Hranice a cezhraničná spolupráca. Úvod do výskumu hraníc. Prešov: ADIN s.r.o. 2017. 152 s. ISBN 978-80-89540-89-1.

Author(s): Jurij Ostapec / Language(s): Slovak / Issue: 1/2017

O.: Duleba, A. a kol.: Hranice a cezhraničná spolupráca. Úvod do výskumu hraníc. Prešov: ADIN s.r.o. 2017. 152 s. ISBN 978-80-89540-89-1

Hu Chunhua – dotychczasowa kariera i szanse na awans

Author(s): Dominik Michoński / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 10/2016

The article aims to describe the political career of one of the most promising members of the so-called sixth generation of Chinese leaders, Hu Chunhua. Hu, a protégé of the former Secretary Hu Jintao, is currently a strong candidate for a place in the Standing Committee of the CPC’s Politburo, whose members will be officially appointed next year. However, there are several indications that Hu’s political future may not look as bright as in 2012, at the beginning of Xi Jinping’s first term of office. The conclusion of the paper therefore aims to critically assess Hu Chunhua’s chances of future promotion in the context of the changing political status quo.

I HAVE, I POST, THEREFORE I AM! HEDONIC CONSUMPTION AS A TOOL FOR SELF-PROMOTING BEHAVIOR ON SOCIAL NETWORKING PLATFORMS

Author(s): Meda Mucundorfeanu,Cora Lupaş / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2018

Research shows that people often associate themselves with material objects or places and use them to gain a certain validating status from others. (Millan and Mittal, 2017:2, Thompson and Hirschman 1995:151, Schau and Gilly, 2003:1-5). Individuals often find themselves engaged in social comparison and self-presentation behaviors in order to fit in and gain recognition. The present paper takes a closer look at the ways the rise of social media is affecting these behaviors. The main aim of our research is to find out whether there is a link between hedonic acquisitions and self-promoting on SNS. Our hypothesis, that individuals who practice self-promotion on social networking platforms are more likely to make hedonic acquisitions than those who use social media for other gratifications, has been confirmed to a certain extent.

Inauguracja prezydentury Andrzeja Dudy jako zespół roszczeń legitymizacyjnych

Author(s): Małgorzata Kołodziejczak / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 3/2016

The author of this paper analyzes a specific political fact, namely the inauguration of presidency in modern democratic systems. Focusing on the inauguration of Andrzej Duda’s presidency, the author answers the question of whether this extensive range of activities (encompassing the act of swearing in, symbolical acts, presidential address and other speeches) is an element of a consciously created legitimacy claim made by the president-elect. Answering this question in the affirmative, the author illustrate show the claims that refer to all three of Weber’s types of legitimacy are encompassed in the successive parts of the inauguration: the swearing in refers to the legal element of legitimacy, an extensive range of symbolical acts refers to tradition, whereas the presidential address introduces yet another element justifying legitimacy, this time resulting from the heritage of Lech Kaczyński’s charisma.

Innovation Management, Entrepreneurship and Sustainability (IMES 2018)

Proceedings of the 6th International Conference Innovation Management, Entrepreneurship and Sustainability

Author(s): / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 2018

The 6th International Conference Innovation Management, Entrepreneurship and Sustainability (IMES 2018) took place on May 31 – June 1, 2018 at the University of Economics, Prague. The conference was organised by the Department of Entrepreneurship of the University of Economics, Prague, Czech Republic in cooperation with other partners. Sound keynote speakers – Roy Thurik (Erasmus University Rotterdam), Ute Stephan (Aston Business School), Michael Fritsch (Friedrich Schiller University Jena), Stefan Schaltegger (Leuphana University Lüneburg), Marina Dabič (University of Zagreb and Nottingham Trent University), Martin Srholec (CERGE-EI) and Jiří Hnilica (University of Economics, Prague), discussed the trends in the fields of innovation management, entrepreneurship and sustainability. The conference aimed to achieve academic excellence in a regional context and to establish a platform for mutual collaboration, exchange and dissemination of ideas among researchers and professionals. These conference proceedings contain contributions of the conference participants presented during both days of the conference. Authors of papers come from 30 countries all over the world, namely from Australia, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Ghana, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, Netherlands, Paraguay, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, USA, Vietnam. All these contributions have successfully passed the doubleblind peer-review process.

Institutionalisation of the Analytical Support Function to Ensure Credibility of Defence Management

Canada, Norway, Sweden and NATO Case Study

Author(s): Josef Procházka / Language(s): English / Issue: MC/2017

The paper outlines several recommendations for strengthening the institutional framework of the analytical support function for credible defence management. Recommendations are drawn based on the outcome of the institutional research project named Strategic Alternatives conducted by the Centre for Security and Military Strategic Studies of University of Defence (CSMSS). The multi-objective research focuses on organisational arrangement of the analytical support function within the overall ministry of defence organisational architecture of several countries (Canada, Norway, Sweden) as well as the NATO structure and management (in this case, the main focus embraces the analytical support to defence planning).

INSTITUTUL HOOVER

Author(s): Constantin Gheorghe Balaban / Language(s): Romanian / Issue: 4/2010

The Hoover Institute for the Study of War, Peace and Revolution is part of Stanford University and is one of the most prestigious, strongest and most experienced entities specializing in studying war, revolution, and peace in advanced social policy research where many researchers work. It is a reference institution for scientific research in the United States of America.

Instrumentet e Diplomacisë parlamentare: Rasti i Italisë

Author(s): Ervis Iljazaj / Language(s): Albanian / Issue: 13/2014

Lately, we have seen that alongside traditional foreign policy lead by governments there is also a new, informal kind of foreign relations, that is widespread and it involves directly or indirectly parliamentary structures. In some cases, these inter-parliamentary activities create short-term and transitory initiatives, but, in other cases, they bring to life stable and permanent forms of collaboration. In this context, in the last years, it has been created an “environment” of inter-parliamentary relations that represents a valuable tool for solving issues among countries, even in hard moments. These collaboration practices between national parliaments are known as “parliamentary diplomacy”. This analysis will look at “parliamentary diplomacy”, focusing on Italy as its case study: created in 2001 to direct the collaboration among National Assemblies in order to participate in international governance. This study will analyze the instruments of “parliamentary diplomacy” by also looking at other cases, such as the inter-parliamentary dialog between European and Asian nations.

Interferențe constructive și distructive în viața socială

Author(s): Horst Klusch / Language(s): German / Issue: 28/2014

Cu ajutorul teoriei cuantice, în fizică – spun specialiștii – se pot produce acumulări de energie. O sursă modestă de lumină poate să se transforme în radiație de laser, care poate tăia oțelul. Conceptul lui F. Embacher despre teoria cuantelor, demonstrează, cum două raze de lumină, cu aceeași frecvență, proiectate într-un plan pot să-și însumeze energia (interferențe constructive). Dacă, însă, frecvențele se deosebesc, pot să-și reducă energia aproape de zero (interferențe distructive).Adeseori am fost preocupat să regăsesc legile naturii și în viața socială, unde efectul interferențelor constructive le denumim diplomație. Dacă vreodată acțiunile diplomatice se vor putea exprima prin formule matematice va decide viitorul, momentan, însă, putem să ne rezumăm la experimente. Vă ofer un exemplu din viața mea profesională. Transformarea societăţii de după 1948 a permis unor cetăţeni să-şi contureze mici colecţii de obiecte patrimoniale cum ar fi mobilier ţărănesc, ceramica tradiţională sau icoane pe sticlă. Un sas din Sibiu, Rolf Schuller, plecat definitiv în Germania şi stabilit la Gundelsheim (un centru cultural al saşilor transilvăneni, cu o arhivă istorică, cu o bibliotecă şi un muzeu) a fost obligat să se despartă de colecţia sa, să o lase la Sibiu. Aflând însă, că prietenul lui, directorul bibliotecii săseşti din Gundelsheim, Balduin Herter, pleacă în România pentru cercetări etnologice, şi cunoscând faptul, că documentarea propusă necesită o întâlnire prealabilă cu secretarul „Asociaţiei România”, prof. univ. dr. Virgil Cândea din Bucureşti (care reglementa multe activităţi cu străinătatea) l-a rugat, să încerce obţinerea de la secretarul acestei organizaţii, o aprobare pentru exportul (în favoarea d-lui Schuller), unui număr de 10 obiecte culturale, printre care şi unele de artă populară românească (icoane). Ajuns la Bucureşti, directorul Herter, după ce a obţinut avizele necesare din partea lui Virgil Cândea, a prezentat şi doleanţa prietenului său din Gundelsheim, subliniind că se resimte la Gundelsheim în general lipsa de obiecte ale artei populare româneşti, iar muzeul săsesc nu poate etala în expoziţii permanente, astfel de valori. Profesorul Cândea declarase, că nu este competent pentru soluţionarea favorabilă a doleanţei exprimate, dar va încerca să o prezinte unor factori competenţi. Intr-adevăr, după scurt timp, la întâlnirea cu Nicolae Ceauşescu l-a informat că, saşii din Germania solicită pentru muzeul lor din Gundelsheim aprobarea de export a unui număr de zece obiecte culturale, dintre care unele aparţinând artei populare româneşti. Ceauşescu, măgulit, dar şi surprins de intenţiile lăudabile ale saşilor din RFG, a decis, în trei puncte următoarele:- Ministerul culturii va numi o comisie de specialişti şi experţi, care în trei luni va elabora tematica unei expoziţii muzeale complexe săseşti cu implicaţii istorice şi culturale româneşti, care va fi oferită saşilor din Gundelsheim drept expoziţie temporară. Expoziţia să corespundă sentimentelor patriotice ale saşilor, să se evite propaganda socială şi naţională.- „Anul viitor voi vizita la Gundelsheim această expoziţie, şi o voi dona saşilor plecaţi” – a concluzionat secretarul general al partidului.- Acţiunea este strict secretă, în acest sens să decurgă toate lucrările premergătoare.Aceste informaţii le-am primit în calitate de referent cu probleme de muzee la Comitetul județean de cultură Sibiu, ulterior fiind implicat personal în desfăşurarea şi executarea celor stabilite. Într-o zi din primăvara anului 1979 am primit prin poştă invitaţia de a mă prezenta la prof. univ. dr. Virgil Cândea, secretar al „Asociaţiei România”, B-dul Dacia nr. 35 din Bucureşti. M-am simţit onorat, Virgil Cândea fiind un istoric de mare reputaţie. Bănuiam şi pentru ce sunt invitat. Cerusem Ministerului Culturii aprobarea pentru organizarea, în primăvara anului 1980, a unui târg al olarilor români în Germania, la Diessen am Ammersee, precum şi organizarea, în toamna anului 1980, la Sibiu a unui simpozion internaţional pe teme de ceramică. Cu siguranţă, am presupus eu, profesorul. Cândea doreşte detalii despre aceste programe. La data stabilită m-am prezentat în Bucureşti la sediul Asociaţiei România. Am fost însoţit în camera de protocol, unde, mare surpriză, mai aşteptau doi sibieni, pe care în Sibiu îi vedeam zilnic, dr. Cornel Irimie, directorul Muzeului Brukenthal şi dr. Carl Göllner, redactor şef al revistei „Forschungen zur Volks- und Landeskunde”. În încăpere se mai afla profesorul şi istoricul clujean Hadrian Daicovici. După scurt timp a apărut şi profesorul Cândea, care ne-a comunicat că saşii din Germania îşi doresc un muzeu complex şi noi am fost chemaţi să-l realizăm. Ne-a comunicat totodată cele trei puncte stabilite cu Ceauşescu, precum şi faptul, că noi alcătuim comisia stabilită. Dr. Cornel Irimie de la Complexul Muzeal Sibiu urmează să renunţe la acele obiecte de patrimoniu, pe care Horst Klusch le va alege pentru muzeul planificat la Gundelsheim, Hadrian Daicovici trebuia să pregătească prezentarea istorică a Transilvaniei înaintea colonizării saşilor, iar Carl Göllner să realizeze textele care vor însoţi obiectele. Acestui plan i s-a opus Cornel Irimie, Argumentând că Muzeul din Sibiu ar pierde enorm, dacă va fi unicul donator. Cornel Irimie propunea organizarea pro forma, la Sibiu, a unei expoziţii etnografice săseşti, la care să participe cu obiecte şi acele muzee din Transilvania, care deţin patrimoniul săsesc (Bistriţa, Sebeş, Sighişoara, Mediaş, Braşov etc.) Subsemnatul urma să mă deplasez în scopul propus la aceste unităţi şi să selectez obiectele cele mai frumoase, încât, în anul viitor, când va face o vizită în Germania preşedintele ţării să fie mulţumit de aspectul noului muzeu. După discuţii îndelungate propunerea lui Irimie a fost acceptată şi ne-am întors acasă cu sarcini precise şi... strict secrete. În următoarele trei luni Carl Göllner și-a uitat toate conflictele sociale, s-a închis în biroul lui, fiind conştient că lucrează la naşterea unei instituţii de mare importanţă pentru saşii de pretutindeni. Hărţi şi desene decorau scaune şi mese, iar în mijlocul lor, nevasta mea, secretara lui Göllner, scria textele pregătite de membrii comisiei. Redactorul şef îşi pregătise deja un articol pentru „Forschungen ...” precum şi un cuvânt de deschidere pentru noul muzeu. Hadrian Daicovici, între altele, a făcut o vizită la Gundelsheim, studiind spaţiul expoziţional (cinci săli de 21, 45, 54, 30, 30 m/p), iar eu călătoream prin Transilvania, vizitând colecţii, muzee şi depozite, selecţionând bunuri culturale săseşti. Pentru inaugurarea noului muzeu îmi cumpărasem o cravată nouă, în nici un caz de culoare roşie, deoarece am fost rugaţi să evităm propaganda socială şi politică. Rezultatul strădaniilor a fost un proiect de 17 pagini A/3 (o copie am păstrat-o), cu texte despre 538 exponate, din care 194 originale, 3 copii, 6 machete și mulaje, 11 facsimile, 167 fotografii, 135 fotocopii, 17 desene şi 5 hărţi. Ulterior am aflat că acordul elaborat de asociaţia „România şi Ministerul Culturii (îl am în copie) privind expoziţia de la Gundelsheim a fost prezentat de către un delegat curatorului Muzeului din Gundelsheim, care nu cunoştea izvorul şi evoluţia acţiunilor. Când au aflat că expoziţia ar fi fost cerută de către saşii din Germania, au dat telefoane la conducerea Landsmannschaftului, dar nici acolo nu era cunoscută o astfel de solicitare. Drept urmare, considerând oferta drept o capcană politică, au refuzat proiectul oferit, fără să-l citească. Unii din consătenii celor de la Gundelsheim au fost mândri de ferma şi neclintita orientare politică a curatorului, alţii, din generaţiile următoare, s-au gândit la valorile pierdute și au acuzat fostul curator de miopie politică.Exemplul amintit confirmă, că o solicitare timidă și sinceră a unui cetățean străin, de a-și recupera patrimoniul, a evoluat, prin susțineri în lanț a acelor interese, într-o acțiune de mare amploare, punând în mișcare mulți specialiști din viața culturală și politică a țării (interferențe constructive), totul spulberându-se la apariția intereselor divergente (interferențe distructive). Mie, în 1980, mi s-a aprobat târgul olarilor din Germania, am transportat la Diessen am Ammersee, din zece centre şi ateliere de olari români, peste 5.000 de piese. Cu zece zile înainte de deschiderea târgului am aflat că cei 20 olari din cele zece centre, care trebuiau să vândă ceramica, nu au primit avizul de plecare. Cum m-am descurcat, va fi tema unei alte mărturisiri. Cravata cea nouă am inaugurat-o la Diessen, nu puteam să-mi permit pierderi planificate!

Izbori i izborni sustavi

Metodološki prinosi

Author(s): Anđelko Milardović-Ivanković,Wilko Zicht,Martin Fehndrich / Language(s): Croatian / Publication Year: 2003

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.

Jak vyhodnocovat Bezpečnostní Hrozby a Rizika Dnešního Světa?

Author(s): Jan Eichler / Language(s): Czech / Publication Year: 2004

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.

Je li egalitarni sindrom samo teorijska fantazija? Empirijski hommage Josipu Županovu

Author(s): Aleksandar Štulhofer,Ivan Burić / Language(s): Croatian / Issue: 03/2015

The egalitarian syndrome theory (EST), proposed in 1970 by Croatian political scientist and sociologist Josip Županov (1923-2004), is likely the most important theoretical contribution to the Croatian social sciences. Due to the fact that EST has never been operationalized and systematically verified, its influence has been steadily diminishing – particularly among mainstream researchers. The aim of this study is to operationalize EST and, using confirmatory factor analytic approach, to construct and validate a multi-faceted measure of the egalitarian syndrome. Based on two models characterized by acceptable fit to data, the authors propose a longer version (27-item long) and a shorter version (15-item long) of the Egalitarian Syndrome Scale. The initial validation of the scale suggests that the composite measure can be useful in a wide range of social science studies. For the first time, Županov’s claim that egalitarianism remains a persisting obstacle to the country’s socioeconomic development can be rigorously tested.

Journal of Liberty and International Affairs

Frequency: irregular and other / Country: North Macedonia

Journal of Liberty and International Affairs is a triannual (3 issues per year), open-access and internationally peer-reviewed journal devoted to the study of liberty and international affairs, published by the Institute for Research and European Studies - Bitola. A group of scholars are responsible for the launching of this journal. The primary intention is to offer academic and public debate on liberty and international affairs in all their aspects, taking into account the following topics: Individual liberty; Libertarianism; Classical / Neoclassical liberalism; Objectivism; Social liberalism; Coercion; Statism; Anarchism; Minarchism; Democracy; Political anthropology; International relations and diplomacy; Public and private international law; Geopolitics; Nationalism; Multilateralism; Security and freedom; Ideology; Politics and religion; Neo-Ottomanism; Neo-Sovietism; Yugosphere; Propaganda; Regional cooperation; European federalism; EU law and politics; European economic governance; EU foreign and security policy; Competitive federalism; Comparative constitutional law; Human rights and freedoms; Gender studies; Emerging powers (BRICS; Russia; China; India etc.); Transatlantic relations and other related topics, that contribute to the understanding of liberty and international affairs from different angles. It is important to emphasize, that this journal devotes special attention to Europe / EU as a crucial factor in the contemporary international affairs. Also, the journal editorial team encourages the submissions that treat Balkan issues, especially the attitude of the Balkan countries towards the European integration, and their place within the new international context.

Journal of Liberty and International Affairs is identified by an International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) and each its article carries a Universal Decimal Classification number (UDC), which serves as a unique article identifier. The publisher and the journal have registered deposit policy with SHERPA/RoMEO. All the articles are freely available online upon publication. They are published under the liberal Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License (CC-BY). Each article is archived in SSOAR with assigned URN (Unique Resource Name), which is a persistent identifier (PID) that enables unequivocal and permanent access to the publication and its scientific citation. The author holds the copyright and retains publishing rights without restrictions. Articles that have been accepted, will be published on the website of the journal, and may be distributed to other online repositories, such as ISSUU.com and Scribd.com, or the author’s pages on Academia.edu. In order to provide visibility of the published work, the journal is indexed and abstracted in multiple academic repositories and search engines. The journal editors share announcements, news and related articles about the topic of the journal on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.

Journal of Liberty and International Affairs is a peer-reviewed journal, all articles being examined by researchers with credentials in the article's field of study before they are published. Articles are subjects to initial editorial screening and anonymous peer-review by two reviewers who will be selected by the editors. This journal operates a closed peer-review process, meaning that reviewers will not know author details and will themselves remain anonymous to the author. Journal of Liberty and International Affairs follows double-blind peer-review policy strictly.

The publisher and journal have a policy of “Zero Tolerance on the Plagiarism”. All articles will be checked by PlagScan before being sent to the reviewers. If the case of plagiarism or duplication is detected, the article will be immediately rejected. If plagiarism or duplication is detected after publication of the article, the journal editors have the right to issue a correction or retract the published article. Any attempts for plagiarism will be strictly sanctioned by the journal editors.

Journal of Liberty and International Affairs is a fully open access journal, which means that all articles are freely available, ensuring maximum, worldwide dissemination of content, in exchange for an article publication fee. The journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. Published material can be re-used without obtaining permission as long as a correct citation to the original publication is given.

K teorii schopnosti ozbrojených sil

Author(s): Milan Kubeša,Radek Dubec / Language(s): Czech / Issue: 3/2013

The paper presents reflections over the issue of armed forces capabilities. It is a phenomenon much discussed and written earlier, namely from the point of its building, estimation and development. Nevertheless the question is whether practical experiences are backed by theory fundamentals. Now we have a chance to introduce the live theory of quality management [1] into this specific and frequented military problem. The article is a polemic consideration over possibilities of introducing capabilities management into command and control capabilities system in armed forces.

Kampanja pred vanredne parlamentarne izbore u Srbiji 2014: Teme u funkciji promocije lidera

Author(s): Siniša Atlagić / Language(s): Serbian / Issue: 11/2014

The domination of economic and social issues in 2014 Serbian parliamentary election campaign could have lead to a conclusion it had been an issue one. However, once again, as it happened in the campaign two years ago, very similar promises made in a general manner have made voters’ emotional and value-orineted attitudes and not their rational motivation to be in the foreground.

Karykatura polityczna jako ģródão do badač nad historiû Drugiej Rzeczypospolitej Postulaty badawcze

Author(s): Tomasz Sikorski / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 1/2009

In this article author presents his research (methodological) suggestions concerning the political caricature, considered as the source material for the research on the history of the Second Polish Republic. It is hard to overvalue the role of cari¬cature as an iconographic and visual source. Caricature teaches, warns, amuses, but also creates a catalogue of typical behavior. It can become a weapon in political fight. The author has indicated the following functions of caricature: entertaining, sociological, creating and organizing the socio-political reality, psychological and communicative. Every researcher is entitled to present his own methodological proposals. In author’s opinion, a number of elements can be distinguished in the research on cari¬cature. At first, the sender of the information should be defined - "who speaks?” Secondly, the researcher has to answer the question "what?” and "when?” the caricature says (the content of the information). Thirdly, the question "who does it speak to?” (the receiver of the information) should be asked. The last essential question to be answered is: "What is the result?” (the outcome of this communication process). The issues addressed in Polish political caricatures in the period of the Second Polish Republic, presented a very broad spectrum, ranging from the current domestic policy to the International affairs. We are still waiting for the in-depth and complex analysis of the Polish political caricature (1918-1939).

Kas lemia europos parlamento narių balsavimą – nacionaliniai interesai ar ep frakcijos linija?

Author(s): Rolandas Tučas,Ieva Savickaitė / Language(s): Lithuanian / Issue: 4 (84)/2016

The European Parliament has gained more legitimacy power after Lisbon treaty in 2009. However, there is unclear how EP members are distributing their votes. Do they vote according with the EP party line or their national interest? This scientific article attempts to look at the MEPs voting related to foreign policy issues that are identified as one of the most sensitive to reach a general consensus. This research focuses on MEPs roll call results related to the EU–Russia partnership issues from 2014 to 2015, followed by the annexation of Crimea. Due to this, scientific paper aims to determine the regional dimension between MEPs (geo) political preferences and the relation to Russia votings. This scientific article tests two hypotheses: 1) The voting, following the EP group’s position, is often characterized by MEPs from those countries where there is no clear commitment to Russia. 2) The voting is done in accordance with the national positions often characterized by MEPs from those countries where there is a clear (relatively favorable/critical) position towards Russia. These hypotheses are tested by using roll calls and EU countries position towards Russia index which was updated in this work following the research of S. Braghiroli ir C. Carta. The results partly proved the tested hypotheses. The roll calls confirmed the first hypothesis that voting, following the EP group’s position, is often characterized by MEPs from those countries where there is no clear commitment to Russia. Such voting is often characterized by MEPs from West-Central European countries. The second hypothesis stands to be partly proved. The voting in accordance with the national positions is often characterized by MEPs from those countries where there is a clear critical position towards Russia (mostly from Poland and the Baltic States). However, the results haven’t confirmed that this hypothesis applies as well to MEPs from countries of a relatively favorable stance towards Russia. It discovered that an MEP from these countries tends to abstain more while voting for questions favorable to Russia. This shows another tendency to find a compromise between a national and an EP party line. Recommendations for future research. In order to find out more details related to the voting trends of MEPs, the future research should involve a longer period of roll calls. The research methodology could be enhanced by including details of the MEPs voting “abstentions“. Also, future research could emphasize the “rebels“ in the EP parties who act when expressing „softer“ disapprovals from general party political line by abstaining from the voting.

Kobiety jako uczestniczki sprawowania władzy w Polsce po 1989 r.

Author(s): Beata Pająk-Patkowska / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 4/2016

Basing on the analysis of available statistical data, this article presents Polish women’s participation in the processes of exercising political power (legislative and executive) within central institutions of the state. The analysis covered a time frame between 1989 and 2015. The reasons for disparities between the numbers of women and men in political authorities as well as its possible consequences have also been illustrated. The received results allow arriving at the following conclusions. In the analysed period, a considerable increase in the number of women in both chambers of the Polish parliament and the subsequent governments was observed. However, the numbers are still far from political parity. In case of the government, the increased presence of women holding posts of the heads of ministries for affairs traditionally linked with feminine activity (e.g. culture, education, social policy) can also be underlined. Inequality within the area of exercising political authority may exert a significant impact on the society, i.e. limit the ability to shape the state policy within areas particularly interesting to women or reinforce gender stereotypes in the society.

Komplex történetiség, teljesség-igényű belátás

Author(s): András A. Gergely / Language(s): Hungarian / Issue: 03/2018

Korelacje stóp zwrotów z akcji notowanych na GPW SA w kontekście budowy portfela papierów wartościowych

Author(s): RAFAŁ JÓŹWICKI,Łukasz Prysiński / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 9.1/2016

Investors taking decisions on financial involvement in the capital market use for this purpose different methods. The most popular are the technical, fundamental and portfolio analysis. The first one uses stock quotes, charts and various indicators. Fundamental analysis is associated with the assessment of „foundations” of the company and its economic condition and market position. The third of these analyzes is focused on the selection of assets using quantitative tools. The key issue is the analysis of the share income and risk. Portfolio theory assumes that in order to reduce the risk of a portfolio it should be constructed so that the correlation between the rates of return was negative. The aim of this study is to analyze the correlation coefficients occurring between the returns of the companies listed in the WIG20 and analysis of the correlation between the rates of return sectoral indices in the period from June 2015 to June 2016 years.