Najważniejsze problemy Macedonii w procesie integracji z Unią Europejską

Author(s): Artur Adamczyk,Mladen Karadzoski / Language(s): English,Polish Issue: 2 (74)/2015

Since 1991, when Macedonia became independent, integration with Western structures – the European Union and the NATO – has been its main foreign policy objective. All Macedonian governments have consi¬stently worked towards implementing the political, economic and social reforms required by the Copenhagen criteria. To a certain extent, the EU appreciated Macedonia’s efforts: in 2005, it granted Macedonia, known as FYROM, the status of a candidate country. However, the implementation of internal reforms alone has proved insufficient to commence the acces¬sion negotiations. The path to the EU is still blocked by unsettled issu¬es with Greece and Bulgaria. The government in Athens demands that Macedonia settle the dispute over its name and accuses it of appropria¬ting Greek historical heritage. Sofia, in turn, accuses Skopje of falsifying history and discriminating against the Bulgarian minority living on the territory of the Republic of Macedonia.

“Beleavers” and “Remoaners”: Brexit and the Anti-Democrats

Author(s): Nicholas T. Parsons / Language(s): English Issue: 05/2016

Partie polityczne i ich elektoraty wobec kwestii nowelizacji ustawy antyaborcyjnej w Polsce (2007–2011)

Author(s): Krzysztof Kowalczyk / Language(s): Polish Issue: 2/2014

The paper analyses the public debate on the scope of the anti-abortion legislation in 2007–2011, regarding it as one of the elements of the socio-political split-up into religiosity and secularity. The article is specially focused on the stance of political parties concerning their declared values (political and election programmes) and real actions (such as bills), as well as their electorates. Also, different stances of the Polish public opinion on abortion as well as the interference of the Catholic Church, i.e., of the Polish Episcopal Conference and individual bishops, into the process of changing the anti-abortion legislation are described.

KADETTIDE ARUSAAMAD ŐPPIMISEST JA ŐPETAMISEST

Author(s): Katri Kütt,Tõnis Männiste / Language(s): Estonian Issue: 19/2014

This article gives an insight into a phenomenological survey that was conducted at the ENDC in order to analyze cadets’ concepts about learning and teaching.The data for this survey was collected from 2nd year land force curriculum cadets in the spring 2013 while they were studying in the trainer course.There were 32 males, and 1 female cadet who took part in the survey with an average age of 22.6 years. All the questions were open ended and the cadets were advised to freely write down their ideas.Learning and teaching was mostly seen as a one way process amongst the cadets, wherein the teacher’s role is to give information and the learner’s role is to receive that information. The purpose of learning and teaching was described in the same way – the purpose is to,one way or an other, pass on or acquire knowledge and skills. A need for the active construction of knowledge and skills by learners was mentioned infrequently.Attitude, whether it be the learner’s attitude, or a possible outcome of learning, in addition to the acquisition of knowledge and skills, was not mentioned by the cadets, nor was student/teacher virtues, even though those are considered to be a very important part of military training.

KINDRALLEITNANT NIKOLAI REEK: LÜHIÜLEVAADE ELU- JA TEENISTUSKÄIGUST

Author(s): Jaak Pihlak / Language(s): Estonian Issue: 19/2014

Konceptualizácie výskumu hraníc: minulosť a súčasnosť

Author(s): Vladimír Dančišin / Language(s): Slovak Issue: 2/2016

The study provides a summary of the most crucial conceptualisations regarding border studies. The aim is to introduce main concepts and categories employed by scholars in the field of border studies. Conceptualization of border studies point out that the issue of borders offer full range of possibilities for research.

Политически „звезди” във фейсбук: характерни черти на българския контекст

Author(s): Silvia Petrova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2017

In recent years, Bulgarian media has been constructing the image of political figures through the prisms of entertainment and lifestyle. In this way, politicians have frequently been transformed into lifestyle icons and models of identification for the audience—a role that until recently was played mainly by celebrities and popular culture personalities. These processes are linked to the current media trend of presenting news and facts not through analysis and commentary, but through details from private life. In this way, serious issues are getting transformed into a type of reality show, whose participants become the political personalities themselves. The shifting focus on privacy and entertainment has not only changed the concept of politics, but the way that political figures are represented as well. In the Bulgarian context, the process of turning politicians into celebrities was started by media outlets characterized by their active lifestyle rhetoric and preference for reporting on private topics and personal stories rather than on political ideas and arguments. Until recently, this trend was observed solely in the functioning of traditional media, such as newspapers and television. Nowadays, however, politicians also get the opportunity to construct their own celebrity image through new media, such as Facebook, Twitter, etc. One of the consequences of this process is that the politicians themsleves are transforming into a type of media and get the opportunity to shape their own public image—consisting of a collection of looks, slogans, and promises—and to monitor the comments under their posts.

Geopolitics in a topsy-turvy world: ten futuristic perspectives

Author(s): Stanley D. Brunn / Language(s): English Issue: 3/2015

The paper is based on the following: my studying, teaching, writing and experiencing political geography and global geopolitics for half a century, from my experiences traveling in nearly 80 countries on all continents, from teaching in more than two dozen countries (large and small in the Global North and the Global South) on five continents, and from my professional career interests studying human and human/environmental futures (Brunn 1974, 1981, 1984, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, forthcoming). All of these personal and professional ingredients are essential in addressing the topic for this topic because I think it is important for everyone looking at local, regional or international geopolitics to know “where the author is coming from” and “where we are going or where we might be going.” Permit me to make three points at the outset, which are woven into the discussion below. First, the year is 2016, it is not 2001 or 1989 or 1968 or 1948. Second, it is important in looking at geopolitical futures to look forward, not backwards, about what might be the "state and the shape” of the political world. And in that perspective to explore some “new and different” worlds about what “might or could be.” Third, the future is and will not simply a repetition of the past, much as we might think it is or hope it is. There are new actors on regional and world stages, new approaches to seeing a problem, new technologies and from those some new political and geopolitical realities.

Geopolitics in the geographical work of Strabo

Author(s): Rafał Koszek / Language(s): English Issue: 3/2015

Strabo of Amasia is recognized to be one of the greatest ancient geographers. His monumental work Geography is the first geographical treatise which encompasses the whole known world of that time. Although geopolitics as an independent area of knowledge appeared in the end of the nineteenth century, its origins can be found in the Antiquity. Due to the similarity and relations between geopolitics and geography it is justified to seek sources of geopolitics in the works of the earliest geographers. Therefore, it seems to be quite reasonable to examine the Strabo’s contribution to the development of geopolitical concepts. The main aim of this article is to prove the thesis that Strabo is the forerunner of geography, as well as of geopolitics. Research is based on Strabo’s work Geography. It consists of seventeen books. The two initial books include a theoretical introduction to the next fifteen books, which describe particular regions of the ancient oikoumene. The paper presents geopolitical ideas contained in the general introduction, as well as in the depiction of different regions. One of the most meaningful concepts, repeatedly expressed by Strabo, is that geography should serve the needs of states and their authorities. It helps the rulers to govern their countries and provides information about the others, what is useful both for foreign policy and international trade. It is probably the description of the Italian Peninsula where we can find the most expressive example of Strabo’s geopolitical thinking. He analyses its geographical features in terms of its security as well as its internal and international economic opportunities. He also noticed the superiority of the Roman Empire in comparison to the other nations. The geopolitical ideas are visible in the description of particular cities as well. This article takes into account Sinopê, located on the southern coast of The Black Sea and the city of Rome.

O socjotechnicznych, a także prakseologicznych korzeniach doradztwa politycznego

Author(s): Łukasz Scheffs / Language(s): Polish Issue: 4/2016

The main topic of the paper is political consulting and the significance of political consultants in political organizations. For obvious reasons the paper also addresses the issues of academic knowledge being implemented in practice. The author undertakes to analyze how the notion of political consulting is understood by indicating its relation to such notions as social engineering, communication consulting, personal consulting, thematic consulting and election campaigns.

Elfogultság és közöny

Author(s): Balázs Kiss / Language(s): Hungarian Issue: 4/2015

The paper outlines an answer to the question: how to analyse political leaders. After giving an overview of the relevant literature in political theory and leadership studies, the so called CIP model is presented in details. The model claims that, regarding their mental models and behaviours, the outstanding political leaders may be classified as enacting charismatic, ideological or pragmatic leadership. Accordingly, the political process has three interdependent components: the leadership style, the expectations of the followers and the situation in which the leader should act. A leader will be successful and outstanding if, in a specific given and/or constructed situation, he or she behaves in the style that is favourably received by the followers under such conditions. The main result of such a behaviour is that the leader is able to unite and integrate many citizens in his or her political community, and indirectly in the overarching Hungarian political community.

ПОЛИТИЧЕСКАТА РЕКЛАМА В ИЗБОРИТЕ ЗА МЕСТНА ВЛАСТ В ОБЩИНА БУРГАС ПРЕЗ 1995-А ГОДИНА

Author(s): Yuliуa Shapovalova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2011

The present exploration concerns the political advertising in newspapers in Burgas during the municipal elections in 1995. The aim of the exploration is to understand is there equality in election campaign coverage of individual candidates, what are the types of political advertising and does media help to make an informed and objective choice.

Kontingencia és politikai cselekvés – A politikai vezetők szerepe válsághelyzetekben

Author(s): András Körösényi,Gábos Illés,Rudolf Tamás Metz / Language(s): Hungarian Issue: 1/2017

The interaction between crisis situations and political leadership has long been an eminent topic in political science. However, political leaders are often seen as merely reacting to exogenous challenges (such as natural catastrophes, economic crises, terrorist attacks). In contrast to these structure-oriented approaches, the present paper emphasizes the role of political agency in shaping or deliberatively creating crisis situations. It is done through setting up a typology based on the differentiation among various forms of contingency. In the second half of the article, the usefulness of this typology is illustrated by analyzing empirical examples, focusing primarily on cases where political leadership truly made a difference in a crisis situation.

Recenzió

Author(s): Árpád Vásárhelyi / Language(s): Hungarian Issue: 1/2017

„Kírállyá lett a te Istened” – Fejezetek a politikai teológia történetéből. Szerkesztette: Borbély Gábor, Gábor György, Geréby György, Szántó Veronika. Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, 2008.

Sikert sikerre…

Author(s): Barna Bodó / Language(s): Hungarian Issue: 1/2017

The 2016 parliamentary elections saw the collaboration of the Hungarian parties: the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (RMDSZ), the bigger party, which had been present in the Parliament before, and the Hungarian Civic Party (MPP) ran on a joint list. Hungarians make up 82.90% of the population in Harghita county and 71.59% in Covasna county. These proportions were also reflected in the ballots. Thanks to the willingness to vote of the counties with a Hungarian majority in Szeklerland, RMDSZ will be present with a faction stronger than during the previous term in the two chambers of legislation: the House of Representatives and the Senate.

Институционализовани консоцијализам у Босни и Херцеговини

Author(s): Nemanja Rodić / Language(s): Serbian Issue: 12/2016

The consocial democracy represents a specific form of democracy typical for the divided societies. Political controversy of national identities in Bosnia and Herzegovina follows the national divisions and take place in the context of ethnic and civic content of those identities. Bosnia and Herzegovina is a country with social groups in constant conflict with each other and therefore consocial model of democracy established by the Dayton-Paris Peace Agreement, is the most effective solution for long-term sustainability. This democratic model of sustainability, and the ability to establish consensus as its key parameter, is particularly important for nationally and / or religiously divided societies, such as Bosnia and Herzegovina. This paper deals with the emergence of institutionalized consocialism in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Женски покрет у БиХ

Author(s): Vesna Đurić / Language(s): Serbian Issue: 10/2015

Review of: Zlatiborka Popov-Momčinović: Ženski pokret u BiH, Aktikulacija jedne kontrakulture, Sarajevski otvoreni Centar, Centar za empirijska istraživanja religije u BiH, Fondacija CURE, Sarajevo, 2013

Принцип оповргавања и метод дедукције

Author(s): Stefan Vukojević / Language(s): Serbian Issue: 10/2015

Review of: Karl Poper: Logika naučnog otkrića, Nolit, Beograd, 1973

Oczekiwania pracodawców wobec dziennikarzy — na podstawie analizy ofert rekrutacyjnych

Author(s): Dariusz Krawczyk / Language(s): Polish Issue: 19/2017

This paper presents the conclusions from verification of job offer advertisementsfor journalists and editors, published in 2016. The main expectations of employersinclude experience as an editor, specified as a requirement in 72 percent of the analysedadvertisements. Candidates replying to the offers of the media market should also know foreign languages (45 percent), have computer skills and be able to use Internet tools (44 percent), and be educated to a degree level or to a secondary school level (30 percent). Most publishers want to acquire individuals with vast knowledge, excellent communication skillsand engaged in their jobs. Availability combined with engagement, creativity and resistance to stress may make finding a job in the profession, the practical formula of which is continuously transformed as a result of technological progress, easier.