Practical Aspects Regarding the Role of Administrative Law in the Modernization of Public Administration. Contributions to the 2nd International Conference `Contemporary Challenges in Administrative Law from an Interdisciplinary Perspective`, May 17

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

This volume contains the scientific papers presented at the 2nd International Conference “Contemporary Challenges in Administrative Law from an Interdisciplinary Perspective” that was held on 17 May 2019 at Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania. The scientific studies included in this volume are grouped into two chapters: Practical Aspects Regarding the Role of Administrative Law in the Modernization of Public Administration at European and International Level and Practical Aspects Regarding the Role of Administrative Law in the Modernization of Public Administration at National Level. This volume is aimed at practitioners, researchers, students and PhD candidates in juridical and administrative sciences, who are interested in recent developments and prospects for development in the field of administrative law and public administration at international and national level.

Funkcje kontrolna i kreacyjna Sejmu w kształtowaniu polityki zagranicznej Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej w latach 1997-2004

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

The author addresses the issues of the Sejm performing scrutiny and formation functions in the process of shaping Polish foreign policy in the years 1997–2004, especially with regard to the involvement of the Sejm in achieving the two main political objectives formulated after the transformation of 1989: joining NATO and the European Union.

EUROPEAN UNION POLICIES AT A TIME OF CRISIS

Author(s): Tomasz Grzegorz Grosse / Language(s): English

In recent years, and more specifically, since the outbreak of the Eurozone crisis in 2010, the model of integration has changed. The rising political power of the strongest Member States and the political segmentation of the European Union into separate circles of integration have become the new reality. These processes have been accompanied by a range of related changes, such as the growing politicisation of the European Commission, increasing institutionalisation of the euro area and petrification of the geographical and political division into central and peripheral states in the EU. At this point, it is difficult to predict whether these changes will prove temporary or permanent, and what will be their systemic consequences (or, in other words, how will they impact Europe’s political system). It is similarly difficult to judge how the changes will influence specific EU policies. An attempt to answer these difficult but compelling questions is the objective of our book.Tomasz Grzegorz GrosseProfessor of Political Science and Head of Department of European Union Policies at the University of Warsaw; author of In Search of Geo-economics in Europe and coeditor of The Aspects of a CrisisThe authors of this volume offer a comprehensive analysis of conditions and results of EU policies in the context of European integration. The ambitious scope of the project required the knowledge of economics, history, political science, international relations, law and even sociology. The authors fulfill their promise to the readers: the volume contains a comprehensive and detailed elucidation of the influence of the crisis on the integration practice, and on the contemporary conditions of EU integration, including both its structure and functioning. Zbigniew Czachórauthor of The Crisis and Disrupted Dynamics of the European UnionThe volume edited by Tomasz G. Grosse promises to be a very valuable contribution to Polish European studies. It belongs to the broader field of critical reflections on European integration and as such, it opens new possibilities of constructive debate about the present and the future of the European Union. Janusz Ruszkowskicoauthor of Euro: Common Currency of the United EuropeThe Authors:Paweł J. Borkowski, Jacek Czaputowicz, Tomasz Grzegorz Grosse, Krzysztof M. Księżopolski, Justyna Miecznikowska, Jadwiga Nadolska, Artur Nowak-Far, Kamila Pronińska, Małgorzata Smutek, Krzysztof Szewior, Jolanta Szymańska, Joanna Ziółkowska.

GLOBALNE ZARZĄDZANIE GOSPODARCZE. Wyzwania dla światowego systemu handlu

Author(s): Anna Wróbel,Karina Jędrzejowska,Karina Jędrzejowska,Marek Rewizorski / Language(s): Polish

Celem książki jest analiza zmian zachodzących w handlowym wymiarze globalnego zarządzania gospodarczego.Autorzy odnieśli się do wybranych aspektów funkcjonowania światowego systemu handlu, dokonując oceny ich funkcjonalności oraz odnosząc się do związanych z nimi wyzwań. W kolejnych częściach opracowania omówiono m.in.: kwestię kryzysu idei globalnego zarządzania gospodarczego, problematykę postępującej dysfunkcjonalności Światowej Organizacji Handlu oraz zagrożeń dla wielostronnego systemu handlowego, wybrane aspekty regulacji handlu rolnego i przeszkody dla rozwoju handlu światowego, a także zagadnienia zależności między handlem międzynarodowym a rozwojem społeczno-gospodarczym na przykładzie inicjatywy Aid for Trade i specyfikę handlu produktami wiedzy. Prezentowana książka jest niewątpliwie cennym wkładem do dorobku polskich badaczy stosunków międzynarodowych. Na rynku krajowym brakowało bowiem dotychczas opracowania przedstawiającego wielowątkowy aspekt globalnego zarządzania w odniesieniu do handlu. Z uwagi na to, że jest to problem kluczowy dla współczesnego świata, na ustaleniach autorów skorzystają wszyscy zainteresowani współczesnymi zjawiskami globalnymi oraz stosunkami międzynarodowymi we współzależnych obszarach – gospodarczym, politycznym i społecznym. Klarowny język i przejrzysta struktura poszczególnych rozdziałów sprawiają, że lektura będzie przystępna nie tylko dla osób zajmujących się naukowo i zawodowo wymienionymi zagadnieniami, lecz także dla szerszego grona czytelników.z recenzji dr hab. Pauliny Matery, prof. UŁ Celowość podjętej przez autorów problematyki badawczej – zarówno w wymiarze poznawczym, jak i praktycznym, a także biorąc pod uwagę stan i kierunki rozwoju gospodarki światowej oraz zarządzania nią – należy ocenić bardzo wysoko.Autorzy nie ograniczyli się wyłącznie do wąsko postrzeganego, „technicznego” opisu problemu (podejścia deskryptywnego), lecz skonstruowali ciekawe i przydatne do przemyśleń i dyskusji wnioski, oceny oraz prognozy. Udało im się połączyć sferę rozważań teoretycznych ze sferą empiryczną, co uznać należy za zabieg udany i zasługujący na aprobatę. Książka stanowi solidną analizę naukową, świadczącą o dużej wiedzy, doświadczeniu zawodowym i rzetelnym warsztacie badawczym jej autorów.z recenzji dr. hab. Macieja Walkowskiego, prof. UAM

MY. Portret psychologiczno-społeczny Polaków z polityką w tle

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

Książka Krystyny Skarżyńskiej jest obszernym studium przedstawiającym wyniki jej badań nad społeczeństwem polskim prowadzonych na przestrzeni ostatnich 30 lat.Prezentowane badania pozwalają zrozumieć jak myśli, odczuwa i działa społeczeństwo polskie, a także jak owo myślenie, odczuwanie i działanie ewoluowało w ciągu ostatnich kilku dekad. Dla recenzenta szczególnie interesująca była lektura fragmentów przedstawiających koncepcje „fałszywej powszechności”, „kolektywnego narcyzmu” i „narodowej wiktymizacji”; odróżnienie różnych typów instytucji, do których ma się (bądź nie) zaufanie; czy zawierających porównanie różnych typologii pojmowania wolności. Bardzo instruktywna jest też empiryczna operacjonalizacja takich zjawisk jak społeczny darwinizm, typy przywiązania w relacjach rodzice–dzieci, moralność i sprawczość, problemy tożsamości.Książka może i powinna być ważna i interesująca dla kilku grup czytelników. Po pierwsze, dla badaczy i studentów z różnych dyscyplin nauk społecznych. Po drugie, dla przedstawicieli świata polityki, różnych instytucji i stowarzyszeń społeczeństwa obywatelskiego oraz mediów. Po trzecie, dla różnych kręgów tzw. szerszej publiczności, zwłaszcza tej zainteresowanej tym, co się dzieje w społeczeństwie polskim oraz kondycją psychiczno-społeczną współczesnych Polaków.fragment recenzjiprof. dr. hab. Marka ZiółkowskiegoKrystyna Skarżyńska – profesor psychologii, po ukończeniu studiów na Uniwersytecie Warszawskim związała się zawodowo z tą uczelnią i tam zdobywała kolejne stopnie naukowe i tytuł profesora. Od roku 1982 pracowała w Instytucie Psychologii PAN (dziś jest członkiem jego Rady Naukowej), a od powstania Szkoły Wyższej Psychologii Społecznej (obecnie Uniwersytet SWPS) podjęła pracę także na tej uczelni. W latach 1997–2001 była prorektorem ds. naukowych, do 2019 r. kierowała Katedrą Psychologii Społecznej. Specjalizuje się w badaniu potocznych przekonań i postaw. Jest autorką ponad 200 artykułów naukowych w czasopismach polskich i międzynarodowych oraz kilkunastu książek, m.in.: Spostrzeganie ludzi (1981), Psychospołeczne aspekty decyzji alokacyjnych (1986), Konformizm i samokierowanie jako wartości. Struktura i funkcje (1992), Człowiek a polityka. Zarys psychologii politycznej (2005). Pod jej redakcją (lub współredakcją) naukową ukazały się książki, opisujące i próbujące wyjaśnić ważne dla polskiej demokracji zjawiska i postawy społeczne, m.in.: Psychologia polityczna (1999), Demokracja w Polsce. Doświadczanie zmian (2005), Understanding social change. Political psychology in Poland (2006), Między przeszłością a przyszłością. Szkice z psychologii politycznej (2009), Między ludźmi… Oczekiwania, interesy, emocje (2012).Wyniki badań naukowych z zakresu psychologii społecznej i politycznej popularyzuje (np. w Charakterach czy Zwierciadle) i wykorzystuje w tekstach publicystycznych, wywiadach, a także komentując aktualne wydarzenia społeczno-polityczne w wolnych mediach: Gazecie Wyborczej, Polityce, Newsweeku, Znaku, Dialogu i w radiu TOK-FM.

TRUDNE ROZLICZENIA Z PRZESZŁOŚCIĄ. T. 1: Sprawiedliwość okresu przejściowego w perspektywie międzynarodowej

Author(s): Karolina Wigura,Jarosław Kuisz,Wojciech Sadurski / Language(s): Polish

Polityka wsparcia nieformalnych opiekunów niesamodzielnych osób starszych. Na podstawie zmian prawnych w latach 2003-2015

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

Analysis of the problems of support policy for informal carers of dependent elderly people: social risk borne by carers and the role they play in caring for seniors, as well as the evolution of goals and types of caregiver policy. The author, based on legal acts and documentation, formulates a diagnosis to determine the direction of legal changes in the field of senior policy. First in-depth subject analysis and systematization of knowledge in the field.

Władza i polityka w literaturze political fiction: prawda czy fikcja?

Author(s): Łukasz Jan Berezowski / Language(s): Polish

A study on the landscape of fantasy and political literature of the turn of the 20th and 21st century, an emerging subgenre of popular literature, referred to as political fiction. The book indicates the vision and new function of describing events that never happened, that are unlikely, but closely connected to the real socio-political context with the aim of creating a literary image of power as a complex, multidimensional category, the object of study and interest of the representatives of various disciplines of contemporary humanities, in particular history, politics, social and legal studies.

Sprawność terytorialnego systemu zarządzania kryzysowego

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

The monograph deals with the topic of crisis management in public administration units in the context of the occurrence of phenomena bearing the traits of natural disasters. The research shows that taking multidirectional, comprehensive actions can guarantee the safety of the inhabitants in the affected areas. The conclusions presented by the author may contribute to the implementation of crisis management solutions that will increase the effectiveness and efficiency of the crisis management system. There is a need to lay more emphasis on activities aimed at reducing the risk of natural disasters, increasing the efficiency of crisis management teams operating during catastrophic events, as well as minimizing their effects and restoring the state which existed before their occurrence. The publication’s target audience are primarily government and local government officials, scientists conducting research in the field of security, public management and spatial management, as well as students of management, administration and internal security.

Nierówności zdrowotne wykluczonych ekonomicznie mieszkańców Siemianowic Śląskich

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

An integral element of social development is the aspiration of individual countries to reduce differences in health condition among individuals representing different social standings. Good health in the community is considered to be one of the basic conditions of a balanced development, it is also an indicator of inner integrity and social balance. Moreover, the state of human health is seen from the perspective of fundamental rights and value especially protected by individual members of the society, as it influences, among others, the process of fulfilling social roles. Health condition of the people of Poland, which is still worse than the average in other countries of the European Union, determines actions undertaken to improve the state of health of Polish society in such a way as to narrow the existing gap between Poland and the average level of health condition in the European Union. A significant challenge for public authorities is also the reduction of social and territorial differences in the state of health of the whole population. Implementing the actions connected with the improvement of health condition of the society and levelling existing inequalities requires, however, access to the results of empirical research. For this reason, it is well-grounded and valuable to conduct empirical and theoretical studies on health policies which also take into consideration economic inequalities. The present work, therefore, undertakes the problem of theoretical aspects of economic exclusion and health inequalities, but the main purpose is to present the results of empirical studies that can offer a better identification of social and economic conditionings of health inequalities on the example of postindustrial space. Thereby, the work is a contribution to an in-depth analysis of health inequalities occurring among individuals affected by economic exclusion and inhabiting a post-industrial space, which undoubtedly the city of Siemianowice Śląskie exemplifies. Social problems that this city faces may in fact be regarded as a conglomerate of problems of post-industrial areas – at the turn of the 20th and 21st centuries a coal mine and ironworks in which most inhabitants of the city had been employed were closed down. In consequence, the rate of unemployment reached 30 per cent, and further social problems appeared, especially poverty as well as social and economic exclusion. The monograph consists of four chapters, in which the following issues have been characterised: in Chapter One – reflections on the meaning of the notion of space in social sciences, with emphasis on post-industrial space and its relations with social and economic exclusion; in Chapter Two – social and demographic problems that occur in Siemianowice Śląskie; in Chapter Three – theoretical discussion of the organization and implementation of the research process; in Chapter Four – the results of the empirical research covering the determinants of health state and social and economic inequalities in health among excluded inhabitants of Siemianowice Śląskie. Also, the problem of using health-care system has been discussed here. The publication is addressed at readers interested in the problem of health policy and economic exclusion, governing bodies, especially including the representatives of local authorities, as well as non-governmental institutions.

Wybrane aspekty relacji polsko-litewskich w latach 1991-2019 i ich wpływ na kondycję mniejszości polskiej w Republice Litewskiej. Raport

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

The author analyses Polish-Lithuanian relations between 1991 and 2019. Their determinants were both old and modern history and the position of local minorities in the two countries. These factors influenced current policies of both countries, their safety and economics. The relations between Poland and the Republic of Lithuania were based on diplomatic activities undertaken by subsequent Polish governments.

România 1918-2018. Un secol de frământări geopolitice

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

The volume entitled Romania 1918-2018. One century of geopolitical concerns (coordinated by Associated Professor Marius-Cristian Neacșu, PhD) is the fruit of the efforts and scientific research of the Geopolitics and Business Master Program, within the Bucharest University of Economic Studies, with the participation of both consecrated (professors) and early staged researchers (final year MA students), in a perfect symbiosis, on one hand by virtue of a noble ideal - the appearance in and under the auspices of ASE Bucharest in this important anniversary year, the Centenary of the Great Union (1918-2018) – and, on the other hand, as a proof of the Romanian higher education quality, through relevance, rigor and scientific accuracy of the information. Thus, the paper presents a particular interest, with regards to the subjects as well as its contribution to the understanding of the context and the geopolitical and geoeconomic Romanian framework, its dynamics over the last 100 years, with current implications on the regional and national business environment.The thematic area underlying this volume of studies and researches is Geohistory, Geopolitics and Geoeconomics, being structured in 15 studies, within three parts: Part I. The Centenary of Romania (1. The complicated geopolitical position of Romania, Marius-Cristian NEACȘU); Part II. One century of geopolitical concerns (2. Romania in World War I, Marian TUCĂ; 3. Nicolae Iorga and the Great Union. Geopolitical and geohistorical contributions, Clara NAE; 4. Romania between 1918 and 1944, Beatrice AVRAM; 5. The population of Romania in the interwar period, Bogdan ȚEBREAN; 6. The economy of Romania in the interwar period, Cătălin CONSTANTINESCU; 7. Romania during the communist regime, Roxana MATEI; 8. Romania after 1989, Laura-Iulia CIUPERCĂ; 9. Romania's relations with its neighbouring countries 1918-2018, Alina GHERGHINA, 10. Romanian-Russian relations 1918-2018, Marian TUCĂ); Part III. Geography and Geopolitics. The Romanian School (11. Simion Mehedinți, precursor of the Romanian school of geopolitics, Marius-Cristian NEACȘU; 12. Romania in the Romanian geopolitical studies in the first half of the 20th century, Silviu NEGUȚ, Marius-Cristian NEACȘU; 13. The contribution of Romanian geographers to the construction of modern Romania. Paris Peace Conference, 1919-1920, Marius-Cristian NEACȘU, Gheorghe VLĂSCEANU; 14. Simion Mehedinți, the great absent of Paris Peace Conference, 1919-1920, Marius-Cristian NEACȘU; 15. A long century of geography at Bucharest University of Economic Studies. The Master Program of Geopolitics and Business, Marius-Cristian NEACȘU).

Pozycja Polski w społeczności międzynarodowej, czyli jak wzrastać na peryferiach Europy?

Author(s): Dominika Woźniak-Szymańska / Language(s): Polish

The author describes the mechanisms of inequality in international society and presents the situation of Poland in this hierarchical environment. Referring to the assumptions of the English School, post-structuralism and post-colonialism, she builds a model of a hierarchy based on the “power of discourse” and reflects on the influence of international reality on Poland’s functioning in it. The publication consists of two parts: theoretical, devoted to international community and its rules, and practical, in which the case of Poland is described. As Poland’s place is on the European peripheries, the author explores the activities politicians undertake to strengthen the position of the country.

Konserwatyści polscy 1918-1939. Wybór pism

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

Presentation of the selected texts of Polish conservative thought. After World War I, both in Poland and Europe, conservatism was opposed by nationalism and socialism, which had been increasing since the end of the 19th century. However, after World War II politics still refer to the conservative tradition.

Probleme de politică agrară. Puncte de vedere

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

The volume "Agricultural Policy Issues. Points of view" brings together the opinions of specialists in the field, that reflects the current situation and the stage of evolution of the romanian agricultural sector, as well as the problems encountered in achieving and implementing the economic and productive legal framework of great interest for agriculture and its modernization. This book is a broad scientific event, which treats responsibly the defining segments of the economy and agricultural policy, with emphasis on issues related to the architecture of ownership and exploitation structures, property relations, involvement of the agricultural sector in association actions and cooperation under the influence of new modernization and development strategies subject to the area of scientific debate of the academic and university personalities present at the event. The present research focuses on the perimeter of economics and agricultural policy, addressing important strategy points, which capitalize on the scientific knowledge of specialists and decision-making bodies that forms the pyramid of romanian society, whose opinion completes a set of synergistic actions for efficiency and development of agriculture in Romania. The indisputable value of the scientific materials included in the volume can be recognized by the very essence of the debate – the involvement of the act of knowledge in finding solutions and opportunities for solving problems that affect the natural economic course of agriculture.

Śmiertelni bogowie. Rzecz o demokracji i o dyktaturze

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

The book, published for the first time in 1939, is an appeal addressed to all convinced democrats to think about the mistakes they made during the twenty years of the independent Second Polish Republic, as well as an expression of the author's sharp criticism towards the political concepts of the conservatives from the Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government (BBWR). The presented reprint received a preface and footnotes.

Z problematyki pokoju w stosunkach międzynarodowych

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

The publication presents research on the processes and phenomena taking place in the international environment, affecting peace, stability and security on a global and local scale. The authors mention, among others, such issues as: trade, armaments, migration, war against terrorism, religion, mediation, as well as they analyze selected cases: the Republic of Kosovo, relations between Korea and Japan, between Mexico and the United States, as well as between different African states.

Kultura w stosunkach międzynarodowych. Tom 2. Pułapki kultury

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

The texts, organized in three parts, present: the problem of the culturalization of international relations and the politicization of culture; challenges in a culturally diverse world; regional and local perspectives, showing practical manifestations of some cultural issues on examples from around the world: Poland, Israel, India, Southeast Asia, Latin America.

Polityka regionalna na Pacyfiku Południowym

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

The monograph is part of the world research on the youngest political region of Australia and Oceania. It explores the problems of regionalism in the South Pacific from a legal (formal, official and binding its members) perspective as well as from a factual one (often extra-judicial, which uses faster soft law methods, diplomacy and unofficial meetings of politicians). It also looks at the relations determining such processes.

Tax cancellation: A comparative analysis

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

This book presents the institution of tax cancellation in the legal systems of Poland, Germany, the Czech Republic, and England in the broader context of tax and insolvency law. It focuses on three particular forms of tax cancellation: administrative tax cancellation, debt relief, and insolvency arrangement. The author uses comparative legal analysis, which allows him to go beyond the usual research paradigms and provides a new perspective for a better understanding of the institution of tax cancellation. Despite significant differences between the analysed legal systems, the issues discussed are universal.