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In the same city, 14 Muslims are on trial for extremism and spreading religious hatred.
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This article aims to examine the ethnic minorities’ state of affairs in light of the constitutional reforms in Armenia since President Serzh Sargsyan decided to open the consultations with the parliamentary factions on November 2005. Policy-makers and representatives on behalf of ethnic minority groups have been taking relevantly place at the recent wave of democratic protests throughout the process of constitutional reforms in order to entrench a more stable multiparty system, independent judiciary, new balances between State and civic society. Hence, what is the reason to endorse those tiny ethnic groups such wealth of minority rights and political recognition? Why have ethnic Armenian minority groups not had objections or particular regrets in the constitutional reform processes? In turn, may this high level of internal recognition to ethnic minority groups foster assistance to Armenian minorities and protect Armenian heritage into the de facto entities of the South Caucasus?
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As Dodon warns of impending ‘civil war,’ his government inks military pact with Romania.
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Pas një hyrjeje për karakteristikaterajonit të përkufizuar si zonë kulturore dhe për përballjen e nacionalizmave serb dhe shqiptar, që nuk kanë humbur asnjë rast për t’u acaruar në çdo moment, dotë përpiqem tëintegroj në këtë artikull qasjen antropologjike në lidhje me konsideratat historike dhe gjeopolitike mbi territorin dhe kulturën shqiptare. Përtë kuptuar dukuritë aktuale, një çështje më duket thelbësore: të dihet që nësetrashëgimia historike dhe identitetet kulturore, nëse nuk justifikojnë, të paktën shpjegojnë, sadopak në mënyrë të arsyeshme, konfliktet etnike dhe nacionalizmin apo, në të kundërt, shërbejnë thjesht për të përcaktuar dhe, në rastin më të mirë, për të racionalizuar marrëdhëniet ndëretnike midis grupeve sociale.
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Yugoslavia today is a place of suffering. The country has become a stage on which two contestants are battling for moral victory. The stage is miserable and the contestants, the Western military alliance and the Milosevic regime, look like third-rate amateurs. But the price of winning the prize on offer is extremely high, the killing of innocents, the expulsion of other innocents and the destruction of the country. Milosevic happily uses the most ruthless methods against Albanian civilians in Kosovo, invoking our moral right to defend the country from aggression. NATO claims the same right from the other side of the table, the moral duty to protect the innocent Albanian population of Yugoslavia. [...]
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Nebojša Popov, Crta Posle Dejtona - Pariz Bogdan Bogdanović, Grad - posle utopije Teofil Pančić, Obračuni Teofil Pančić,Predsednik ne gubi vreme Nebojša Popov, Osvešćivanje na rate Mirko Đorđević, Znak i nada Pozorište urbane tuge Dej-ton, Ce-Ka Jovan Marić, Etički problemi privatne medicinske prakse Vida Čok, Prava čoveka i državljanstvo Pal Šandor, Teze za rešavanje pitanja nacionalnih manjina u Srbiji Žarko Paunović, Delatan pristup obnovi društva Stavko Golić, Zablude o „vreći bez dna“ Kristof Solio, Došao sam da vam kažem da odlazim Nastasja Radović, Dijalog kao događaj Dragan Cvetković, Kako povući zamajac? Ghislaine Glasson Deschaumes, Kako biti dobar sused na Balkanu Vera Sinrajh, Lokalno delovanje i međunarodna saradnja Miroslav Simić, Časnici SANU kao partijski funkcioneri Sarajlije odlučuju ne samo o sebi Miodrag Stanisavljević, Mogućnosti budućnosti
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Nebojša Popov, Vatrometina Dragan Janjić, Bombe i diplomatija Ljubomir Madžar, Misterije napuštanja jednog „uspešnog“ programa Mirko Đorđević, Pohvala savesti Dušan Mojsin, Kazna i zločin u raskoraku Olivija Rusovac, Krhki aranžman Nebojša Spaić, Spontano čestitanje ničega Potpis zelenim mastilom Rade Veljanovski, Nova slika za stari ram Kletve i klevete Nastasja Radović, Serbian dream Dragoš Ivanović, Parlamentarni fijasko Komornici nagog Česlav Miloš, O rubrici „nacionalnost" Nebojša Popov, Višak uzrujanosti Aleksandar Fatić, Nacionalna država i ljudska prava Igor Karuzo, Ugnjetavanje i ljudski suverenitet Teoftt Pančić, Protiv pogubnih mitova (Aleksandar Solženjicin: „Rusko pitanje“ Krajem 20. veka; preveo Boban Đurić; izdavači: Matica srpska, Cicero, Pismo; Beograd-Novi Sad 1995) Džemal Hatibović, Karakter i posledice rata u BiH Zdravko Grebo, Tiha nada i pesimizam Miodrag Stanisavljević, Krstom protiv tomahavka
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Nebojša Popov, Raspamećivanje Vesna Pešić, Rat: lakše početi nego završiti Mirko Tepavac, Odlaganje sve skuplje Dušan Mojsin, Profesional-izam Ž. Mihić, Nevidljiva nacija Teofil Pančić, „Podzemlje« i komentari Muvanje s vremenom Nada Mijatović, Lepše je s humanošću Jelena Santić, Pakrac - juče, danas, sutra Olivija Rusovac, Opiranje ratu i dezorganizaciji Dušan Kecmanović, Nacionalizam, razbojništvo i lopovluk Znalac majstora smrti (Marko Vešović, Smrt je majstor iz Srbije, Bosanska knjiga, Sarajevo 1994) Novo kolo Beogradskog kruga Nebojša Popov, Čekajući katarzu Nenad Stefanov, Refleksija ili denuncijacija Džemal Hatibović, Jesu li Muslimani Srbi ili su Hrvati? Miodrag Stanisavljević, Aždajin obrok
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Nebojša Popov, Grogi Vlastimir Stevanović, Student nije zapalio žito Ljubomir Madžar, Analitika kataklizme (Mlađan Dinkić, Ekonomija destrukcije, Beograd; VIN, 1995, 273+11 str.) Milan Šahović, Sukcesija SFRJ u novim uslovima Dragoš Ivanović, Državna kriza Srbije Velimir Ćurgus Kazimir, Šizofrenija samoizolacije Olivija Rusovac, Proizvodnja ravnodušnih ljudi Strah od Sorosa Nebojša, Popov, (Ne)vidljiva alternativa Teofil Pančić, Kontra-dibidon ili lepše je sa Ljubljanom Jelica Minić, Neizbežnost reformi Vane Ivanović, Pogled iz kuta mini manjine Žarko Paunović, Aktuelnosti Branka Petrović, Žene za mir (Izdavač: Žene u crnom, Beograd, 1995, str. 295) Dušan Mojsin, Tajna i miris žena Čeka se odluka Komiteta ministara Raško Kovačević,Muke po otrežnjenju Ivana Spasić,Međuversko hodočašće za mir i život Miodrag Stanisavljević, Hirovito proleće
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Za,konstituciju hrvatske države i njezino demokratsko ustrojstvo nema važnijeg i delikatnijeg problema od rješenja "srpskog pitanja". Kakav je, međutim, odgovor aktualne hrvatske i srpske politike na ovo pitanje? Svoju ćemo osnovnu tezu pregnantno i grubo ovako formulirati; nova je hrvatska vlast Srbe u Hrvatskoj brutalno politički desubjektivirala, a srpska ih politika još brutalnije gurnula u rat protiv Hrvatske! Na hrvatsku politiku dekonstitucionalizacije, političke desubjektivacije i diskriminacije, Srbi u Hrvatskoj nisu znali odgovoriti politički. Odgovorili su, nažalost, pobunom, nasiljem i terorom.
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Gordana Logar, Poligon za ravnotežu straha Život nasušni SLUČAJ: VELJKO DŽAKULA Lepa Mlađenović, Dobro vreme da se bude žena Dragoš Ivanović, Obeščašćivanje parlamenta Biljana Kovačević, Stevan Lilić, Vlada nacionalnog jedinstva Vlastimir Stevanović, Novi dinar u starom okruženju Rade Veljanovski, Zašto novo udruženje Vojkan Ristić, San i java učlanjenih hroničara Olivija Rusovac, Krugovi straha Partner u komadanju Nenad Prokić, Slovenija, dve godine posle Zoran Odić, Bit će opet Sarajeva? Goran Todorovič, Ratne igre Hadi Kurić, Ipak ih sve volim Olivera Glumac, Contra bellum Vesna Pešić, Vrednosni okvir ratnih sadržaja i porukaMilan Prodanović, Multikulturalnost i tradicija Balkana, Jelena Šantlć, Nacionalizam — autodestrukcija kulture i umetnosti Ofelija Backović, Kroćenje duhovnog Boga nema Evropski Sud za ljudska prava Safet Bandžović, "Lijepa vakta ko obraza nema" Dušan Mojsin, Kinično ili cinično Miodrag Stanisavljević, Zakon glupih situacija
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Classification of Articles with annotations and an authors’ register for Vol. V (1993), No. 59-No. 82
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Neuporediv Milan Šahović, Nenaučena lekcija Ratna pobeda nije kompromis Gordana Logar, Promene — daleke i neizvesne O uvredljivim riječima Aleksandar Nenadović, Cena velesrpskog konsenzusa Vladimir Vereš, Neizbežni rizik demokratizacije Miloš Stambolić, Gusle i nož Vladimir Goati, Neke pouke izbora 1993. Aleksandar A. Miljković, Građanstvo i demokratija Vlastimir Stevanović, Agonija se nastavlja Pavle Radić, Kuda ide Srbija? Dragan Veselinov, Velika nedoumica Olivija Rusovac, Zavodljivost socijalista Dragoš Ivanović, Šta se menja u biračkom telu Rade Veljanovski, Postedice nenaučenih lekcija Verica Rupar, Krah agresivne politike Dušan Mojsin, "Bolje grob..." Odlaganje parlamentarizma Stevan Liiić, BiIjana Kovačević, Vanredno stanje Rade Radovanović, Samo solidarnost Srbiju spasava Džezeri se bude na vreme Slobodan Inić, Četvrta Jugoslavija? Zoran Kosanović, Svedočenje jednog vojnika Bojan Aleksov, Prigovor savesti Nada Ignjatović Savić, Deca u zemlji Turobiji Nened Petrović, Orvelizacija istorije Silovanje posle silovanja Nadežda Ćetković, Žene za žene Obrad Savić, Encensberger u Beogradu Radomir S Petrović, Sine ira et studio 10. decembar — Međunarodni dan ljudskih prava Tekst za spomen knjigu Elias Canetti, Samouništenje plemena Ksosa (iz knjige Masa i moć)
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The author advances basic theoretical and practical assumptions of the curriculum of the Balkan ethnology course which she teaches in the Balkan studies program of the Frei Universität. One of them is the rejection of the obsolete division of culture into »material« and »spiritual« spheres, a postulate thoroughly criticized in recent German cultural theory. In many countries of Southeastern Europe, however, this conceptual division has led to institutionalized division of research, »material culture« being studied by one set of institutions, and »folk arts« by another. The roots of this schism can be traced to the different meaning and use of the 19th century terms folklore and Volkskunde. If the study of culture is understood as the investigation of: a) human ability to change its environment; b) a general social-historical process (macro-aspect); and c) specific culture(s) (micro-aspect), then the opposition of civilization as »material life« and culture as »spiritual life« indeed does not make sense. The author suggests that ethnology as a discipline differs from cultural anthropology in its focus on the culture of folk, that is, of subordinate social strata, while cultural anthropology is all-encompassing. Ethnology today is a social science which deals with the cultural aspect of general social phenomena, analyzing the causes and processes of the mediation of cultural values and their objective and subjective representations. Its goal is to help solve socio-cultural problems. Another antiquated and theoretically unsound concept of traditional ethnology is its division into »national« and »non-European« (Volkskunde and Völkerkunde). The concept is no longer in use in modem German ethnology. The Balkan ethnology curriculum which the author has designed is a necessary compromise between theoretical systematization and educational pragmatism. The subject is divided into three thematic complexes based on the relationships human being — material objects, human being — sign, and human being — human being, respectively. Furthermore, there are six problem aspects (tradition and innovation; cultural space and identity; folk culture and mass culture; cultural industry and creativity; mediation and communication; group and individual) which place the thematic complexes in social-historical context. The theses advanced for Balkan ethnology emphasize that multi-ethnic situation requires adequate research procedure; that its task is to investigate comparatively intra-ethnic and inter-ethnic social/cultural issues using historical-typological comparisons; that its theoretical is framework structuralism and communication science since the Balkan ethnology exists at the intersection of linguistics and other social sciences; that its goal is the comprehension of both the structure and function of cultural phenomena in their intra-ethnic and inter-ethnic contexts, and both their continuity and change; that the subject of the Balkan ethnology are basic strata of culture and society of Balkan ethnic units, i.e. social/cultural expressions of folk, understood as a process (folk as a social sub-system within various social formations); finally, that its long-term goal is the construction of a general model of the Balkan folk culture as a part of the European ethnology.
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Gordana Logar, Dar sa Zapada Latinka Perović, Društvena suština rata Milan Šahović, Kazne za počinjena zlodela Konferencija eksperata Slobodan Inić, Svi ćemo mi biti Srbi Jovan Radovanović, Da li je režim pobedio narod? Velimir Ćurgus Kazimir, Tačka uporišta Ivan Protlć, Zagrli me ako možeš Andrija Krešić, Politika nacionalizma udruživanje naroda Olga Popović, Kakva ili kolika država Gordana Vukotić, To država ne pozlaćuje Andrija Krešić, Socijalizam i druga Jugoslavija Aleksandra Pošarac, Povratak na početak Svetlana Božinović, Krugovi socijalnog propadanja Milan Prodanović, Arhitekti, rat i obnova Sarajeva Nada Mijatović, Gorko, gorče, najgorče Ti raži sa unutrašnjim sagorevanjem Vojkan Ristić, Jezik mi iščupali nisu Odbor demokratske javnosti za oslobađanje Vuka Draškovića i odbranu političkih sloboda Safet Bandžović, Sandžački dani Milorad Pupovac, Manjine - ključ mira ili uzrok rata? Miodrag Zupanc, Krug do Čačka i natrag Gabriela Pajević, Lozinka zamrzivač
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The present paper starts from the modern democracy’s tendency of leveling every human society and of imposing the same rules and same lifestyle. Against this background, of democratic globalization, and by referring to A.C. Popovici’s ideas, we presented the reactions within the Romanian space to this universal process, from the beginning of the 20th century. A.C. Popovici is a political thinker, conservative, a critic of both illuminist rationalism and modern democracy. He thinks that democracy, as modern civilization itself, is founded on certain technical, leveling procedures, which would lead to the extinction of the peoples’s different identities. This is the reason why A.C. Popovici is a critic of democratic globalization, who opposes the national principle to the democratic one.
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Our study aims at providing an insight into a few specific ways to understand and analyze state and security issues in the Middle East and North Africa region from the perspective of realism and constructivism. These two classic paradigms of International Relations and Security Studies, despite having a limited epistemological dimension, offer nevertheless the capacity to support in capturing the morphology and the stakes of security situations in a region recognized as hardly permeable to exclusively theoretical analyses.
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The European Parliament, due to the direct election of the MEPs, is an institution that is more willing to represent the interests of European national minorities and regional communities than other EU bodies. During the 2014–2019 term, various questions of national minorities were discussed in the Minority Intergroup, an informal but officially recognized group of MEPs, and also in some committees of the Parliament. Individual MEPs, either alone or together with other colleagues, organized events and conferences on minority topics. However, the EU generally is reluctant when it comes to questions on national minorities. The plenary of the European Parliament, however, did adopt important resolutions on the matter during this term, and urged the European Commission to create an EU legal framework for protecting national minorities. Events, conferences, and resolutions have not led to a break-through; but even keeping the issue on the agenda is a success in a milieu that is often hostile to discuss minority problems because it sees them as offences to national sovereignty. Nevertheless, important steps forward are needed to secure a more just, equal and citizen-friendly Europe; this is where discussions on minority issues within the EP for instance, could foster improvement.
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The paper examines issues of US language policy. Does the US have an official language? If not, why not? The study tries to find the answer by reviewing the specificities of the American Constitution. It illustrates the specific language situation in the US with historical examples. The author argues that the regulation of native languages differs significantly from that of ‘colonial’ and ‘immigrant’ languages. The former is expressly protected by federal law, while there is some kind of competition between the latters. Finally, the paper looks for parallels between the American language policy and European (especially Central European) language policies in terms of the protection of indigenous languages, the impact of the Spanish language’s special role, the recognition of the cultural and economic value of languages, and, finally, the role of non-governmental actors in language protection.
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Nigeria is the most populated country in Africa, with rich deposits of raw materials,including oil, vast territory and the strongest army among the countries of the region.Still, there are numerous internal conflicts, which does not allow this young state togrow and build its position of a regional power. The purpose of the article is to explainthe Nigerian religious and ethnic mosaic, as well as the intricacies in the domesticpolitics of the country. In particular, the independence aspirations of individual nationsand religious differences that foster internal conflicts have been taken into account,based on historical context
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