Gubitak kontrole?

Author(s): Saskia Sassen / Language(s): Serbian

What determines the flow of labor and capital in this new global information economy? Who has the capacity to coordinate this new system, to create some measure of order? What happens to territoriality and sovereignty, two fundamental principles of the modern state? And who gains rights and who loses rights? Losing Control? examines the rise of private transnational legal codes and supranational institutions, such as the World Trade Organization and universal human rights covenants, and shows that though sovereignty remains an important feature of the international system, it is no longer confined to the nation-state. Other actors gain rights and a kind of sovereignty by setting some of the rules that used to be within the exclusive domain of states. Saskia Sassen tracks the emergence and the making of the transformations that mark our world today, among which is the partial denationalizing of national territory. Two arenas in particular stand out in the new spatial and economic order by their capacity to set their own rules: the global capital market and the series of codes and institutions that have mushroomed into an international human rights regime. As Sassen shows, these two quasi-legal realms now have the power and legitimacy to demand action and accountability from national governments, with the ironic twist that both depend upon the state to enforce their goals. From the economic policy shifts forced by the Mexico debt crisis to the recurring battles over immigration and refugees around the world, Losing Control? incisively analyzes the events that have radically altered the landscape of governance in an era of increasing globalization.

Mi, građani Evrope

Author(s): Étienne Balibar / Language(s): Serbian

Articles collected in this volume, written mostly in the past five years, attempt to develop themes already articulated in the Les Frontières de la démocratie. The book deals with historical and political borders, as places where citoyenneté and la civilité are being challenged, as loose or firm battle lines where democracy could be tamed or gain new inspiration. It deals with ambiguity of the term »community«, as community of peoples, community of citizens, national community striving to become trans-national on various levels where it is being constructed and sometimes de-constructed. (From Preface)

More Politics than Business

Author(s): Dimitrije Boarov / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

The paper deals with economic relations between Serbia and Russia in the early 21st century in the context of the “European path“ designated by Serbian politics and traditional “political friendship“ between Serbian and Russian peoples on the Slavic and Orthodox basis. The main hypothesis is that, in essence, economic relations between Russia and Serbia are of marginal significance not only for the Russian Federation, but also for the Republic of Serbia, and that they provide almost no basis for the expansion of cooperation between the two countries or, more precisely, do not offer any realistic perspective in which Serbia’s economic cooperation with Russia would be an alternative to its inclusion in the European Union.

Socioekonomske teme u kampanji 2016. godine

Author(s): Boban Stojanović / Language(s): Serbian Publication Year: 0

Twenty-five Sides of a Post-communist Mafia State

Author(s): / Language(s): English

The twenty-five essays accompany, illustrate and underpin the conceptual framework elaborated in Post-Communist Mafia State (CEU Press, 2016), published in conjunction with this volume. Leading specialists analyze the manifestations of the current political regime in Hungary from twenty-five angles. Topics discussed include the ideology, constitutional issues, social policy, the judiciary, foreign relations, nationalism, media, memory politics, corruption, civil society, education, culture and so on. Beyond the basic features of the economy the domains of taxation, banking system, energy policies and the agriculture are treated in dedicated studies. The essays are based on detailed empirical investigation about conditions in today’s Hungary. They nevertheless contribute to the exploration of the characteristic features of post-communist authoritarian regimes, shared by an increasing number of countries in Europe and Central Asia.

Control of Concentration in the Republic of Serbia

Author(s): Ivana Ž. Rakić / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

This article deals with the existing provisions of the Law on Protection of Competition of 2009 concerning to the control of concentrations. Control of concentrations is relatively new feature of Serbian competition law since it was introduced in 2005 by adopting the previous Law on Protection of Competition. The basic principles of the previous regime have been maintained in the new Law, but with come changes from a procedural point of view. Prior control of concentrations is based on compulsory notification of concentrations before they are implemented, provided that such concentrations meet the specified thresholds of income. The notification requirements cover mergers, acquisitions of control and certain joint ventures. Concentrations are permissible, unless the Commission for protection of competition decides that they would prevent, restrict or distort competition on the relevant market. During the appraissal procedure, the Commission for protection of competition has a broad powers of investigation, as well as powers of directly imposing sanctions for distortions of competition and infringements of the Law.

Citizenship, Human Rights and Identity: Prospects of a Liberal Cosmopolitan Order

Author(s): Michael A. Peters / Language(s): English

This book focuses on the notion of citizenship in relation to the notions of human rights, identity and culture. It poses the question of the prospects of a liberal cosmopolitan order dealing with a number of interrelated themes: ethics, emancipation and what Derrida calls the “new humanities;” identity, war and crimes against humanity; citizenship, and education rights within a knowledge economy; colonization, development and peace; changing notions of democracy within an information society; and culture, difference and otherness. These are the themes that make problematic aspects of the liberal cosmopolitan order. One of the main tropes connecting these themes is how the primary liberal values of freedom, emancipation and equality work out in a globalized world. The interrelationship of these values are problematized in different settings as they relate to issues of global world order with a focus on the adaptability of the liberal framework of values and law in creating a genuine cosmopolitan order.

An Analysis of the Impact of Economic Growth, Political Instability and Exchange Rate on Tourism Growth in South Africa

Author(s): Daniel Francois Meyer / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

Globally the tourism sector is one of the main economic sectors in attracting and generating foreign revenue. The sector accounts for seven percent of global foreign revenue as an export industry. In South Africa the low growth environment over the last decade has resulted in the need to find alternative economic sectors in support to traditional sectors such as mining and manufacturing, to drive higher levels of economic growth in the country. The aim of this study was to analyse the relationship between tourism as the dependent variable, and economic growth, exchange rate changes and political stability, as independent variables. The study region selected is South Africa, which is classified as a developing country and is in many cases seen as the proxy for emerging economies. This study followed a quantitative research approach with time series data from 1996 to 2017. The relationships between the variables were analysed by means of the Johansen cointegration, Vector Error Correction and Granger causality econometric models. The results indicated that there are both long and short-run relationships between the variables. A number of policy recommendations that could potentially contribute to the extension of the role of tourism in development include improved political and currency stability in the country as well as the relaxation of visa requirements.

European Financial systems 2016. Proceedings of the 13th International Scientific Conference

Author(s): Jan Krajíček,Josef Nešleha,Karel Urbanovský / Language(s): English

The conference was focused on common topics, such as accounting, taxation, financial markets, financial literacy, financial education, corporate finance, public finance, banks and insurance companies as well as on more specific areas, such as application of econometrics models, foreign investments and current trends related to economics, data processing and state policies.

Energy Security in Central and Eastern Europe and the Operations of Russian State-Owned Energy Enterprises

Author(s): Martin Jirušek,Tomáš Vlček,Hedvika Koďousková,Roger W. Jr. Robinson,Anna Leshchenko,Filip Černoch,Lukáš Lehotský,Veronika Zapletalová / Language(s): English

Dear distinguished reader, It is my utmost honor to present you the first volume of a series of energy security threat assessment studies stemming from the comprehensive, in-depth research of the Energy Security team at the Department of International Relations and European Studies of the Faculty of Social Studies of the Masaryk University conducted with the valuable support of, and in collaboration with, the Prague Security Studies Institute. This study addresses the rapidly evolving energy sector of Central and Eastern Europe, a sensitive, vulnerable region with regard to present and past Russian efforts to exercise varying levels of control over infrastructure, supply and pricing. The authors examine the operations and behavioral characteristics of two key Russian state-owned enterprises in the natural gas and nuclear energy sectors, namely Gazprom JSC and Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corporation, and seek to detect specific patterns and determining factors that shape their decision-making.

Current Trends in Public Sector Research: Proceedings of the 20th International Conference

Author(s): / Language(s): English

The organizers of the traditional “Slapanice'' seminar have asked me to write the foreword to these proceedings. The seminar is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year and, they say, I was present at its birth. So here I am, having been officially declared to be an eyewitness, which has made me little bit broody. Twenty years ago, when we started inviting our colleagues from affiliated departments and institutes engaged in the teaching and research of public sector economics to Slapanice, not even the founder of our field of studies, the legendary Professor Yvonne Strecková, could have envisaged the successful future of the seminar that we are experiencing today.

Foreign Currency Loans in Central and Eastern Europe: Did Regional Euro Internationalization Worsen Credit Quality?

Author(s): Gerhard Fink,Wolfgang Rainer,Peter Haiss / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

We compile data about Euro denominated lending in Central and Eastern European Countries (CEE EU) during 2001-2011. Our analysis of the determinants of non-performing loans (NPL) with panel regressions for CEE EU suggests that foreign currency loans contributed significantly to the increase in NPLs, reinforced by effective changes in exchange rates, which cannot be sustained by the local borrowers. We find that there are serious limits to Euro-globalization with Euro denominated loans.

New Economic Challenges – 5th International PhD Student Conference: Collection of Annotations of Contributions

Author(s): / Language(s): English

The issue of financial crisis will not only be considered from the economic perspective, but also from the sociological perspective, which brings new insight and attention to phenomena that purely economic perspective can hide. It was very visible during the last financial crisis where the media was focused too much on the economic effects and not enough awareness of the social nature of the crisis. There are three main sociological perspectives: functionalist, conflict theory, and symbolic interactionism. Functionalists believe that economic recessions are functional for society because economic downturn eliminates the poorly operating businesses, while the more useful businesses survive. Conflict theory is based on Karl Marx’s work. A Capitalist system can become so complex, abstract, and alienating, that even those who seem to be controlling the system of loans, secondary loans, and hedge funds, have no idea how it is working. The system’s collapse results from this central conflict within capitalism. According to symbolic interactionism, just because people believe there will be a downturn they act in such a way that ensures the economic downturn will happen, i.e. it acts like a self fulfilling prophecy.

European Financial Systems 2012: 21st and 22nd June 2012

Author(s): / Language(s): English

The methodical approach to project cost management in the construction industry requires the knowledge of accounting principles applicable to cost calculations. Such knowledge helps to exert actual control over expenses incurred on the execution of a construction investment project. There are various approaches to cost calculation for the presentation in the cost budget of a construction project. In practice, the methods which can be used for this purpose include expert estimation, estimation by analogy, parametric modelling and the specific identification method. The paper focuses on these methods and its main aim is to outline them and indicate their possible applications in economy, taking Poland as an example.

Rebalancing the Fiscal Framework in the European Union: Perspectives of Germany, France and Poland

Author(s): Sebastian Płóciennik / Language(s): English

The economic crisis that began a decade ago has given impulse to economic governance reforms in the European Union. The most intense changes were in the fiscal sphere, i.e., the rules defining Member State leeway in budgetary planning, with a focus on tightening up the financial discipline and seeing to it that Member States, and especially euro area members, do not go beyond the caps imposed on the government deficit and debt. The changes were by no means uncontroversial. As claimed by proponents, they led governments to begin taking a serious approach to the stability of public finances—a foundation for healthy economic growth—and bore fruit in the form of a European economic recovery starting from 2014. No significant overhaul is needed since the applied mechanisms have just started to work. Critics, on the other hand, argue that the restrictive rules have had the effect of prolonging the economic crisis, aggravating the debt situation and sharpening social problems, thus triggering the rise of populist and anti-European movements. The criticism goes further than that. The present fiscal framework, with its emphasis on discipline, makes it more difficult to pursue a coherent countercyclical policy in the euro area. In its current form, it cannot be coordinated with the monetary policy of the European Central Bank. Many also argue that the present fiscal framework has “technical” faults, too many criteria, is complicated, hard to project, and subject to overpoliticised supervision, all of which affects the effectiveness and credibility of the whole system.

Managing Remittance And Agricultural Development In Nepal A Case Of Policy Dereliction?

Author(s): Santosh Adhikari / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

Nepal has been a politically sovereign country since its pre-historical time as a Kiranta dynasty in 800 B.C. and also as a modern state (M. Jha, 1998). Modern politics explains the year 1951 as the first democracy to entail direct Monarchy by throwing familial dictatorships of the Rana regime for 104 years. Similarly, people’s movement ended more than 240 years long Shah dynasty in 2006 to emerge as a Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal that too could not stop Nepal becoming a politically unstable country. Political instability has hindered economic growth and increased unemployment (Yami, 2017).

Marx u digitalnom dobu. Dijalektički materijalizam na vratima tehnologije

Author(s): Katarina Peović / Language(s): Croatian

Marx in the Digital Age. Dialectical Materialism on the Gates of Technology is a book that questions the understanding of political emancipation with the help of new technologies. It asks how new technologies, especially new media, can contribute to the democratisation of society and emancipation of minority cultures. The book elaborates systematically and epistemologically on the question of emancipatory politics on the Internet, ideology and its reflection onto the new media problems, the changes in the structure and character of work in the age of cognitariat, and the understanding of the concept of »virtuality«. The author uses theoretical tools of many philosophers and theorists, such as Heidegger, Foucault, and Lacan, bridging the gap between classical philosophy and technology. The book is an eloquent elaboration of the contemporary techno–scientific, and politico-economical order, and offers a grounded new media theory from the perspective of the critique of the political economy. Katarina Peović is an assistant professor at the Department of Cultural Studies on the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Rijeka. She obtained her PhD at the Department of Comparative Literature on the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Zagreb. She edited a collection of articles by the American theorist Hakim Bey, Contemporary Autonomous Zones and Other Texts (2003). In the year 2012, she published the book Media and Culture. Media Ideology after the Decentralisation. She published her works in the journals Crisis & Critique, Badiou Studies, Stasis, Književna smotra, Trípodos, and Synthesis Philosophica.

POLITIČKO-PRAVNI I ZAKONSKI POLOŽAJ GRADA SARAJEVA U SISTEMU LOKALNE SAMOUPRAVE U BOSNI I HERCEGOVINI: MOGUĆNOSTI REFORME NADLEŽNOSTI I TERITORIJALNE ORGANIZACIJE

Author(s): / Language(s): Bosnian,Slovenian,Serbian

Od obnove državnosti Bosne i Hercegovine na Prvom zasjedanju ZAVNOBiH-a 1943. godine i donošenja Ustava Narodne Republike Bosne i Hercegovine 1946. godine Grad Sarajevo ima politički i ustavno-pravni status glavnog grada Bosne i Hercegovine. Status Sarajeva kao glavnog grada Bosne i Hercegovine utemeljen je i u Dejtonskom mirovnom sporazumu unutar Aneksa IV Ustava Bosne i Hercegovine. Tokom višedecenijskog razvoja Sarajevo je od 1945. do 1992. godine postiglo nove domete u urbanom, ekonomskom i kulturnom razvoju. Značajan uspon u ekonomsko-socijalnom i urbanom razvoju Sarajevo postiže u okviru projekta pripreme i održavanja XIV zimskih olimpijskih igara 1984. godine. Sa Zimskim olimpijskim igrama Sarajevo dobija planetarnu promociju svog dotadašnjeg urbanog i kulturnog razvoja kao glavnog grada Bosne i Hercegovine. Sarajevo je na temelju stečenog iskustva antifašističkog otpora okupatoru zemlje u Drugom svjetskom ratu uspješno organizovalo svoje ljudske potencijale za odbranu grada u vremenu njegove, u novijoj istoriji najduže vojne opsade u ratu protiv suverene države Bosne i Hercegovine od 1992. do 1995. godine. Time je Sarajevo, kao glavni grad suverene i nezavisne države Bosne i Hercegovine, imalo jednu od glavnih uloga u odbrani suvereniteta, integriteta i istorijskog multietničkog bića Bosne i Hercegovine. Dejtonskim mirovnim sporazumom Sarajevo je sačuvalo svoju istorijski oblikovanu urbanu cjelinu na prostoru: Starog Grada, Centra, Novog Sarajeva, Novog Grada, Ilidže i Vogošće. Međutim, u vremenu uspostavljanja Kantona Sarajevo 1996. godine ukinut je dotadašnji pravni status Grada Sarajeva kao autonomne jedinice lokalne samouprave. Iza toga je Skupština Kantona Sarajevo 1997. godine usvojila Amandman I na Ustav Kantona Sarajevo kojim je uspostavljen Grad Sarajevo, ali bez punih samostalnih nadležnosti i sa suženom teritorijalnom organizacijom. U okviru Centra za istraživanje razvoja lokalne i regionalne samouprave Odjeljenja društvenih nauka unutar Akademije nauka i umjetnosti Bosne i Hercegovine tokom 2019. i 2020. godine izvedeno je istraživanje na temu Sarajevo grad i regija u vremenu i prostoru – studija. U zaključnim stajalištima istraživački tim zagovara nužnost promjene postojećeg ustavno-zakonskog položaja Grada Sarajeva u pogledu nadležnosti i teritorijalne organizacije.1 U nastojanju da se dođe do sveobuhvatne naučne elaboracije bitnih aspekata reforme ustavno-zakonske nadležnosti i teritorijalne organizacije Grada Sarajeva inicirana je priprema i održavanje međunarodne naučne konferencije Političko-pravni i zakonski položaj Grada Sarajeva u sistemu lokalne samouprave u Bosni i Hercegovini: mogućnosti reforme nadležnosti i teritorijalne organizacije. Za zbornik radova je pripremljeno 15 referata. Autorski referati pripremljeni za zbornik radova konferencije obuhvataju više tematskih područja: ustavno-pravni, politološki i sociološki aspekti položaja Grada Sarajeva u sistemu lokalne samouprave Bosne i Hercegovine; komparativna analiza ustavno-zakonskog položaja glavnih gradova Slovenije, Hrvatske, Srbije i Bosne i Hercegovine, kao i referati iz oblasti urbanog i ekonomskog razvoja. Referate za konferenciju su napisali: prof. dr. Snežana Đorđević: Reforme organizacije i podele nadležnosti grada Beograda (2000–2022); prof. dr. Mehmed Bublin: Razvoj Grada Sarajeva; prof. dr. Ivana Domljan / prof. dr. Vjekoslav Domljan: Neminovnost razvoja znanjskih gradova; prof. dr. Elvis Fejzić: Nova politička vizija gradske autonomije: izazovi teritorijalne i institucionalne reorganizacije Grada Sarajeva; prof. dr. Franc Grad: Lokalna samouprava v Republiki Sloveniji s posebnim ozirom na položaj glavnega mesta; prof. dr. Zijad Hasić Komparativni pogled na normativno i institucionalno uređenje glavnih gradova Beograda i Zagreba s osvrtom na glavni grad Sarajevo; prof. dr. Pavle Mijović: Rekonfiguracija urbanog Sarajeva. Od agonističkog pluralizma prema društvenoj koheziji; prof. dr. Slaviša Orlović: Model izbora skupštine grada, gradonačelnika i gradskog veća Grada Beogradu u uporednoj perspektivi; prof. dr. Jasmina Osmanković / dr. sci. Nataša Pelja Tabori: Uloga Grada Sarajeva u razvoju regije – institucionalni i financijski kapacitet; akademik Mirko Pejanović: Ustavno-pravni položaj Grada Sarajeva u postdejtonskom periodu sa uklonom na mogućnost reforme nadležnosti i teritorijalne organizacije; dr. sci. Nataša Pelja Tabori / prof. dr. Jasmina Osmanković: Prostorno i urbanističko planiranje Sarajeva – prošlost, sadašnjost, budućnost; prof. dr. Elmir Sadiković: Glavni gradovi u nacionalnim sistemima lokalne samouprave – komparativna analiza Sarajeva, Beograda, Zagreba i Ljubljane; prof. dr. Kasim Trnka: Principi rehabilitacije ustavne pozicije Grada Sarajeva i mr. Amir Vuk Zec: Sarajevo će biti, sve drugo će proći. Važan doprinos u pripremi referata dali su recenzenti: dopisni član ANUBiH-a Fikret Čaušević, prof. dr. Danica Fink-Hafner (Fakultet za družbene vede v Ljubljani), prof. dr. Muhamed Hamidović, prof. dr. Ivan Koprić (Pravni fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu), akademik Slavo Kukić, akademik Miodrag N. Simović i akademik Miloš Trifković Osim autorskih studija, odnosno referata za zbornik radova, priređen je i prilog u vidu analize o provedenom empirijskom istraživanju. U istraživanju je izvršeno anketiranje vijećnika u šest gradskih opština: Stari Grad, Centar, Novo Sarajevo, Novi Grad, Ilidža, Vogošća i Gradskom vijeću Sarajeva o njihovim stavovima o mogućnosti reforme nadležnosti i teritorijalne organizacije Grada Sarajeva. Kao prilog, pripremljen je i esej ratnog gradonačelnika Sarajeva, prof. dr. Tarika Kupusovića. Ideje i prijedlozi o mogućnosti reforme nadležnosti i teritorijalne organizacije Grada Sarajeva što su elaborirani u referatima za međunarodnu naučnu konferenciju mogu u godinama koje dolaze biti valjana osnova za donošenje odluka u nadležnim tijelima: Skupštini Kantona Sarajevo, Gradskom vijeću Sarajeva i opštinskim vijećima Starog Grada, Centra, Novog Sarajeva, Novog Grada, Ilidže i Vogošće o reformi nadležnosti i teritorijalne organizacije Grada Sarajeva.

Evropa v mezinárodním měnovém systému

Author(s): Vladan Hodulák / Language(s): Czech

The publication Europe in the international monetary system analyzes the relationship between power, money, and state in the international environment. The main argument of the book, which is employed for the analysis of the European position in the international monetary system, is as follows. Money was created as, and still mainly is, a unit of account that is used for channeling the resources of the society for their usage in the public sector and in the interest of the public sector. The private sector employs money to a large extent only derivatively. There is a permanent struggle between interest groups in the society as for which group will contribute the most resources to the public sector.

Academic Analysis and Discussions in Social, Human and Administrative Sciences

Author(s): / Language(s): English

1.Value Creation Behavior With the Customer 2.The Legitimization Process of the French National Front and its Migration Policies 3.Profession as a Categori of Society 4.Effects of Conservative Reporting on Value Relevance: Evidence from Turkey 5.Euro and its Contribution to the European Integration 6.A Philosophical Perspective on the Social Construction of Disability 7.Sharing Economy, Perceived Risks and Tourism Nexus: A ReExamination in the Case of Airbnb 8.Second Language Learning Process in Terms of Neurolinguistics 9.Essential Factors for Brand Cities and the Effects of Digital Technologies Such as Artificial Intelligence on Brand Cities and City Marketing