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CSD-Report 33 - Extortion racketeering in the EU: vulnerability factors

Author(s): Atanas Rusev,Lorella Garofalo,Elena Sciandra,Andrea Gimenez-Salinas,Carmen Jorda,Manuel de Juan Espinosa,Tihomir Bezlov,Margarita Gasparinatou,Irene Stamouli,Sofia Vidali,Marina Marchiaro,Valentina Giampietri,Radu Nicolae / Language(s): English

Extortion racketeering has been long pointed out as the defining activity of organised crime. Although in recent years this crime has not been among the top listed organised crime threats in the strategic EU policy documents, it still remains ever present in European countries. The seriousness of the phenomenon has been recognised at the EU level and the crime has been listed in a number of EU legal acts in the field of police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters. The report Extortion racketeering in the EU: vulnerability factors analyses extortion racketeering forms and practices in six EU member states. The analysis disentangles the risk and the vulnerability factors for enterprises in two business sectors – agriculture and hospitality – as well as in the Chinese communities. Drawing on the results of the analysis, the report suggests new policies for tackling extortion racketeering in the EU. This report has been produced with the joint efforts of the Center for the Study of Democracy, Instituto de Ciencias Forenses y de la Seguridad – Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Transcrime – Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano and Vitosha Research and with the support of Guardia Civil in Spain.

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Crime without Punishment: Countering Corruption and Organized Crime in Bulgaria

Author(s): Author Not Specified / Language(s): English

The report provides an overview of the state and dynamics of the corruption in Bulgaria as well as of the Bulgarian anticorruption policy and initiatives during the first two years of Bulgaria`s EU membership. This period can be described with a high rate of crimes without punishment such as political corruption and organized crime. This report explores the facets and sources of political corruption in Bulgaria. It tracks the dynamics of the hidden economy in the country and the main channels for corrupt interaction between business and politics.

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The Challenges of Central European Security: Critical Insights

Author(s): Tamás Csíki,Jan Daniel,Ľubomír Lupták,Diāna Potjomkina,Richard Turcsányi,Václav Walach / Language(s): English

This book employs various theories of contemporary security studies to explore some of the most important and most common security issues in Central Europe at this time. Individual chapters of the book adhere mainly to European branches of critical and constructivist security studies,through which they look at some of the salient topics of Central European security politics. The distinction between internal and external security issues is employed throughout the book for analytical purposes. Under this framework, alliance building, security guarantees, “special relationships,” the relational politics of identity, and relations with major powers – documented in the book on the case of Latvia’s relations with United States – are examples of external security issues. Various pressing domestic security challenges, illustrated on the case of Hungarian far-right movements and their activities towards the Roma minority, are examples of internal security issues.

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Severoatlantická aliance a řešení ozbrojených konfliktů: Komparace angažmá v Kosovu a Libyi

Author(s): Zdeněk Kříž / Language(s): Czech

The following conclusions may be drawn from the analysis of cases in which NATO, as a security alliance of democratic states, proactively engaged in armed conflict through the use of military force, and in which its policies sparked controversy with regard to perceptions of international law. The Alliance employs military force in situations where an extensive humanitarian disaster is ongoing, impending, or anticipated, and where the international community exhibits strong expectations that NATO should address the escalating crisis. Both of the examined cases involved humanitarian disaster; however, both crises proved less severe than anticipated by the international community at the time of NATO’s military engagement.

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NATO and the Future of Peace in Europe: Towards a Tailored Approach

Author(s): Artur Kacprzyk,Kacper Rękawek,Witold Rodkiewicz,Andrzej Wilk / Language(s): English

“NATO exists for peace by collective security”. This quote by Lord Ismay, the first Secretary General of NATO, encapsulates the central purpose of the Alliance, which has been directly tasked with preserving the peace in Europe for over 60 years, longer than any other organisation on the continent. Hence, today’s considerations on the future of NATO, its policies and capabilities, are in fact tantamount to deliberations on the future of European peace and on how to maintain it. At the same time, answers to pressing threats and challenges are urgently sought, as the European security environment is undergoing a structural change. This transformation is primarily characterised by rapid developments and significant interconnections between multiple threats of a military, asymmetric and non-military nature. After Russia forcibly annexed Crimea and then intervened militarily in eastern Ukraine, military aggression, considered a remote threat for the last two decades, is back on the European security landscape. In the strategic vicinity of Europe, non-state actors driven by radical ideology, particularly the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and Al-Qaeda, have conquered large amounts of territory and established quasi-states, which enabled them to inspire or directly control terrorist networks in Europe, North Africa and the Sahel. Attacks such as those in Paris, Brussels or Bamako testify to their growing capabilities.

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Prilozi o historiografiji Bosne i Hercegovine (2001–2017) II

Author(s): / Language(s): Bosnian,English,Croatian,Serbian

This essay will provide an introductory discussion of the historiography of the Bosnian genocide of 1992–1995 in the works of foreign scholars. The historiography is too large for this discussion to be exhaustive. We have attempted here to provide the principal categories of relevant works while citing the most important examples of them, before discussing the historiographical deficiencies and the tasks awaiting future scholars of the genocide. The reason for the dearth of monographs on the Bosnian genocide is that the subject is highly controversial, and any scholar who seriously studies it and expresses an opinion is likely to create enemies for themselves. There is a tendency of scholars to see the war in postmodernist terms, in terms of Serb, Croat and Bosniak “narratives”; as opposed to objective truth, which discourages taking the subject intellectually seriously. Furthermore, the prevailing ideology and discourse stemming from the international administration is one of reconciliation and putting the past behind us. So there is a disincentive to study the genocide in depth; a preference for studying more liberal feel-good themes related to reconciliation, memory, transitional justice and post-war reconstruction. The Bosnian genocide therefore awaits a new generation of foreign scholars to take it seriously as a subject and explore it in detail.

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Historijski revizionizam, govor mržnje i nasilje prema Srbima u 2020.

Author(s): Tihomir Ponoš / Language(s): English,Croatian

The parliamentary general election took place on the first Sunday of July. The Independent Democratic Serb Party stood candidates for the election, drawing the public's attention with its campaign, conducted under the slogan “be what you are, respect what you're not” — more specifically, with the three videos it released as part of the campaign. In the first video, waiters are setting up a restaurant terrace to host a wedding; a female waitress posts a sign at the entrance, kindly asking the arrivals not to sing Ustasha songs, as there are Serbs among the invitees. The second video, called “Pupi's to blame for everything” drew most public attention. IDSP president Milorad Pupovac is the protagonist in the self-ironic and witty video, which lays blame for absolutely everything at his feet: from the Nineties war, all the way to planning on micro-chipping the population with Bill Gates and setting up the second wave of coronavirus infections in Croatia. The third video depicts the construction of a small wooden bridge in the Banija region, which made life easier for a Serb family. The video was filmed at the location where a bridge used to exist. The motto of the video is “bridges connect people, fools destroy them — don't be a fool”.

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Historijski revizionizam, govor mržnje i nasilje prema Srbima u 2021.

Author(s): Tihomir Ponoš,Nikola Vukobratović / Language(s): English,Croatian

The Bulletin before you gives an overview of events in 2021 that were motivated by prejudice, intolerance and hatred of Serbs in Croatia. It goes beyond the framework of official statistics, making use of a series of more or less familiar events to show how society breathes, thus bearing witness to an atmosphere that is very much present, yet is not always visible in numbers, nor publicly recognised and acknowledged as problematic. In fact, things need to be told like they are — in Croatia, even today, deep into the 21st century, Serb ethnic origin is still subject to intolerance and hate. The reactions elicited by the messages, sentences, drawings and other expressions of hatred towards Serbs, that is, most often their absence, or indeed denial of the problem, are no more than burying our collective heads in the sand and downplaying the significance of such expressions. This way, the moment when new generations will be able to grow up without having to learn not to accept the other merely due to their ethnic origin, is in increasing abeyance. This is why the exceptional value of this overview lies precisely in its power to raise awareness of the problems faced by people around Croatia merely because they or their family members are, or are even just assumed to be, Serbs. Likewise, this Bulletin can serve as a kind of traffic-light warning for all those tasked with bringing about positive changes, including by all means the relevant ministries — of the Interior, Justice or Education, as well as the State Attorney's Office and judges, not omitting politicians at all levels — with clear indicators of the deviations that in a democratic society should not have the status of acceptable patterns of behaviour.

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Communicating Defence in Slovakia and the Czech Republic: Mapping Actors and Narratives online

Author(s): Martin Brezina,Peter Dubóczi,Matej Kandrík,Veronika Krátka Špalková,Tomáš Kriššák / Language(s): English

Slovakia has a much larger number of anti- Western actors communicating defence themes than the Czech Republic. There is a significantly higher penetration of anti-Western and pro-Russian narratives in Slovakia than in the Czech Republic. Slovak anti-Western actors are the best-performing group in our study. They consistently gain significantly more reactions, shares and comments than pro-Western actors in Slovakia or any actor in the Czech Republic. The Czech information space is predominantly negative towards Russia, the Slovak towards the West. Most posts in the Slovak infosphere were anti-Western in their geopolitical sentiment. The Czech infosphere was different in that most posts with negative sentiment were about Russia. The Slovak infosphere is much more clustered than the Czech infosphere. This is because of the stronger anti-Western leaning of Slovakia and because Slovak actors are more effective in communicating defence themes than their Czech counterparts. NATO was a significantly bigger topic in Slovakia than in the Czech Republic. While in the Slovak dataset there were almost 600 posts concerning NATO, there were less than 400 in the Czech Republic. But both countries had slightly prevailing negative geopolitical sentiment towards NATO. Following Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, the war dominated public discourse for most of 2022. Consequently, the majority of the content collected for this research concerned the war in Ukraine. Other prominent defence-related topics included military cooperation (training and weapons deliveries) and NATO, but even these topics were most often mentioned in the context of the war in Ukraine.

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Priručnik za razmatranje krivičnog djela silovanja u sudskoj praksi u Bosni i Hercegovini

Author(s): / Language(s): Bosnian

Iako silovanje predstavlja najteže krivično djelo protiv spolne slobode i morala i jednu od najtežih inkriminacija u okviru savremenih krivičnih zakonodavstava, analiza dostupnih predmeta koju je Atlantska inicijativa provela krajem 2017. godine ukazala je na potrebu da se krivičnom djelu silovanja posveti dodatna pažnja u pravosudnim sistemima u Bosni i Hercegovini. Rezultati ove analize, predstavljeni u trećem poglavlju ove publikacije, ukazali su na neujednačenu praksu sudova u razmatranju olakšavajućih i otežavajućih okolnosti, na nedovoljno uzimanje u obzir posljedica silovanja po mentalno zdravlje žrtava, na često ublažavanje kazne ili izricanje minimalne kazne predviđene za ovo krivično djelo, te na prisustvo stereotipa o ponašanju žrtava i učinilaca. Stoga je Atlantska inicijativa putem projekta „Rod i pravosuđe u Bosni i Hercegovini“ facilitirala rad panela od dvanaest sudija i sutkinja s krivičnog referata iz različitih sudova u BiH s ciljem razmatranja aktuelne sudske prakse u krivičnim predmetima silovanja te razvoja preporuka i resursa za rad na ovim predmetima. Panel se sastajao jedanput mjesečno u periodu od decembra 2017. do juna 2018. godine, kada je, putem radnih grupa, na osnovi diskusija sa stručnjacima različitih profila te razmatranja prikupljenih slučajeva, nastajao ovaj priručnik. Stav panela jeste da ovaj priručnik može koristiti sudijama i sutkinjama koji/koje rade na ovim predmetima u adekvatnijem razumijevanju krivičnog djela silovanja, njegovih posljedica i utjecaja na kasniji život žrtve, ali isto tako doprinijeti prevazilaženju dilema s kojima se oni susreću u radu s ovakvim slučajevima. Tokom svog rada panel je razmatrao normativna rješenja u Bosni i Hercegovini, s osvrtom na ujednačenost zakonskih odredbi u propisivanju ovog krivičnog djela i kazni propisanih krivičnim zakonima, ali i na odmjeravanje kazne, pri čemu su posebno analizirana normativna rješenja koja se izravno odnose na područje „sudskog odmjeravanja kazne“. Razmatrane su olakšavajuće i otežavajuće okolnosti, koje naravno nisu jedini kriterij određivanja vrste i visine kazne u svakom pojedinačnom predmetu, ali prema panelu imaju značajan, ako ne i odlučujući utjecaj da se sud opredijeli upravo za određenu vrstu odnosno visinu kazne. Panel je također razmatrao i kvalifikatorne oblike silovanja, posljedice rodnih predrasuda u seksualnom napadu, te analizirao psihološke traume koje silovanje ima na žrtvu. U diskusijama i prezentacijama razmatrana je i međunarodna praksa te koncept „silovanja bez prinude“ koji promovira Istanbulska konvencija, a koji još uvijek nije pronašao svoje mjesto među inkriminacijama protiv spolne slobode i morala, odnosno spolnog integriteta u Bosni i Hercegovini (osim zločina seksualnog nasilja kao zločina protiv čovječnosti i zločina protiv civilnog stanovništva). Ovaj priručnik, uz reference na bosanskohercegovačku i međunarodnu sudsku praksu i literaturu, donosi zaključke, preporuke i ključne nalaze panelista i panelistica. Priručnik je podijeljen u sedam poglavlja, koja se mogu koristiti odvojeno ili zajedno kao resursni materijal u radu na predmetima krivičnog djela silovanja. Poglavlje jedan razmatra krivično djelo silovanje u zakonodavstvu Bosne i Hercegovine. Poglavlje dva daje osvrt na sudsku praksu i primjenu olakšavajućih i otežavajućih okolnosti. Poglavlje tri razmatra kvalifikatorni oblik krivičnog djela silovanja. Poglavlje četiri daje pregled psiholoških posljedica krivičnog djela silovanja. Poglavlje pet bavi se rodnim predrasudama i društvenim specifičnostima krivičnog djela silovanja. Poglavlje šest razmatra specifičnosti i predrasude prema osobama s invaliditetom, manjinama i migrantima u odnosu na krivično djelo silovanja. Poglavlje sedam daje preporuke panela za razmatranje otežavajućih i olakšavajućih okolnosti prilikom odmjeravanja sankcija za ovo krivično djelo

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Benchbook for Consideration of The Criminal Offence of Rape in the Caselaw of Bosnia and Herzegovina

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

Although rape constitutes the gravest criminal offence against sexual freedom and morale and is one of the most severe allegations in contemporary criminal legislation, an analysis of publicly available cases carried out by the Atlantic Initiative in late 2017 indicated a need to direct greater attention towards the crime of rape in justice systems in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). The results of that analysis, presented in the second chapter of this text, revealed inconsistent practices in the evaluation of mitigating and aggravating factors, insufficient consideration of the mental health consequences for victims of rape, and the frequent reduction of sanctions or the imposition of minimum sanctions for this offence. It also uncovered evidence that stereotypes about the behaviour of victims and perpetrators impacts outcomes. In response, the Atlantic Initiative facilitated the work of a panel of twelve judges from different courts in BiH through the “Gender and Justice Project in Bosnia and Herzegovina,” to consider existing court practices in cases of rape and develop recommendations and resources for work on these cases. The panel held monthly meetings from December 2017 to June 2018, developing this Benchbook through working groups, discussions with experts, and analysis of cases. The panel believes this Benchbook can help judges better understand the criminal offence of rape, as well as its short- and long-term effects on victims, and can play a role in helping them overcome dilemmas that arise in these cases. During its work, the panel considered legislative solutions in BiH, focusing on the uniformity of provisions governing the criminal offence of rape and the sanctions prescribed by criminal codes; but also on sentencing, particularly legislation directly relating to “court sentencing.” The panel also analysed the application of mitigating and aggravating factors, which were observed to have an important if not a decisive influence on the specific type and severity of sanctions imposed by the courts. Further, the panel reviewed qualifying forms of rape and the consequences of gender bias in sexual assaults, and took an in-depth look at the psychological traumas experienced by victims of rape. In the context of discussions and presentations, the panel analysed the international practice and concept of “rape without consent” as well, which is promoted by the Istanbul Convention but has not yet found its place in BiH (other than as a crime against humanity). Along with references to court practices and literature from BiH and beyond, this Benchbook offers the conclusions, recommendations, and key findings of the panel that developed it. The Benchbook is divided into seven chapters that can be used separately or together as a resource in work on criminal cases of rape. Chapter One considers legislation in BiH on the criminal offence of rape. Chapter Two reflects on caselaw relating to the application of mitigating and aggravating factors. Chapter Three reviews the qualifying framework of the criminal offence of rape. Chapter Four provides an overview of the psychological consequences of rape for victims. Chapter Five addresses gender bias and socio-cultural specificities of the criminal offence of rape. Chapter Six presents an analysis of bias against disabled persons, minorities, and migrants with regard to the criminal offence of rape. Chapter Seven provides panel recommendations for the evaluation of mitigating and aggravating factors when determining sanctions for the criminal offence of rape.

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The Voice of Youth: Responding to challenges in South-East Europe

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

Many social problems that are present in the South East Europe (SEE), such as unemployment, low political participation and migration, high brain drain, the highest unemployment rates of youth in Europe and the lowest rates of political participation of young people are particularly visible when it comes to youth, as they are a special social category. All these problems require a systematic approach and thorough analysis which can result in needed change and progress. The “Civic Platform for Young Liberal Activists” (CPLA) is a project organized by European Liberal Forum with the support of the Center Party International Foundation (CIS), Haya van Someren Stichting/VVD Internationaal and Boris Divkovic Foundation. The aim of this project is to provoke interest of youth in political activism, within the broad spectrum of civil society including political parties, NGOs and social movements. Liberal political NGOs of South-East Europe gathered young representatives of liberal political parties with one goal - to raise awareness of youth activism. As a part of the project tasks, teams had to write Opinion Pieces on a chosen topic that is relevant for their county, but also for the region. Due to the restrictions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, teams did not have the opportunity to meet in person, however, their strong will and joint goals resulted in a publication named “The Voice of Youth”.

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20 godina poslije: Novinari o ratu u Bosni i Hercegovini

Author(s): Jusuf Hafizović,Edvin Kanka Ćudić / Language(s): Bosnian,Croatian,Serbian

20 years later: Journalists on the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina was the first book published by UDIK. This publication documents the stories of local and foreign journalists and photo-journalists during the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, who present their experiences and impressions of the war events of the nineties. How did information get out into the world from a city that was under siege for 44 months? What was crucial for the sleeping world to finally wake up? Irena Antić, Roy Gutman, Florence Hartmann, Ron Haviv, Morten Hvaal, Paulina Janusz, Robert King, Rémy Ourdan, Teofil Pančić, Tarik Samarah, Jasminka Šipka, Imre Szabó and Vanesa Vasić-Janeković speak about these and other topics.

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20 godina poslije: Političari o ratu u Bosni i Hercegovini

Author(s): Jusuf Hafizović,Edvin Kanka Ćudić / Language(s): Bosnian,Croatian,Serbian

20 years after: Politicians on the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina is the title of the second book from the „20 years after“ edition, which aims to document the opinion, understanding and perception of the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina by eminent intellectuals who are direct witnesses of the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and many of them are still in public life and creating the political situation in our country. The publication represents the contribution of UDIK on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the end of the war and the signing of the Dayton Peace Agreement. Through the standard journalistic interview, as the most popular way of communication in journalism, an effort is made to show what politicians and intellectuals think about the Bosnian War. The book contains nine interviews with Mladen Bosić, Živko Budimir, Dragan Čavić, Nerzuk Ćurak, Dušanka Majkić, Stjepan Mesić, Zekerijah Osmić, Nebojša Radmanović and Dubravka Stojanović.

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The paradoxes of Israeli politics. A short course

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

Israeli political life and, more broadly, the way the state operates, are often difficult to understand for the European observer. There are at least four reasons for this state of affairs. First, Israel’s political scene includes many elements that do not exist outside it and for whom analogies are difficult to find. Second, institutional, constitutional and political similarities to European countries are often incomplete and sometimes even misleading. Third, the Israeli reality is characterised by a considerable number of paradoxes, within which phenomena irreconcilable from a European perspective coexist. Fourth, the country’s politics routinely invokes contexts that are highly symbolically and emotionally charged, which paralyse the external observer with their gravity.

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Sosyal Ve Ekonomi̇k Boyutlari İle Göç

Author(s): / Language(s): Turkish

Göç ve göçmenlik kavramı insanlık tarihi kadar eski olan bir kavram olmakla beraber aynı zamanda birçok ülkenin de ortak problemidir. Daha iyi ve rahat bir yaşam sürme arzusu, daha yüksek ücret düzeylerinde çalışma isteği gibi sebeplerde gönüllü olarak başka ülkeye göç edenlerin yanı sıra savaşlar ve doğal afetler gibi insanların kendi can güvenliğini sağlamak için zorunlu olarak yaşadığı yeri terk edip başka bir ülkede belki de daha farklı şartlar altında yaşamak zorunda olduğu bir durum vardır. Göçün yapılış şekli, sebebi ne olursa olsun hem göç veren hem de göç alan ülke için farklı sorunları da beraberinde getirmektedir. Son yıllarda göç hareketliliğinde gözle görülür bir artış meydana gelmiştir. Artan göç hareketliliği karşısında başta Avrupa olmak üzere tüm dünya sorunun çözümü için bir arayış içine girmiştir. Türkiye hem gelişmiş batı ülkeleri hem de az gelişmiş diğer ülkeler arasında bulunmakta ve bu nedenle de özellikle düzensiz göçmenler tarafından bir geçiş güzergâhım olarak kullanılmaktadır. Özellikle Ortadoğu ve Balkanlarda yaşanan savaşlar ve istikrarsızlıklar Türkiye’ye doğru yoğun bir göç dalgasına neden olmuştur. Türkiye dem geçmişten gelen bağlar ve duymuş olduğu sorumluluk anlayışı nedeni ile zor durumdaki sığınmacılara ev sahipliği yapmıştır. İçinde bulunduğumuz çağın çok fazla göçe şahitlik etmesi nedeni ile bu çağa göçler çağı adı verilmiştir. UNCHR verilerine göre günümüzde dünya üzerinde Mayıs 2022 itibari ile evlerini terk et mek zorunda kalan insan sayısı 100 milyonu aşmıştır. Bu insanların 3 milyon 800 binine de Türkiye ev sahipliği yapmaktadır. KALMİREC Göç, Nüfus, Eğitim ve İstihdam Sorunları Uygulama ve Araştırma Merkezi’ne ithafen hazırlanan kitabımız on bölümden oluşmaktadır. Birinci bölümde yurttaşlık hakları ve insan hakları üzerinde kavramsal çerçeveden bahsedilmektedir. İkinci bölümde makroekonomik çerçeve kapsamında uluslararası göç- kalkınma ilişkisine değinilmektedir. Üçüncü bölümde unicorn ve decacorn kavramları tanıtılarak güncel verilere yer verilerek ve göçmen girişimcilik kavramı üzerinde durulmuştur. Dördüncü bölümde Avrupa Birliği-Türkiye İlişkilerinde İş Birliği ve Çatışma Alanı Olarak Suriyeli Sığınmacılar Meselesi başlıklı çalışmaya yer verilmektedir. Beşinci bölümde göçün kentleşme üzerindeki etkisi incelenmektedir.

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Örgütsel Davraniş Güncel Konular

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

Today, when we turn from "professional organizations", which started with the motto “Our shop opens with Basmala every morning, Ahi Evran-ı Veli; our genius, our Pîr, our Master” and “The shop door, the door of Hakk, beg your Hakk, it is like my tears, even if its fountains do not flow, it drips” to large enterprises that operate on a massive scale, the quality of organizational activities is shaped not only by service and production, but also by the presence of its members and their touch to the business. Each member in organizational life is not only an organism living in the organization, but also an architect of organizational presentation. From this point of view, it would be a shortcoming to see Organizational Behavior only as a set of behaviors that take place within the organization. Organizational Behavior is a discipline that includes studies that examine the causes and consequences of the behavior of all organizational members, try to harmonize these behaviors with the goals of the organization, and also constantly control them. By considering behaviors on the basis of individuals, groups and organizations, the relations between behaviors and their effects on organizational life are tried to be revealed. Organizational life is affected by the environment like human life, it affects the environment and changes with it. In this respect, organizational life both matures its previous life and learns with new situations and developments. Due to this situation, the organizational behavior agenda exhibits a constantly changing conjuncture. This book presents current issues in organizational behavior. The primary focus of the book is to conceptually reveal the new issues in the changing organizational behavior literature. The book also reveals the experience of researchers and innovative academic chapter authors. In this respect, current issues were followed and presented in the organizational framework. The book is the product of long-term and meticulous labor. Hoping that this valuable work will contribute to those who research and manage organizational life, as well as those who breathe it…

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Neizliječena trauma: rad na ozdravljenju i izgradnji mira

Author(s): / Language(s): Bosnian

Tokom konferencije održane u Sarajevu, ljeta 2016, pod nazivom “Trauma, pamćenje i ozdravljenje na Balkanu i šire” i šetnje sa sinom uskim ulicama starog grada, bilo mi je teško pomiriti tihu ljepotu i nježnu prirodu okruženja sa svakodnevnim kopanjem po bolu, gubitku i traumi od prije dvije decenije. Prebirući po sjećanjima na eksploziju meteža i nasilja koja je odjeknula ovim područjem tokom devedesetih godina i to iz nečega što je ličilo skrivenom skladištu toksične energije, osjetio sam da i u sadašnjosti postoji opipljiv nemir koji odjekuje uobičajenom ljudskom dilemom koja nije nova niti svojstvena isključivo ovoj regiji.

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Rodni stereotipi: zvuči poznato?

Author(s): / Language(s): Bosnian

The book “Gender Stereotypes: Sounds Familiar?” is a part of the project An Initiative for Creative Dialogue and Education. Together with the group “Brkate” and comic book author Jakov Čaušević, TPO Foundation Sarajevo designed the comic book edition: Bogey Femiteaching. The aim of Bogey Femiteaching is to challenge prejudices on feminism and gender equality, and to question the position of women in contemporary BosnianHerzegovinian society through the use of comics genre and humour. Our choice for the comics genre is twofold. It has potential to engage young people with a variety of subjects, while simultaneously acting as an educational tool in an encouraging and non-intimidating manner. Initially, our team aimed only at publishing twenty comic stories and to present them to the wider public – especially young people, through setting up an exhibition. However, we decided to take the project a step further due to the positive interaction and the great interest young people showed during exhibitions. This experience also led us to conclude that the comics genre is an ideal form for an interdisciplinary approach to education. It provides a great motivating tool for all those who are not as interested in the traditional educational methods, such as books for example. Building on this initial success, the edition of Bogey Femi-teaching was completed with an additional book, “Gender Stereotypes: Sounds Familiar?”, which represents a unique combination of educational comics with shorter thematic texts. They directly challenge and question a variety of gender and feminist related issues, as well as discourses tied to education, patriarchal family values, law, science, religion, politics, media, domestic violence, and many other gender-based discriminatory practices. We are strongly convinced that only through a critical evaluation of the politics of established gender norms, while using the lens of humour, a positive contribution towards a more realistic representation of existing discrimination, oppression and exclusion can be made. In other words, femiteaching should not at all be seen as a bogey. Instead, it should be seen as an opportunity to visualise an idea about a world in which men and women, as well as other excluded and marginalised groups and individuals, equally participate in all walks of life.

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Trauma, pamćenje, ozdravljenje

Author(s): / Language(s): Bosnian,English,Croatian,Serbian

Ova je knjiga rezultat višegodišnjeg, predanog istraživanja autora i autorki okupljenih oko projekta Trauma, pamćenje, ozdravljenje, koji je započet u oktobru 2013. godine u Tuzli, a potom je proširio svoje djelovanje pri Transkulturnoj psihosocijalnoj obrazovnoj (TPO) fondaciji Sarajevo, u okviru Programa za interdisciplinarno učenje i istraživanja – PIUIS (engl. PILAR). Zahvaljujući podršci TPO Fondacije i entuzijazmu ključnih aktera angažiranih u daljem razvoju PIUIS‐a, planirano je da ovaj projekat bude tek početak buduće suradnje u oblasti konstruktivnog suočenja s prošlošću i pomirenja. Cilj nam je organizirati rasutu znanstvenu i intelektualnu energiju koja bi pomogla u razumijevanju traumatiziranog društva, koje je samo jedan od problema ove kulture, a za koje želimo da postane značajan akter i u iznalaženju rješenja za mnoge druge probleme. Pokazalo se da su nove prilike u vidu neo‐ liberalne retorike više nalik propuštenoj šansi, nego istinskom otvaranju. Ovaj je projekat pokušaj uspostavljanja komunikacije, detabuizacije, de‐dogmatizacije, detraumatizacije i istraživanja uspostavljanjem diskursa. Radovi koje donosimo su, s jedne strane, akademski jer su utemljeni u metodologijama i teorijama određenih znanstvenih disciplina, a s druge strane, otvoreni su prema društvenoj stvarnosti koja je višestruko obilježena traumatskim markerima. Budući da su svi u relaciji prema takvoj stvarnosti, kao i u odnosu jedan s drugim, to ovaj projekat i čini jedinstvenim. U tim međutekstnim relacijama neminovno dolazi do razmjene transformativne tekstualne energije, razmjene ideja iz teksta u tekst, čime svaki tekst (svaka disciplina) dobija ili proširuje svoje i drugo značenje. Znamo da će ovi tekstovi utjecati na život budućih tekstova u ovom diskurzivnom prostoru, kao što vjerujemo da će pomoći u osmišljavanju novih i redefiniranju starih i pogrešnih kulturnih praksi. Trauma, pamćenje, ozdravljenje nema jednu jedinstvenu teorijsku podlogu, niti je može imati, s obzirom na različit fokus interesovanja, te joj je otuda i prirodna interdisciplinarnost. A ovaj je projekat, u najkraćem, uspostavljanje veza između pojedinki/pojedinaca i zajednice, između zajednica, između starijih i mlađih, između muškaraca i žena; između objektivne i subjektivne stvarnosti, između privatnog i javnog života, između usmene i pisane historije, između historije i sadašnjosti, između traumatiziranih i zajednice. Na koncu, zahvaljujemo se svima koji su učestvovali u procesu izrade ove knjige, a naročito autorima i autoricama ovih tekstova, i svima koji su na bilo koji način učestvovali u realizaciji ove knjige. Također, zahvaljujemo svima koji su uključeni u projekat koji podrazumijeva moralnu hrabrost, znanje, vrijeme i entuzijazam.

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