Implications for safe space programming in the Sahel
Authors:   Population Council
Published: September 2021

This brief presents strategies used by organizations to adapt programs for adolescent girls (AGs) during crises. Sahel Women’s Empowerment and Demographic Dividend (SWEDD) planners and implementing partners are encouraged to revitalize and/or maintain Safe Space programming, which can be essential in maintaining contact with and supporting AGs during the COVID-19 pandemic. It is imperative that SWEDD be a driver of change by prioritizing AG and mentor safety in the context of the pandemic and other crises. The strategies described in this brief have been used to adapt AG programs such as Safe Spaces to the constraints imposed by COVID-19. Based on these experiences, recommendations are made for strategies that may be implemented during crises in SWEDD contexts. As suggested in this brief, SWEDD management units, implementing partners, ministry representatives, and technical assistance partners should consider these recommendations and how they can be useful in the contexts where they work. All recommendations can be adapted to each country and target population.