‘The rifle has the devil inside’, Gun Culture in South Eastern Europe

Author(s): Philip Gounev,Marko Hajdinjak,Antonina Zhelyazkova,Antonija Petričušic,Viorel Cibotaru,Elton Skendaj,Toni Petkovic,Zhidas Daskalovski / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 2006

This report examines how cultural beliefs and practices influence gun ownership and use in SEE, and how these might affect SALW control interventions. It was initially researched by the Center for the Study of Democracy (CSD), Bulgaria during Autumn 2005 and Spring 2006. It was compiled and drafted by Mr. Philip Gounev, Research Fellow, Centre for the Study of Democracy and Mr. Marko Hajdinjak, Researcher, International Centre for Minority Studies and Intercultural Relations, Bulgaria. An anthropological approach was taken to better understand the reasons for civilian gun ownership and use, and the ways in which society represents these behaviours, in Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Moldova, Serbia and Montenegro (including the UN Administered Territory of Kosovo). A wide variety of research tools were used including household surveys (HHS) conducted by SEESAC and UNDP, focus group transcripts, secondary literature searches, statistical data, anthropological field studies, the Internet, print and electronic media.

“Hizmetkâr Liderlik Algısının Lider-Üye Etkileşimi Üzerindeki Etkisi: Kamu Sektörü Çalışanları Üzerine Bir Araştırma

Author(s): Bora Yıldız / Language(s): Turkish / Issue: 14/2016

In this study, the causal and correlational relationship between employees’ servant leadership perception and leader-member exchange (LMX) perception was investigated. In this respect, the purpose of the study is to by testing the effect of employees’ servant leadership perception on LMX in the public sector filling the gap in the literature. The main research question of the study is that “Are employees’ servant leadership perceptions a statistically significant predictor of LMX”. The sample of this study consists of 200 public sector employees, who work in non-managerial positions, and the data was gathered by using convenience sampling method. To collect data, survey method was used. In order to analyse the data, SPSS software was used. The findings show that there is a positive and statistically significant relationship between employees’ servant leadership perception and leader-member exchange perception. Moreover, the three sub-dimensions of servant leadership namely accountability, empowerment and unpretentiousness are positive and statistically significant predictors of LMX. Managerial and practical implications are provided.

“Muhasebe Hileleri Muhasebe Hileleri Yoluyla Yapılan Yolsuzluklarda Bağımsız Denetimin Sorumluluğunun Araştırılması: Kuzeydoğu Anadolu Bölgesi Uygulaması

Author(s): Mehmet Emin Karabayir,Sevgi Cengiz / Language(s): Turkish / Issue: 14/2016

The purpose of this study is to analyze accounting error and accounting fraud through investigating the views of independent auditors about their responsibility in preventing error and fraud. Realization of error and fraud in accounting harms all stakeholders (i.e. individuals, society, state and companies). Hence, identifying and avoiding error and fraud requires expertise in the field. Within this context, a survey was applied on the 84 independent auditors active in business in Northeastern Anatolia (Ağrı, Ardahan, Erzurum, Iğdır and Kars), and results were analyzed and commented accordingly. In addition, factor analysis and variance analysis were applied in order to reveal the relationship between variables and factors, if any.

„Chleba zamiast igrzysk”. O subwersjach miejskich podczas Euro 2012

Author(s): Piotr Zańko / Language(s): Polish / Publication Year: 0

„W świecie nic nie ginie, a tylko się kryje na czas jakiś, jak słońce wieczorem” – dekonstrukcja konsumpcyjnej codzienności

Author(s): Marta Karczewska / Language(s): Polish / Publication Year: 0

„ПРОСТИ“ И „СЛОЖНИ“ ЕЗИКОВИ ЗНАЦИ И КОНСТРУИРАНЕ НА ЗНАЧЕНИЯ

СПЕЦИФИЧНИ VERSUS СПЕЦИАЛНИ ОБРАЗОВАТЕЛНИ ПОТРЕБНОСТИ НА ДЕЦАТА С УВРЕЖДАНИЯ

Author(s): Bozhidar Ivkov / Language(s): English,Bulgarian / Issue: 5/2017

In the framework of semiotic realism and in the perspective of complex hierarchical systems, the article analyzes how the meanings of the terms “special” and “specific” are constructed, and the consequences of the in-troduction of the former into the so-called complex system sign (term) “special educational needs of children with disabilities”. The author grounds the need to replace the term “special” with the term “specific” in reference to educational needs.

„Химерните групи“ в училище и практики на наследяването: „загубата на бащата“

Author(s): Nikolay Tsankov,Veska Gyuviyska / Language(s): Bulgarian / Issue: 2/2017

The study explores the problem of chimera groups emulating criminal groups as a new sociopedagogical reality. Regardless of the diversity of scientific suggestions on signifying these criminal groups, we use chimera group as a main concept. The reason for that is the evaluative neutrality of the concept, which is associated with deviant behavior of children and adolescents at school and with the impossibility for this group to be detected. The concept deviance is interpreted in the context of the ideas of French sociological studies as presented by Pierre Bordieu and, more specifically, through the mechanisms of “sociogenesis”, which is conceived as a duality of the biographical and the social in the life of adolescents and the formation of their identity. The “sociogenesis” of inheritance uncovers the birth of the father as a mechanism of production and reproduction of violence in the chimera group. The analysis of chimera groups at schools is strongly dependent on teachers’ social sensitivity and the expansion of pedagogical discourse.

ЧИСТО БЪДЕЩЕ. План за действие срещу корупцията. Мониторинг. Индекси за оценка на корупцията

Author(s): Author Not Specified / Language(s): Bulgarian / Publication Year: 1999

The Anti-Corruption Action Plan has been developed within the framework of the Coalition 2000 process with the purpose of becoming part of the social agenda as a broadly approved system of measures and actions for curbing the extremely dangerous social phenomenon of corruption. The Anti-Corruption Action Plan gained credit as a document, which was often referred to in Bulgaria and used in other countries as a model for mapping out national anti-corruption priorities. In the words of George Soros, the Bulgarian anti-corruption plan is the most comprehensive and ambitious document of its kind.

Човешката несигурност

Author(s): Georgi Fotev / Language(s): Bulgarian / Publication Year: 2016

Prof. Georgy Fotev is a Bulgarian sociologist. His scientific works are in the areas of theory and history of sociology and the disciplinary fields of modern sociology. The focus of the research interests of G.Fotev is the nature of sociology as a multiple paradigm science. Another major theme in the works of Georgy Fotev is the dialogue as a base and horizon of multiple paradigm sociology. Georgy Fotev has publications in the fields of historical sociology, sociology of politics, ethnosociology, the crisis of legitimacy, sociology of values, etc. His books "The long night of communism in Bulgaria" and "Bulgarian melancholy" throw light on the dramatic fate of the Bulgarian national society. Georgy Fotev was Minister of Education and Science (1991 - 1992). He is professor emeritus of New Bulgarian University. In 2003 he was awarded the Distinguished Service Award from the American University in Bulgaria. Mankind is shaken by a multitude of uncertainty. There is an increasing perception that uncertainty becomes permanent. The focus is on the existential, social, political, economic, global and other basic varieties of human uncertainty. The author explores the fundamental conditions of human uncertainty and the main forms of her manifestation and experience. The phenomenon is seen in the light of the new science of chaos and complexity in the context of the risky society/world, in terms of catastrophic consciousness and the conditions of crisis types. Particular attention is paid to trust as a fundamental social attitude and condition against decadent attitudes and nihilism.

Човешки ресурси и социална политика в контекста на присъединяването на България към Европейския съюз, август 1995 г.

Author(s): Author Not Specified / Language(s): Bulgarian / Publication Year: 1995

Bulgaria's orientation towards the EU dates back to the early days of radical political changes in the country, which began at the end of 1989. Membership in the EU attracted mostly the high social standards in the member states, the transition to a single internal market allowing for free movement of goods, capital and people. The integration of the country into the European Communities was perceived as a means of rapidly resolving the internal economic and social problems we faced after the collapse of the totalitarian regime. The rapprochement and future membership of the EU was wished to be strong and in order to remove the trade barriers of the Union which we felt much more strongly after the disintegration of the former CMEA market.

Ще приберем ли „на тъмно“ цените на “светлото”? Медийна записка

Author(s): Author Not Specified / Language(s): Bulgarian / Publication Year: 2013

The decision to decrease by 5% the retail electricity prices as of 1 August 2013 is among the topics at the heart of political debates in Bulgaria this autumn. A similar move in 2010 clearly showed that such a politically mandated price decrease was not sustainable in the long run. It ended in the sharp increase (13% y-o-y) of electricity prices in 2012, and subsequent social unrest, which brought down the Bulgarian government in February 2013. The focus on the final consumer bill reduction in the public debate overshadows some of the other structural effects of the decision, which are worth mentioning.

Щрихи от дейността на Найден Геров в навечерието и по време на Кримската война (1853 – 1856)

Author(s): Anna Chankova / Language(s): Bulgarian / Issue: 6/2018

Nayden Gerov was a Bulgarian linguist, folklorist, writer and public figure during the Bulgarian National Revival. The article aims to shed new light on the activities of Nayden Gerov before and during the Crimean war (1853 – 1856). In 1857, Gerov became “First Vice-Consul” of Russia in Plovdiv. As such, he strove to further the Bulgarian national cause, helping young Bulgarians to receive scholarships abroad.