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„Икономиката в сянка“ като девиантна практика: теоретични начала и проблематизиране

Author(s): Emilia Chengelova,Lyuba D. Spasova / Language(s): English,Bulgarian Issue: 5/2017

: Proceeding from the view that shady economic practices are specific forms of deviant behaviour motivated by economic objectives, the article presents some of the leading theories and concepts of social deviation, and discusses them in their application to the origin of shadow economy practices, seen as socio–economic activities that are legally authorized but in intentional viola-tion of the legal framework and economic regulations. By theorizing shady practices in the wider perspective of the concepts of social deviations (behav-iours that deviate from the norms of a given society at a given time), the authors are able to take the study beyond the purely economic mechanisms and reveal elements in the genesis and reproduction of shady practices that are common to most deviations, as well as elements specific to the analysed phenomenon

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Higher Education as a Heterogeneous Good: Vertical Education-Job Mismatch among Graduates

Author(s): Petya Ilieva-Trichkova,Pepka Boyadjieva / Language(s): English Issue: Special/2017

The article aims to explore the social embeddedness of the labour market misbalances for highly educated people, using Bulgaria as a case study. It argues that the labour market misbalances for highly educated people mirror structural problems in the economy and the educational system. These misbalances represent a way for fighting against unemployment, but this comes at a certain “price”. The adopted theoretical approach to graduate employability highlights its two sides, the individual’s and the socio-structural aspects. The analysis is based on data from the Bulgarian Universities Ranking System and the National Social Security Institute and uses descriptive statistics and multilevel modelling. The study reveals that the level of vertical education-job mismatch depends on profiles of higher education institutions and professional fields. It also differs significantly by gender, year of graduation and educational degree. The article shows that under conditions of its massification and diversification, higher education increasingly functions as a positional and heterogeneous good.

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Women in the Labor Market and Decision Making in Kosovo

Author(s): Dena Arapi,Luan Vardari,Rrezarta Gashi / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2017

Gender equality is defined as a prerequisite for European integration and as such the Action Plan for European Partnership is listed on Political Criteria. The Government of Kosovo in April 2008 approved the Kosovo Program for Gender Equality GENERAL six goals and eight specific objectives. With this objective case for women in the labor market and decision-making requires a greater commitment of all stakeholders. This study provides an overview of the rough that evaluates the legal framework and cross-sectoral policies and positioning of women in conformity with their school preparation in decision-making positions. Economic independence remains as one of the main key to the realization of the equal right to decision-making positions. Although Kosovo with gender representation in decision-making level of the seventeenth in the world counted in the labor market situation remains a challenge that requires a great commitment to the local factor and even international. Therefore, the research enables the opening of discussions, improving the working environment and the implementation of the Action Plan for Empowering Women in Economy as a key factor of the welfare of family and society

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Езикът на тялото в бизнес комуникацията

Author(s): Gergana Fyrkova / Language(s): English,Bulgarian Issue: 5/2018

What does body language reveal about us and others? Darwin was the first to connect facial expressions to behavior patterns that are of much earlier origin than spoken language. According to social anthropologist Edward T. Hall, in a conversation between two people, only 35% of the socially relevant information is passed through words. Nearly 65% of the cues in the direct communication process pass through paraverbal channels. When there is a discrepancy between cues, we usually trust the non-verbal ones. Signs and gestures do not lie; they reflect a person’s true intentions. All mental changes appear immediately at a non-verbal level and the signals received through sight, which are charged with much more information, are directly processed by the brain without being filtered. Body language can also serve as an effective tool of influence. The ability to master it and use it is particularly important in the business world. The article discusses the practical effects of non-verbal communication and seeks to explain why non-verbal codes should not be underestimated.

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Обособяване на изкуството

Author(s): Niklas Luhmann / Language(s): English,Bulgarian Issue: 3/2019

In the following two texts, Niklas Luhmann discusses the emergence and the differentiation of art as a social system. This process begins during the Renaissance and reaches its full-scale development with Romanticism, around the end of the 18th century. Of central importance is Luhmann’s account of communication, understood as behavior coordinated by symbolically generalized social codes. The German sociologist analyzes how the system of art functions today and criticizes the meaning that the concepts of “artist” and “spectator” have acquired in the Modern Age.

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Kurikulum i tržište rada: uporedna analiza kurikularnih ishoda studijskog programa sociologije na Filozofskom fakultetu Univerziteta u Beogradu i traženih kompetencija na tržištu rada

Author(s): Isidora Jarić,Miloš Đerić / Language(s): Serbian Issue: 5/2019

During last several decades, sociological profession has faced serious challenges, both globally and locally. Within the context of labor market in Serbia these challenges, along with inadequate response of professional community; have resulted in the loss of professional monopoly for some job positions and roles. Once respected experts, sociologists, have lost professional monopoly on jobs recognized and affirmed by: (a) state, governmental and independent institutions; (b) business organizations; (c) civil society organizations; and (d) international organizations, all of which employ sociologists with diplomas received from universities in the Republic of Serbia. Although examples for this are numerous, we will limit the analysis to three case studies regarding professional positions of: (1) sociology teacher; (2) researcher in market research industry; and (3) employees of various international organizations. Analysis will use several different sources of empirical data: (a) various legislation and by-laws, especially rules on employment requirements (in state, public, and individual organizations); (b)job advertisements, where we will analyze required competencies for particular positions; and (c) current curriculums for BA and MA studies of sociology on the Department of Sociology Faculty of Philosophy University of Belgrade, where we will analyze provided professional competencies. Analysis will attempt to answer the question if there is a gap between professional competencies provided by study programs and those required of sociologists in the labor market. If the gap exists, we will provide potential solutions on the way in which it can be bridged and position of sociologists on labor market in Serbia improved.

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Transitions Online_Around the Bloc-18 May

Author(s): Ioana Caloianu / Language(s): English Issue: 05/25/2020

Our news roundup: theater protests in Albania; surrogate babies stuck in Ukraine; Bulgarian TV outraged; quarantined cashmere in Mongolia; and still no COVID-19 in Turkmenistan.

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Дигитални умения на специалистите в морската индустрия. Тенденции в развитието

Author(s): Yordan Sivkov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 3/2020

Increasing digital competencies is one of the processes that are evolving in every industry. The development of technologies in marine platforms also leads to the logical need for changes in the training of service persons. For the purposes of this transformation and the development of new skills, the curricula of seafarers in the cross-section of digital competencies have been analyzed and a solution to meet the new realities has been proposed based on the analysis.

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Creating High-Performance Organizations in Asia: Issues to Consider

Author(s): André de Waal / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2020

In recent decades the Asian continent has gained in economic importance. This advancement has not been without its problems. Therefore, in order to stay competitive, Asian companies need to transform themselves into high-performance organizations (HPO). This means that they need to know the factors that will make them world-class. This paper described the application of the HPO Framework, a holistic and scientifically validated framework for creating HPOs which has earlier been used successfully at several Asian companies where it was used to identify main organizational areas which have to be strengthened in order for these organizations to become HPOs. In this paper we investigate, based on data collected at organizations in multiple Asian countries, what the main issues are for Asian organizations which they need to address in order to become truly high performing.

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Образование за устойчиво развитие – социокултурни аспекти и педагогически измерения

Author(s): Daniela Dimova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 4/2020

Education for Sustainable Development comes to restart and update basic pedagogical concepts for environmental education. It is generally accepted notion and it is a part of international documents and research. The existing other similar concepts just specify it, emphasize its multidimensional, and equally essential aspects. In this article, we discuss three main emphasis – cultural, conceptual and educational. We bring to the fore a synergistic approach to understanding problems and their possible solutions. The pedagogical dimensions of the concept are conceptualized, meaningful and procedural. In our opinion, this is the basis for the successful justification of a specific instructional design in a variety of training events.

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Konkurs Piosenki Eurowizji jako przedmiot badania socjologicznego

Author(s): Daniel Pałuba / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1/2020

This paper makes an attempt to prove that analyzing the results of the Eurovision Song Contest can be useful for sociologists. For this purpose, the author uses the division of tastes into legitimate, middle-brow and popular and examines whether this division is reflected among those voting in the Eurovision Song Contest. The author also presents the history of the Eurovision Song Contest and distinguishes Jurors Eurovision, Public Eurovision, Transitional Eurovision and Mixed Eurovision. Each of them confirms the correctness of the above-mentioned division of tastes.

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Professionally Important Qualities of the New-Type Teacher

Author(s): Maria Teneva,Zlatka Zhelyazkova / Language(s): English Issue: 5/2020

The motivation of the authors is based on the belief that the years of schooling are very important for the young and adolescent person. During this period some very important physiological and psychological changes occur in the personality. It is the time for the formation of personal qualities and moral virtues, social competences, revealing the uniqueness and potential of each person, the development of creativity, initiative and entrepreneurship. The formation of these so valuable to the human personality qualities is highly influenced by the interaction of the students with teachers of a new type. These are teachers possessing a large setoff personal and professional qualities dedicated to the mission to devote their lives to educating future generations, producing creators of the human progress. The article presents the results of the author's study conducted with students from different educational stages, with students from the pedagogical specialties and with practitioners. The research methods used are: pedagogical study, test, content analysis, correlation analysis, pertinent analysis and range scaling. It was found out that the teacher of the modern times is called upon to carry out his or her professional activity in harmony with the permanently changing world. He is required to be adaptable, creative, a good professional, a creator. He or she cannot fully fulfill his or her professional roles in the new reality unless being led by love for the children with whom he or she interacts professionally or if is not devoted to the profession he or she practices.

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Transitions Online_Poland-Bus Stop Shakespeare

Author(s): Dorota Salus / Language(s): English Issue: 11/02/2020

In Gdansk, people with Down syndrome are finding jobs thanks to an innovative collaboration between NGOs and the private sector.

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„Инкубатор на интегрирани градски образователни мрежи“. За предизвикателствата и поуките на едно практическо изследване

Author(s): Silvia Nikolaeva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 6/2020

The paper presents a pilot project for empowering teamwork and learning by creating shared visions for integrated city-based educational networks in the area of Sofia. It was done by an expert group of the Multi-university Institute of Educational Management – INTERAULA and was financially supported by the local authorities. The results show that there are strong practical conditions for the implementation of the ideas and practices of the LEARNING CITIES concept in Bulgarian context.

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Участие на гражданите във формиране, изпълнение и мониторинг на областни политики за образование

Author(s): Tatyana Daskalova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 6/2020

The article presents of a study of citizen participation in the formation, implementation and monitoring of education policies during the 2014-2020 programming period in the Gabrovo region. The study was made under the Citizens for a better education project, funded by the Good governance operational program, co-funded by the European Union, through the European Social Fund.

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Higher Education as a Public Good

Author(s): Miroslav Nedelchev,Yulia Nedelcheva / Language(s): English Issue: 6/2020

The purpose of the article is to determine whether higher education is a public good. The society dynamics sets up the nature and functions of higher education. The nexus of interests of society, state and business leads to an umbrella of definitions for public good. The results of the article show that as a good the higher education can has different forms – public, private and other forms of good. The specific form of good depends on the status and need of the consumer of knowledge, as well as on the state possibilities for financing and regulation of higher education. We define higher education as a public good in performing specific functions in society.

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The Purpose of the Subject Physical Education and Sport in the System for Higher Education in Republic of Bulgaria

Author(s): Petya Hristova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 6/2020

A number of reports of organizations of world, national and regional levels, state poor health condition of people, and especially of children and youth, due to low physical activity. In response, all existing organizations and national Governments have adopted and signed charters and plans for action. As an expression of the Bulgarian State policy, and in accordance with EU recommendations, the Bulgarian Physical Education and Sport Act defines that the subject Physical Education and Sport is integral part of Bachelor and Master education, in the form of compulsory, elective and optional classes, with a minimum workload of 60 compulsory classes per academic year. In contradiction, the Higher Education Act defines that the subject’s curricula is developed according to the profile of the university and the proposals of the Students’ Council. The study aimed to establish the subject PE and Sport’s status in University “St. Kliment Ohridksi” Faculties programmes’ curricula and how it affects the students’ activity and participation in sport classes. The results show that the subject is included in Bachelor programmes only. Furthermore, each Faculty and even programme apply the Low loosely and selectively, which does not contribute for fulfilling the subject’s main purpose of accustoming young people to regular exercise thus improving their health and creating knowledge, skills and habits for future healthy lifestyle.

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Нагласи и очаквания за ролята на вътрешните комуникации на фирмата

Author(s): Nikolay Kanchev / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 6/2020

The text examines the attitudes of students studying communications related majors towards internal communications. Pointed is that this type of communication is especially important for the company's image and employee motivation. Based on a survey, it was concluded that the preferred information channels are meetings with the line managers, as well as electronic communications. At the other end – as the most unpopular, are stated the sources outside the company and conversations with colleagues. Emphasis is placed on the speed of receiving information and the need to have specially appointed employees who, through their communication skills and abilities to handle social networks not only to perform their formal duties, but also be an informal filter for "capturing" moods and future attitudes.

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Оценяването по роден език в контекста на националните образователни стратегии

Author(s): Snezhanka Dobreva Georgieva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 6/2020

In the last decade the effectiveness of the Bulgarian language education has been sought, not only in the processes of successfully transforming the knowledge-centric to a competency-based approach, nor solely in the communicative-pragmatic study of language units/categories and text models. It stays related to an evaluation (quantitatively and qualitatively) correlated with new forming and creative strategies, realized under the shared activities and responsibilities for both educational subjects – teachers and students. In the context of contemporary assessment and training strategies, this research presents results accumulated by a multi-year, multi-faceted, experimental study of trends in the evaluation activity of Bulgarian language teachers in Bulgaria. The analysis of these results presents not only in the plan of ascertainment, but also as a prospect – as possible effective changes in the communicative pedagogical models of assessment. The prospective positivity of teacher’s evaluative activity is justified not only in the context of compliance with normative documents and criteria. It is also in the context of personally predetermined parameters whose text production is the subject of evaluation (motivation for speech development, axiological register, emotional intelligence, reflexive competence, etc.).

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Fake It Till You Make It! Прилагането на наследството като сценична стратегия в музея Kulturen в Лунд, Швеция

Author(s): Lizette Gradén / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 4/2020

This article uses ethnographic methods to analyze how cultural and economic factors impact the way heritage is understood, preserved and developed at Kulturen and Fredriksdal, two of the oldest museums of cultural history museums in Sweden. Some questions offered for discussion will include: How does leadership understand and conceptualize cultural heritage? Whose cultural heritage count the most when related to financial circumstances and forms of ownership? Which priorities are made in the day to day work with collections, exhibitions and programming? Whose heritage is given priority in core exhibitions and whose heritage is prepared for a temporary show?

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