Modern Social Welfare in the Light of the Sustainability Model

Abstract

The paper presents the analysis of interaction between the social welfare and sustainable development. The aim of this paper is to show that the social development mostly depends on community values that form the pathway of the social movement. It is shown that mankind can influence the future choosing the optimum way of its development. Therefore, it is necessary to appreciate personal aspects of sociogenesis and a mechanism of its functioning, differences between social and natural dynamics. From the authors’ viewpoint, a philosophical understanding of sustainability by means of welfare as a regulation mechanism, is one of approaches to the study of social life and social development. A model of socio-practical man's existence mostly oriented towards satisfaction of needs helps to analyze the relationship between the categories under review. The more so as an ordinary intake of consumer amenities transforms to the instrument of construction od social identity, the sociocultural integration of individual with society. Social welfare is presented as a multiple-factor construct represented by a synthesis of cause and effect. Explication technique, hermeneutical approach, and comparison study are used to clarify basic notions of this research

Adaptación y validación de escalas de medición en el trabajo. Parte 1: bienestar social

“…La comprensión del bienestar implica lo individual y lo social a partir de lo experimentado por un sujeto sociohistórico que vive en una sociedad la cual brinda satisfacción a las necesidades y aspiraciones que este posee (Ivankina y Latygovskaya, 2015). A su vez, implica la existencia de un cierto estándar que corresponde al sistema de valores aceptados por una cultura en una determinada época (Ivankina y Latygovskaya, 2015).…”

“…La comprensión del bienestar implica lo individual y lo social a partir de lo experimentado por un sujeto sociohistórico que vive en una sociedad la cual brinda satisfacción a las necesidades y aspiraciones que este posee (Ivankina y Latygovskaya, 2015). A su vez, implica la existencia de un cierto estándar que corresponde al sistema de valores aceptados por una cultura en una determinada época (Ivankina y Latygovskaya, 2015). Keyes (1998) define el bienestar social como la "valoración que los individuos hacen de las circunstancias y el funcionamiento dentro de la sociedad" y sostiene que aquellas personas que poseen un mayor bienestar social se caracterizan por: a) arraigado sentimiento de pertenencia y cuentan con lazos y vínculos sociales sólidos como apoyo; (b) confianza en los demás como en sí mismos y aceptación de los aspectos positivos y negativos de su vida; (c) sentimiento de utilidad al interior del colectivo; (d) confianza en el futuro de la sociedad reconociendo su potencial de crecimiento y beneficios; y (e) concebir su vida y el mundo como algo lleno de sentido y objetivos (Keyes, 1998).…”

Community Social Welfare Modeling

“…According to the modern concept of sustainable development, quality of life is the result of the interaction of social, economic and environmental factors. The concept of social welfare is directly connected with the idea of the sustainable development, they are interconnected processes unified by the principle of intercomplementarity (Ivankina et al 2015, Fleurbaey, 2015. The modern concept of quality of life is perceived as a certain social construct which consists of distinct social dimensions.…”

“…Objective well-being is based on the satisfaction of the needs of the individual "in relation to the objective world", while the subjective includes mental well-being: the concept of happiness, the sense of satisfaction. Ivankina, Latygovskaya (2015) Social welfare is a complex integral indicator of the social sphere efficiency which reflects social health, welfare standard, quality of living, and social security of the society system. In this connection, social welfare is the most important indicator of stability comprising certain achievements and opportunities available in diverse vital activities of the individual and society as a whole, i.e.…”

“…From the viewpoint of Ivankina et al (2015), the welfare assurance is provided by the civil society interested in the achievement and regulation of the balance between the private and the public. A civil society represents the moral and political method of organizing people in a community that demonstrates a phenomenon of autophagy, when people utilize themselves as a means of their survival, free choice and activity based on common values.…”