Osnove analize javnih politika

Author(s): Ivan Grdešić / Language(s): Croatian

Prije deset godina je objavljena moja knjiga Političko odlučivanje (Zagreb: Alinea, 1995.) proizašla iz moga interesa za policy-analizu i političke procese odlučivanja, odnosno, kao sažetak moje doktorske disertacije o policy-analizi, inovaciji i političkoj moći. Političko odlučivanje se bavi upravo time: procesima političkog odlučivanja, sadržajem pojedinih odlučivačkih faza, akterima koji u njima sudjeluju, teorijskim modelima korisnima za analizu i razumijevanje političke dinamike. Knjiga je preživjela niz generacija studenata ali je tek u posljednje vrijeme – afirmacijom studija javne politike, policy-analize, upravljanja i javnog dobra – postala korisna kao početni izvor policy-relevantnih teorija i znanja.Ova knjiga, Osnove analize javnih politika, je svojevrsni nastavak prve, ali se u ovoj pokazuje studentima i drugo lice politologije – primijenjena i analitička strana naše struke i znanosti.Riječ je o knjizi, udžbeniku, koji pokazuje osnovne i samo neke metode političke analize, koja se bavi istraživačkim i analitičkim postupcima za razumijevanje onoga što vlade rade i smislom toga rada. Metode slijede politički proces, njegovu dinamiku i kronologiju; kako odmiče politička odluka tako se mijenjaju primjerene metode i postupci – neki su primjereniji fazi inicijative, a neki fazi implementacije. Većina metoda pripada repertoaru društvenih znanosti, a sve su, pa i uobičajene metode anketnog istraživanja ili intervjua, prilagođene specifičnostima analize javnih politika. Knjiga je zamišljena kao udžbenik studentu i priručnik zamišljenom policy-analitičaru. Zbog toga ona ne govori samo o politologiji kao znanstvenoj disciplini nego i o politologiji kao o struci. Politolozi mogu u ovoj knjizi potražiti, a ja se nadam i naći, svoj lex artis. Prva dva poglavlja govore o policy-analizi, njezinim glavnim definicijskim parametrima i načinima primjenjivosti.

Izbori i izborni sustavi

Author(s): Anđelko Milardović-Ivanković,Wilko Zicht,Martin Fehndrich / Language(s): Croatian

This book offers an overview of different election systems, with their specific features, rules and methods. Case studies include Austria, Denmark, Ireland, Germany, UK, USA, Croatia and the European Union. With contributions by Martin Fehndrich and Wilko Zicht.

Nauka o stosunkach międzynarodowych i studia europejskie w Polsce

Author(s): Jacek Czaputowicz,Kamil Ławniczak,Anna Wojciuk / Language(s): Polish

POLSKI MODEL ORGANIZACJI TYPU THINK TANK

Author(s): Piotr Zbieranek / Language(s): Polish

W Polsce sektor think tanków nie jest silny, ma jednak pewne cechy, które pobudzają jego żywotność. Dzieje się tak między innymi dzięki niezależności tych organizacji od partii politycznych czy wielkiego biznesu i wynikającej stąd ich wiarygodności w oczach społeczeństwa. Dziennikarze traktują model think tanku wręcz jak kamień filozoficzny posiadający magiczną moc odmiany polskiej debaty publicznej. Aby uzyskać dostateczne zasoby finansowe, think tanki działają w różnych dziedzinach i wciąż poszerzają zakres oferowanych „usług”, wychodząc poza tradycyjną aktywność analityczno-badawczą. Temat podjęty w tej publikacji zwraca uwagę oryginalnością i aktualnością. Piotr Zbieranek zestawia teoretyczne podejście do modelu organizacyjnego think tanku z praktycznym wymiarem tego zjawiska. Tworzy konstrukcję interdyscyplinarną, łączącą elementy socjologiczne z teoriami organizacji, elementy politologiczne z koncepcjami nauk zarządzania i elementy instytucjonalne z public policy. Autor traktuje te wzajemne zapożyczenia jako wartościowy wkład w wypracowanie metody opisu zjawiska do tej pory niezbadanego. Książka może przyczynić się do upowszechnienia i wykorzystania w innych analizach socjologicznych i politologicznych tematyki modelu organizacyjnego think tanków.

PROGNOZOWANIE I SYMULACJA MIĘDZYNARODOWA

Author(s): Mirosław Sułek / Language(s): Polish

Książka jest pierwszym w Polsce zaawansowanym podręcznikiem do przedmiotu „Prognozowanie i symulacje międzynarodowe”. Stosunki międzynarodowe mogą być ujmowane ogólnie i sektorowo. Autor opowiedział się za podejściem syntetycznym. Przychylił się tym samym do znanej tezy Raymonda Arona, według której najważniejszą cechą każdego systemu międzynarodowego jest układ sił. Od pewnego czasu znaczenie analiz stosunków międzynarodowych w kategoriach stosunków sił znowu rośnie. Przytoczone metody pomiaru potęgi jednostek politycznych służą modelowaniu różnorodnych układów stosunków międzynarodowych. Głównym adresatem książki są studenci stosunków międzynarodowych, ale może się ona okazać przydatna dla studentów i wykładowców innych kierunków, zwłaszcza politologii, ekonomii i nauk wojskowych.

Polityki publiczne. Wybrane zagadnienia teoretyczne i metodologiczne

Author(s): / Language(s): Polish

A collection of articles discussing the place and role of public policy sciences in Poland, that is systemic measures of the state intended to solve specific public problems. Interdisciplinary studies with sociological and political approach are focused on the theoretical and methodological perspectives of this field and directions of its development to date.

Jak vyhodnocovat Bezpečnostní Hrozby a Rizika Dnešního Světa?

Author(s): Jan Eichler / Language(s): Czech

Od skončení studené války se ve světě i v ČR trvale diskutuje o pojmech bezpečnostní hrozba a riziko. Významným mezníkem se stala Římská deklarace NATO o míru a spolupráci (listopad 1991). Ta se pod vlivem zásadní změny mezinárodní situace zcela odklonila od pojmu hrozba, protože od té doby byl po čtyři desetiletí spojován výlučně s Varšavskou smlouvou a zejména pak se SSSR. Pojem hrozba nahradila výrazem bezpečnostní riziko (Security Risk) či bezpečnostní výzva (Security Challenge). Pod tato slova zahrnula i terorismus a šíření ZHN. Další vývoj však ukázal, že to byla vážná chyba. Ve skutečnosti totiž nešlo ani o rizika, ani o výzvy, ale naopak o vážné hrozby. Na počátku 90. let to byly zdánlivě skryté, latentní hrozby, které se během následujícího desetiletí přeměnily na dvě nejvážnější a nenaléhavější bezpečnostní hrozby globálního rozměru.

Поларизацијата како средство на популистичко владеење и како да се надмине

Author(s): Author Not Specified / Language(s): Albanian,English,Macedonian

Cross-Border Cooperation between Slovakia and Ukraine: Volume I: Impact of EU relations with Ukraine

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

This publication is the first in a series of four publications that present the findings of the research project “Association Agreement between the EU and Ukraine and Cross-border Cooperation between Slovakia and Ukraine: Implications and Opportunities”. The research project was implemented by the Institute of Political Science at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Prešov with the support of the Slovak Research and Development Agency over the period of 2016 ‒ 2019 (project no. APVV-15-0369).

Cross-Border Cooperation between Slovakia and Ukraine: Volume II: Impact of intergovernmental relations

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

This publication is the second of a series of four publications that present the findings of the research project “Association Agreement between the EU and Ukraine and Cross-border Cooperation between Slovakia and Ukraine: Implications and Opportunities”. The research project was implemented by the Institute of Political Sciences at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Prešov and supported by the Slovak Research and Development Agency overthe period of 2016 ‒ 2019 (project no. APVV-15-0369).This publication includes a set of studies that presents the findings of theresearch into the impact of intergovernmental relations between Slovakia and Ukraine, including national actors in both countries, on the development of cross-border cooperation between regional and local actors at a common border. The aim of the research was to find out how bilateral intergovernmental relations between Slovakia and Ukraine have been developing in terms of creating opportunities and/or obstacles for the development of cross-border cooperation at regional and local level.

Cross-Border Cooperation between Slovakia and Ukraine: Volume III: Policies and practices of regional and local actors

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

This publication represents the third of a series of four publications that present the findings of the research project “The Association Agreement between the EU and Ukraine and Cross-border Cooperation between Slovakia and Ukraine: Implications and Opportunities”. The research project was implemented by the Institute of Political Science at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Prešov and supported by the Slovak Research and Development Agency over the period of 2016 ‒ 2019 (project no. APVV-15-0369). The set of studies presented in these publications offers analysis of the policies and preferences of regional and local actors who are putting questions of cross border cooperation into practice. Through this analysis, targeted specifically on the regional and local levels, it will be possible to identify, in addition toclear obstacles, the specific opportunities or challenges for Slovak-Ukrainian cross-border cooperation in accordance with the institutional framework of relations between Slovakia and Ukraine on the intergovernmental level and EU-Ukrainian relations on the supranational level. We have attempted to find answers to the question of whether regional actors at the level of the Prešov Self-Governing Region, the Košice Self-Governing Region and the Transcarpathian Region of Ukraine, as well as actors at local level (towns and municipalities, including institutions, businesses and non-governmentalagencies), are able, in terms of their capacities and capabilities, to fully utilize the structure of the political opportunity created by exogenous factors (onthe supranational and national level of relations of the EU and Slovakia with Ukraine) in order to establish mechanisms for cross-border cooperation along the common border. Research into this subject issue also includes (among other things) the essential need to assess existing experience and practice inthe area of cross-border cooperation on the part of regional and local actors on both sides of the border and to examine their perceptions, motivations orstrategies in more detail. Starting from this framework, the project’s research goal was focused on understanding the individual associations between how regional and local actors perceive cross-border cooperation and the border per se. In addition, it is important to know and understand how institutions and individual subjects on the third level mutually and separately prioritize the importance of cross-border cooperation, what influences their perceptions of cross-border cooperation and the border itself, as well as their perceptions of the inhabitants on the other side of the common border. At the same time this is a mapping of those strategies that actors on the regional and local level set for developing cross-border cooperation with partners across the border, as well as towards their own national governments with the aim of achieving the most favourable conditions for the development of cross-border cooperation on the Slovak-Ukrainian border.

Barometru politic național

Author(s): Bruno Stefan / Language(s): Romanian

The survey was conducted between October 25-30 on a national sample of 1482 selected subjects from 246 urban and rural localities in all counties of Romania. He measured the voting intentions in the parliamentary elections, as well as the attitude of the population towards the main political leaders, towards several issues of public interest: reducing the number of parliamentarians, eliminating special pensions, referendum for loans to be made by public authorities, etc.

Трансформація політичних інститутів України: проблеми теорії і практики

Author(s): Not Specified Author / Language(s): Ukrainian

The monograph examines the theoretical and practical aspects of the transformation of the political institutions in modern Ukraine. The methodological and theoretical principals of the transformation of political institutions in Ukraine are revealed, the interaction study of political institutions and civic society at the present stage of democratic development is carried out, the impact on the transformation of the political institutions of electoral processes, mass media and other factors of socio-political changes is analysed. // The book is intended for scientists, politicians, and a wide range of readers.

Політичні ідентичності в сучасній Україні: міська громада Одеси

Author(s): Tatyana Bevz / Language(s): Ukrainian

The research is devoted to political identities of urban community in Odessa. On the basis of theoretical developments and empirical basis, the research deals with the political identities of urban community in Odessa through the parameters of space and time, geographic and demographic factors, organisation and functioning of local economy, foreign policy orientations, religious environment structure, forms / methods of memory policy, the resource potential of the society, language and cultural policy, the specifics of communication networks and due to the analysis of citizen participation in local self-governing authorities, activities of political parties, public organizations in election campaigns to central and local authorities.

Політичні ідентичності в сучасній Україні: міська громада Полтави

Author(s): Oksana Zorych / Language(s): Ukrainian

The brochure provides the generalized analysis of the main factors influencing the local processes of formation and transformation of political identities in Poltava city community. The content and specificity of identity policy in the city are determined, their constitutive role in structuring the political and social field of Poltava is proved

Консолідація українського суспільства: етнополітичний вимір

Author(s): Oleg Rafalskiy / Language(s): Ukrainian

The monograph is devoted to the study of the ethno-political components in the consolidation of Ukrainian society. The methodological and theoretical bases of the processes research of modern transformations with taking into account the peculiarities of modern ethnonational policy development and the practice of its implementation are revealed. The political analysis of domestic and foreign political influences on the ethnopolitical situation in Ukraine is carried out, the current directions of social and political development in modern conditions are determined. The publication is intended for scientists, who study the problems of ethnopolitics and socio-political processes in Ukraine. The book may be of interest to post-graduate students, students of higher educational institutions, everyone who seeks to assess current events in the political sphere and predict their development.

Зміна цивілізаційної парадигми розвитку України: теоретико-методологічний аналіз

Author(s): Not Specified Author / Language(s): Ukrainian

The monograph examines the processes of formation, development and decline of civilizations. The main focus is on the development of Ukrainian regional civilization. The anti-Ukrainian orientation of Russian civilization myths about the common historical memory is shown. The status and prospects of Ukraine's Euro-Atlantic integration as a change in its civilization course are considered.

Опортунізм у прийнятті політичних рішень у бюджетній сфері у період фінансово-економічної кризи 2008-2009 рр.

Author(s): Margaryta Chabanna / Language(s): Ukrainian

The monograph presents a study of the manifestations of political opportunism of decision-makers in the formation of state expenditures for social protection and social security in the conditions of financial and economic crisis of 2008-2009 in Ukraine. The main attention is paid to the analysis of the political regime and political and socio-economic orientations of Ukrainian society, their role in the implementation of fiscal manipulation. Considering the political conditionality and economic feasibility of decisions aimed at improving social standards during the crisis, the peculiarities of the process of their development, adoption and implementation, as well as the electoral consequences in the post-crisis period are analyzed.

IMPROVING WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT THROUGH EVOLUTION IN KENYA: THE CASE OF NAIROBI AND KAKAMEGA COUNTIES

Author(s): Sylvester Ngome Chisika,Chunho Yeom / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2023

This study aimed to investigate the progress of women's empowerment through employment opportunities in Nairobi and Kakamega Counties in Kenya between 2013 and 2017. Despite the increasing policies that aim to mainstream social equity and equality, there is still a significant gap between policy commitments and practices. The study evaluated whether the implementation of devolved governance in the two counties has improved women's empowerment. The study's framework included an in-depth review of policy documents, official records, and reports from official websites to understand women's economic empowerment status in Nairobi and Kakamega. The study analyzed qualitative and quantitative data from County Integrated Development Plans and other secondary sources. Specifically, it examined compliance with the 30% gender rule, requiring women to hold at least 30% of all elective and appointive positions. The study found that Nairobi commands the largest share of formal sector wage employment in Kenya, and women's access to employment opportunities remains slightly lower than men in both counties. Despite implementing the 30% gender rule, the study revealed the need for more comprehensive policies that promote gender equality and women's economic empowerment in both Nairobi and Kakamega.

METHODOLOGY FOR DEVELOPING A SECURITY ENVIRONMENT

Author(s): Oleh Borovyk,Dmytro Kupriienko,Artem Bratko,Anatolii Mysyk,Oleksandr Andrushko,Serhii Burbela / Language(s): English Issue: 3/2023

The research conducted in this article is a substantiation of the method for strategic management of the development of the Ukrainian border security environment. The essence of the method is to determine the phases for the current state and the projected period for particular sectors of the state border, depending on their inherent characteristics, further selecting the concept of border security on this basis, establishing the type of barriers and criteria for ensuring border security that are appropriate for use. Further application of the methodology involves conducting a SWOT analysis for particular sectors of the state border, which identifies the strengths and weaknesses of the internal environment, opportunities and threats inherent in the external environment, and the formation of possible strategies for ensuring border security in three variants of organizing activities (in the conditions of day-to-day activities, a complication of the situation and martial law). Based on the results of the analysis and the illustrative example, it can be concluded that the proposed method for strategic management of the development of Ukraine’s border security environment is one of the possible effective mechanisms in the activities of the subjects ensuring Ukraine’s border security.