Engagement with Russian civil society is the least contested part of the EU’s current and expected future approach to Russia. There is broad agreement on the need to conduct a dialogue with Russian ...citizens and to facilitate people-to-people contacts, as well as to support civil society as such. However, this general goal is not fully matched by a clear understanding of what the basic features and sentiments of Russian society are today. This article seeks to sketch an unvarnished picture of Russian society, knowledge of which is essential for the effective design and successful conduct of any engagement activities (their formats, channels of communication and content). The key problems include the lack of enthusiasm among ordinary Russians for the European project, and their growing confusion—fuelled by authoritarian control and disinformation—about European institutions and norms.
Ongoing calls from academic and civil society groups and regulatory demands for the central role of affected communities in development, evaluation, and deployment of artificial intelligence systems ...have created the conditions for an incipient “participatory turn” in AI. This turn encompasses a wide number of approaches — from legal requirements for consultation with civil society groups and community input in impact assessments, to methods for inclusive data labeling and co-design. However, more work remains in adapting the methods of participation to the scale of commercial AI. In this paper, we highlight the tensions between the localized engagement of community-based participatory methods, and the globalized operation of commercial AI systems. Namely, the scales of commercial AI and participatory methods tend to differ along the fault lines of (1) centralized to distributed development; (2) calculable to self-identified publics; and (3) instrumental to intrinsic perceptions of the value of public input. However, a close look at these differences in scale demonstrates that these tensions are not irresolvable but contingent. We note that beyond its reference to the size of any given system, scale serves as a measure of the infrastructural investments needed to extend a system across contexts. To scale for a more participatory AI, we argue that these same tensions become opportunities for intervention by offering case studies that illustrate how infrastructural investments have supported participation in AI design and governance. Just as scaling commercial AI has required significant investments, we argue that scaling participation accordingly will require the creation of infrastructure dedicated to the practical dimension of achieving the participatory tradition’s commitment to shifting power.
The Legitimacy of new Regionalism in the European Integration Process István-József POLGÁR; Mircea BRIE (Coordinators)
Analele Universitatii din Oradea. Relatii internationale si Studii europene,
01/2023, Volume:
Supplement of the Annals University of Oradea. International Relations and European Studies, Issue:
III
Book, Journal Article
Peer reviewed
Open access
European borders have gone through allot of changes in terms of understanding the space of a culture, race, religion, city or nation. Growing from physical walls, intense militarized areas to a ...formal understanding of regions with no physical boundaries or restrictions of any kind, the frontier or the border, has been an area of the utmost importance to the different branches of science. The issue of cross-border cooperation in general goes beyond geographical, economic and legal approaches. If we intend to treat the phenomenon from a specific point of view, we will find ambiguities and uncertainties regarding the role and functioning of some institutions in the process of cross-border cooperation and partnerships. The international conference volume entitled „The Legitimacy of New Regionalism in the European integration process”, through its 4 chapters and 30 articles is focusing on, the role of civil society in the democratization and European Integration Process of Central and Eastern Europe; the role of regional, transnational and cross‐border co-operation in the European integration process; security versus openness of borders. Social, confessional and cultural differences between communities and new policy trends and civil initiatives in South Eastern Europe. The present volume contains the papers of the international Jean Monnet conference “The Legitimacy of new Regionalism in the European Integration Process”, held in Oradea between 4th-5th of May 2023, organized by the Department of International Relations and European Studies, University of Oradea with the support of the European Commission.
h4Studies the impact neo-traditionalism has on the religious and political subjectivities of Muslims in the West/h4ulliShows the importance of neo-traditionalism in the changing conceptions of ...religious orthodoxy, religious authority and spirituality for young Muslims in the West/liliStudies primarily – although not exclusively – three neo-traditionalist shaykhs: Hamza Yusuf, Abdal Hakim Murad and Umar Faruq Abd-Allah/li liAnalyses how neo-traditionalist shaykhs construct the notion of ‘tradition’ concerning what they perceive to have been lost in modernity/li liExamines the political implications to their critiques of modernity – as it pertains to political quietism, race and gender/li/ulpExamining Muslim neo-traditionalist scholars in the West and their community of young seekers of sacred knowledge, Walaa Quisay explores the emerging trend within Anglo-American Islam that emphasises the importance of ‘tradition’. This book focuses on spiritual retreats hosted by three main shaykhs – Hamza Yusuf, Abdal Hakim Murad and Umar Faruq Abd-Allah – to examine how religious authority is formed and affirmed./ppThrough interviews with seekers who have attended retreats, the author sheds light on how discourses are shaped and practised and analyses how neo-traditionalist shaykhs construct the notion of ‘tradition’ concerning what they perceive to have been lost in modernity. The importance is highlighted of neo-traditionalism in the changing conceptions of religious orthodoxy, religious authority and spirituality for young Muslims in the West, and Quisay examines the political implications to the shaykhs’ critiques of modernity as it pertains to political quietism, race and gender./p
In dem aktuell geführten Diskurs um den ‚Shrinking Space‘ von Zivilgesellschaft wird bereits sprachlich durch den Begriff, wie auch thematisch, ein Rückgang zivilgesellschaftlichen Handelns ...appliziert. Die Angriffe auf den Raum der Zivilgesellschaft, so die Diagnose vieler Autor*innen, müssen als zunehmendes und global verbreitetes Problem gesehen werden. Dennoch lässt sich empirisch das Wachstum vieler Zivilgesellschaften beobachten. Diese Annahmen muten in der Gleichzeitigkeit paradox an und führen häufig zu analytischer Verwirrung. Ich argumentiere in diesem Artikel, dass sich dieses Paradox auflösen lässt, indem man sich zum einen eingesteht (1), dass der Begriff
nur als kritischer, nicht jedoch als deskriptiver Begriff verwendet werden sollte, und zum anderen (2), dass eine adäquate Beschreibung des Handlungsraums von Zivilgesellschaft verlangt, diesen als multidimensionalen Dynamikbereich zu verstehen, der von unterschiedlichen gesellschaftlich-politischen Entwicklungen und Akteur*innen in seiner Kontingenz beeinflusst wird. Ich schlage vor, deswegen besser von
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The Routledge Handbook of Civil and Uncivil Society in Southeast Asia explores the nature and implications of civil society across the region, engaging systematically with both theoretical approaches ...and empirical nuance for a systematic, comparative, and informative approach. The handbook actively analyses the varying definitions of civil society, critiquing the inconsistent scrutiny of this sphere over time. It brings forth the need to reconsider civil society development in today’s Southeast Asia, including activist organisations' and platforms' composition, claims, resources, and potential to effect sociopolitical change. Structured in five parts, the volume includes chapters written by an international set of experts analysing topics relating to civil society: Spaces and platforms Place within politics Resources and tactics Identity formation and claims Advocacy The handbook highlights the importance of civil society as a domain for political engagement outside the state and parties, across Southeast Asia, as well as the prevalence and weight of 'uncivil' dimensions. It offers a well-informed and comprehensive analysis of the topic and is an indispensable reference work for students and researchers in the fields of Asian Studies, Asian Politics, Southeast Asian Politics and Comparative Politics. The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license. Funded by The Research Foundation for State University of New York, USA and The Stockholm Center for Global Asia, Sweden.
Responding to the growing gap between the sociological ethos & the world we study, the challenge of public sociology is to engage multiple publics in multiple ways. These public sociologies should ...not be left out in the cold, but brought into the framework of our discipline. In this way we make public sociology a visible & legitimate enterprise, &, thereby, invigorate the discipline as a whole. Accordingly, if we map out the division of sociological labor we discover antagonistic interdependence among four types of knowledge: professional, critical, policy, & public. In the best of all worlds the flourishing of each type of sociology is a condition for the flourishing of all, but they can just as easily assume pathological forms or become victims of exclusion & subordination. This field of power beckons us to explore the relations among the four types of sociology as they vary historically & nationally, & as they provide the template for divergent individual careers. Finally, comparing disciplines points to the umbilical chord that connects sociology to the world of publics, underlining sociology's particular investment in the defense of civil society, itself beleaguered by the encroachment of markets & states. 3 Tables, 92 References. Adapted from the source document.
A consolidação de uma democracia e de um Estado de Direito passa pelo desenvolvimento de uma sociedade civil organizada, com forte atuação e autonomia em relação ao Estado, permitindo a construção de ...um ambiente favorável ao desenvolvimento de organizações da sociedade civil (OSC). O estudo busca identificar quais adaptações as OSCs precisam promover para estarem aderentes ao marco regulatório do terceiro setor (MROSC), e estarem elegíveis a transacionar com o poder público. Sob característica qualitativa, abordagem dedutiva e com emprego de levantamento em fontes secundárias, observou-se que quesitos que não partem da decisão da coletividade da OSC tolhem sua vontade e sua participação na tomada das decisões. Apesar de se verificar aspectos aderentes ao MROSC, o estabelecimento de regras precisa emanar da coletividade. Caso isto ocorra vindo de organismo externo, a OSC que aceitar tal condição, perderá uma de suas características essenciais.
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