Culture - A Choice of Way of Life

Kultura - izbor načina života

Author(s): Zagorka Golubović / Language(s): Serbian / Issue: 450-451/2009

Keywords: culture; theoretical research; principles; values; postmodern society; moral; Serbia;

Announcement

Obaveštenje

Author(s): Anonymous Anonymous / Language(s): Serbian / Issue: 450-451/2009

Keywords: privatization; political parties; Šinvoz;

What Makes the Case "Šinvoz" Different

Po čemu se slučaj »Šinvoz« izdvaja

Author(s): Slavko Golić / Language(s): Serbian / Issue: 450-451/2009

Keywords: Šinvoz; privatization; workers; bankruptcy;

The Truth About "Šinvoz" is the Truth About Us

Istina o »Šinvozu« je istina o nama

Author(s): Anonymous Anonymous / Language(s): Serbian / Issue: 450-451/2009

Keywords: Šinvoz; corruption; privatization;

Discovering the Layers of Violence and Forgeries

Razgrtanje slojeva nasilja i falsifikata

Author(s): Olivija Rusovac / Language(s): Serbian / Issue: 450-451/2009

Keywords: journal; Republika; Nebojša Popov;

Weekly Disinformation Newspaper

Nedeljne dezInformativne novine

Author(s): Jelašin Sinovec / Language(s): Serbian / Issue: 450-451/2009

Keywords: newspaper; Nin;

Civil War in the United States?

Građanski rat u Sjedinjenim Državama?

Author(s): Immanuel Wallerstein / Language(s): Serbian / Issue: 450-451/2009

Keywords: civil war; USA; economic crisis; market;

Constant Dialogue Is Ahead

Predstoji stalni dijalog

Author(s): Živorad Kovačević / Language(s): Serbian / Issue: 450-451/2009

Keywords: serbo-croatian relations; Serbia; Croatia; Kosovo;

»If Serbia stops... «

»Ako Srbija stane...«

Author(s): Dragica Stanojlović / Language(s): Serbian / Issue: 450-451/2009

Keywords: Serbia; political parties;

Nobel Prize Winner in the Forest of Myths

Nobelovac u šumi mitova

Author(s): Mirjana Popović-Radović / Language(s): Serbian / Issue: 450-451/2009

Keywords: Nobel Prize; winner; Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio;

Brave Display of Brutality

Smelo ispoljavanje okrutnosti

Author(s): Dušan Mojsin / Language(s): Serbian / Issue: 450-451/2009

Keywords: value system; suicide;

Ni caru carevo ni bogu božje

Not to Caesar What is Caesar's, Nor to God What is God's

Author(s): Mirko Đorđević / Language(s): Serbian / Issue: 450-451/2009

Keywords: state; church; constitution;

Eichmann Syndrome or the Duty of Complying the Will of the Superior

Ajhmanov sindrom ili Dužnost je ispunjavati volju nadređenog

Author(s): Dušan Sakić / Language(s): Serbian / Issue: 450-451/2009

Keywords: Eichmann syndrome; Hitler;

Kragujevac's »Absurd Factory«

Kragujevačka »Fabrika apsurda«

Author(s): Olivera S. Tomić / Language(s): Serbian / Issue: 450-451/2009

Keywords: Kragujevac; mayor; employees; political parties;

Short-term and Long-term Sanation Measures for Economic and Financial Crisis in Serbia

Kratkoročne i dugoročne mere za sanaciju ekonomske i finansijske krize u Srbiji

Author(s): Ivan Ahel / Language(s): Serbian / Issue: 450-451/2009

Keywords: economic and financial crisis; Serbia; money; industry; workers; Serbian government;

What is this with America?

Šta je to sa Amerikom?

Author(s): Cvijeto Job / Language(s): Serbian / Issue: 450-451/2009

Keywords: USA; Barack Obama; financial crisis;

Think, then Act

Misliti, pa delati

Author(s): Nastasja Radović / Language(s): Serbian / Issue: 450-451/2009

Keywords: Serbia; Kosovo; transition; political situation;

GOVERNANCE, CULTURE, OR THE QUALITY OF DEMOCRACY THE ROLE OF INSTITUTIONS IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

Kormányzás, kultúra vagy a demokrácia minősége? Az intézmények szerepe az Európai Unió gazdasági fejlődésében

Author(s): Attila Bartha / Language(s): Hungarian / Issue: 2/2012

Keywords: Democratic quality; economic development; European Union; convergence; governance; culture; formal institutions; informal institutions

This paper intends to explore the underlying institutional factors of the present crisis of the European Union (and within it, the Economic and Monetary Union, EMU). The institutional tradition of political science and institutional economics defi ne the framework of interpretation; the essence of the analysis is about the relationship between economic development and the different institutional dimensions (democratic quality, legal institutions, governance and the cultural aspects of economic-political behaviour). The empirical analysis examines the development of the European Union countries between 1993 and 2011 and the relationship between economic and institutional development in the period. The results reveal strong correlation among the different aspects of institutional development in the EU countries and we cannot observe a Singaporean- type contradictory constellation between democratic quality and governance effi ciency. Another important fi nding is that the EMU countries are too heterogeneous in their features of institutional development; thus the Euro area is far from being the club of the most developed European countries.

IS SLOVENIA A CONSOLIDATED DEMOCRACY?

Konszolidált demokrácia jött-e létre Szlovéniában?

Author(s): Imre Szilágyi / Language(s): Hungarian / Issue: 2/2012

Keywords: Democratic consolidation; set of political institutions; party system; cleavages; consensus

The main question of the study is whether Slovenia has built up democratic institutions, their function is assured, is there a consensus among politicians about the legitimacy of institutional values, and whether the entire society committed to democratic values. The presentation of the structure and development of the main institutions (constitution, parliament, president, government, referendum, courts, prosecution service, and media) is in the centre of the paper. This is followed by a short description of the cleavages in the society and of the party system. The closing part analyses the political culture of the political elite and the people’s attitudes. Whilst the political elite is committed to the democratic institutions despite often rather heated disputes, the people of Slovenia – although mainly satisfied with their material circumstances – is very dissatisfied with the functioning of institutions and democracy. Slovenia is ranked amongst the most successful transition countries by international analysts.

INSTITUTIONAL TRUST IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES: IS IT DIFFERENT FROM WESTERN EUROPE?

Intézményi bizalom Európa régi és új demokráciáiban

Author(s): Zsolt Boda,Gergő Medve Bálint / Language(s): Hungarian / Issue: 2/2012

Keywords: Institutional trust; interpersonal trust; Central and Eastern Europe; new democracies

Compared to Western European countries, the new democracies of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) demonstrate signifi cantly lower and incrementally declining levels of institutional trust. This raises concerns about the public approval and legitimacy of their political systems and institutions, which some authors consider as a direct consequence of the transition process. Based on the datasets of the European Social Survey, in this paper we aim at addressing this problem by shedding light on the possible differences between old and new European democracies regarding the origins and patterns of institutional trust. We demonstrate that citizens of new European democracies are not different from Western Europeans in that they seem to be equally ready to formulate separate evaluative attitudes towards specifi c institutions. Moreover, contrary to the fi ndings of some previous research, we found that CEE and Western European citizens demonstrate comparable degrees of ‘materialistic trust’ as income levels and trust in institutions seem to be similarly associated with each other across these countries even after several socio-economic characteristics are controlled.