‘A Forest with many trees’ - Mapping migration governance and the dispersion of authority in Europe

Author(s): Lisa Marie Borrelli,Rebecca Mavin,Giorgia Trasciani / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

The effective governance of migration has become a key issue in contemporary politics, on both the national and international levels. While attempts have been made to lock down border zones – for example, in the Schengen area or the Mexico-U.S. border – the so-termed ‘migration crisis’ and summer of migration in 2015 has shown the permeability of borders, the agency of migrants, and the diversity of actors involved in the migration process more generally.

‘A Pact With the Devil (and Albanians)’

Author(s): Goran Tarlac / Language(s): English Issue: 04/29/2003

A Serbian bishop faces charges of sexual misconduct against minors, but he blames the media for tarnishing the Serbian image.

‘All the Necessary Information is Provided by Russia’s Channels’. Russian-language Radio and TV in Latvia: Audiences and Content

Author(s): Anda Rožukalne / Language(s): English Issue: 4/2016

After the Maidan events in Kiev and the annexation of Crimea in March 2014, discussions in Latvia expanded regarding the extent to which the Russian-speaking population in Latvia, whose daily information is obtained mainly from Russia’s TV channels, can get well-balanced and objective information. Opinion polls showed that a large proportion (41%) of the non-Latvians supported the annexation of Crimea and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin’s policy (SKDS 2014a). The aim of this article is to analyse the structure of the audiovisual media in the Russian language and media usage habits of the Russianspeaking audience using secondary and primary data. And thereby assess whether diversified information is available in the Russian language to this societal group. The research results show that the Russian-speaking population in Latvia does not feel a need for additional information channels, because they believe that the variety of information obtained from Russia’s TV and radio channels is sufficient.

‘Gezi Spirit’: Narrative Fragments and Modes of Articulation. Ethnography of Post-Protest (Istanbul 2013–2015)

Author(s): Zornitza Draganova / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2019

This text is based on an ethnographic study on the protests and civic initiatives that initially took place in 2013 but then continued with varying intensity throughout the following years. While applying the method of participant observation during the Gazi events’ and conducting interviews with individuals who had taken part in the protests, a main goal of this study is to grasp the transformation in the identification, articulation and presentation of important and secondary topics and problems that had been brought forward throughout the public discussions. The initial motivation of this study is the idea that after the first demonstrations and clashes, the interpretation of the political projects’ turbulence, of the reinvention of urban spaces, of the success or failure of diverse protest and resistance practices, gradually modifies the way the aforementioned events and ongoing processes are being thought and talked about. The research questions the respondents’ participation in protests, the constitution and disintegration of communities, the ‘diagnosis’, ‘prognosis’ and ‘rationale’ elements in respondents’ and informants’ micro-discourses and their acts in relation to diverse initiatives. The text attempts to systematize the observation data and the collected ‘narrative fragments’ within four ‘modes of articulation’: transformative, subjective, argumentative, and topological.

‘HACKING’ INTO THE WEST: RUSSIA’S ‘ANTI-HEGEMONIC’ DRIVE AND THE STRATEGIC NARRATIVE OFFENSIVE

Author(s): James Rogers,Andriy Tyushka / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2017

Contrary to the narrative in much of politics and academia, Russia’s alienation from the West did not start in 2014—it is a lasting and inherent phenomenon. Since the mid-1990s, Moscow’s attempts to ‘capture’ the narrative of Europe or even portray itself later on as a ‘better Europe’, transcended in 2014 into a more overt and antithetical approach of strategically juxtaposing Russia versus Europe, or placing ‘Russia being not (declinist and decadent) Europe’, a part of the likewise allegedly declining ‘West’. Russia’s appeal for European ‘self-denial’ does not only find its supporters in Europe, predominantly populist and radical parties, but also contributes to a more general frustration among Europeans regarding their own self-perception, as well provokes Western ambiguity and uncertainty about its responsibility for regional security affairs, particularly in the European neighbourhood. This article argues that, by destabilising the immediate vicinity and regional security order, the Russian leadership does not pursue a policy of balancing the Western hegemonic formation, thus strategising a positive competing (counter-hegemonic) framework. Rather, it engages in an anti-hegemonic strategy through a deeply negative spoiler offensive. The article conceptualises Russia’s anti-hegemonic drive as a three-pronged strategic narrative offensive that operationally seeks to 1) ‘desynchronise’ political developments in the European Neighbourhood to ‘distort’ European perceptions of reality; 2) ‘de-articulate’ the West, i.e., splitting the Atlantic democracies from the European mainland; and 3) ‘saturate’ the vacuum with false and fictitious narratives, to sow confusion and maintain manageable disorder.

‘Lažne’ biografije primitivnog pozorišta

Author(s): Nenad Obradović / Language(s): Serbian Issue: 552-555/2013

‘Local Boys With Guns!’ Is Armed Vigilantism an Indicator of the Global Trend Towards Privatised Security?

Author(s): Shantanu Chakrabarti / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2016

The changing nature of conflicts, especially since the end of the Cold War, has ledto the rising prominence of non-state actors in myriad forms involved in securityprovision at multilayered levels, vigilante groups being quite prominent amongstthem. Non-state actors, in fact, increasingly control security initiatives, whichgive them increasing ownership of contemporary warfare and internal securityprovision through their ability to use violence to achieve the primary goal oftargeting perceived threats to the stability of the state. Vigilantism, however, asa social phenomenon, has its own independent historical roots and has evolved asone of the many tools being used by the postmodern state to control and mediateviolence in order to retain order and control. The process itself makes the state gobeyond the traditional ‘statist’ institutions for security provision, which runs therisk of diluting the nature of the Westphalian state, affecting its policymaking andimplementation capacity in providing security to its citizens as well as other aspectsof economic and social policymaking.

Європейська толерантність: Іспанія

Author(s): Oleksandra Severynova / Language(s): Ukrainian Issue: 2/2011

This article analyzes the main aspects of the relationship between indigenous people and immigrants in Spain, historically among European countries is more likely to build a tolerant society. Also examines the main aspects of migration policy in the country.

Європейський досвід інформування громадян про митні правила

Author(s): Tatiana Ruda / Language(s): Ukrainian Issue: 32/2017

The article deals with the basic aspects of regulation on the definition and control of customs value of goods in European countries. The methods of customs valuation used in the EU, the main elements of the procedure of the correctness of its determination, especially the settlement of disputes in this area. The analysis and expediency of implementation of articles of the Customs Code of the EU in defining and controlling the customs value of goods in domestic practice.Thus, the purpose of writing is a synthesis of European experience regarding normative regulation on the definition and control of the customs value.Thus, summarizing the results of the research, it should be noted that the question of definition, control and adjustment of the customs value of goods in the EU is economic in nature and provides for the protection of customs interests of both the state and participants in foreign economic activity is regulated exclusively by regulations that are not only customs Code, but also leadership (guidance) to determine the customs value and amendments thereto, which contain detailed algorithm of actions for each of the participants customs relations. In addressing problem areas to adjust customs value of preferred consensus through written consultations between the customs authorities and participants of foreign trade who are interested in observing the customs legislation creates conditions for the development of mechanisms for customs simplifications.However, it should be noted that certain elements of the European practice of regulation study issues reflected in the Customs Code of Ukraine, however, worth noting that it is expedient adaptation implemented articles to domestic realities of state customs, which certainly should include the development and adoption of additional regulations andlegal acts that regulate issues identification, control, adjustment of customs value of goods, and will make these processes "transparent" and accessible to members of customs relations.

Європейські цінності vs homo soveticus

роль інформації у подоланні етнополітичних стереотипів (на прикладі українсько-польських відносин)

Author(s): Nataliya Nechayeva-Yuriychuk / Language(s): Ukrainian Issue: 1/2018

The stereotypes of mutual perception of Poles and Ukrainians have been formed over years. In the late 20th and early 21st centuries, both states turned towards the European system of values. However, the ‘ghosts’ of the past continue to infl uence contemporary Ukrainian and Polish relations.

Ідеологічний стан сучасного українського суспільства

Author(s): Olena Postol / Language(s): Ukrainian Issue: 4/2012

Examines the ideological state of modern Ukrainian society by clarifying the specifics of the process of socialization and ideological coverage of political and administrative aspects of the doctrinal systems. Suggested interpretation of the new discourse of the implementation of the ideological policy of the state. We consider the ideology of solidarity as one of the most promising areas of the post-classical ideology in Ukraine.

Інноваційна діяльність в Україні: проблеми та перспективи

Author(s): Roman Yakovenko,A. Chernega / Language(s): Ukrainian Issue: 22/2012

The article analyzes the state innovation policy and determines the main tasks of national economy structure reorganizing, based on a science ground. It also supplies the ways and tools of the solution the problems in a sphere of innovation activity infrastructure development.

Інноваційний вимір розвитку вищої освіти України: сучасний стан та перспективи

Author(s): Oleksandr Levchenko,Volodymyr Zaychenko,Olga Tkachuk,Anna Levchenko,Dmytro Plynokos,Vladislava Natalchenko,Oksana Sytnyk,Tatiyana Ryabovolik,Alona Hora,Sniganna Kovalenko,Olha Horpynchenko / Language(s): Ukrainian

In the monograph the question of transformation of the role of higher education in the condition of the becoming of an innovative model of national economy is comprehensively studied, the mechanisms of intensifying transfer of educational and professional knowledge are justified. The current status, tendencies, quantitative and qualitative aspects of training of specialists in the sphere of higher education, taking into account the territorial peculiarities of such process and international experience, the peculiarities of formation model of employment of specialists in the conditions of the innovative development of national economy are analyzed by the authors. In this monograph it was paid attention to improving the competitiveness of graduates of universities on the labor market, providing them with timely and effective professional training under the conditions of intensive development of the national economy. The question about preparing the specialists for foreign countries as a factor of the preservation and development of national higher education in the condition of reducing its own contingent of students was explored in the monograph. A considerable attention is paid to the development of directions of improvement of the state regulation the spheres of training and employment the specialists with higher education, such as: implementation the strategies and mechanism of increasing the competitiveness of university's graduates, support programs of employment of youth with higher education, improvement of state regulation of educational services' export, social partnership relationships and intensification of interaction of the employers with universities. The monograph is designed for a wide range of specialists of the sphere of higher education, researchers, professors, employers, employees of bodies of state authority and local municipality.

Інструкцыя па працы з актывістамі (фрагменты)

Сербія 02.06.2000

Author(s): Author Not Specified / Language(s): Belarussian Issue: 02/2003

Інструменти фінансового забезпечення діяльності підприємств житлово-комунального господарства

Author(s): Olha Kotsiurba / Language(s): Ukrainian Issue: 31/2017

The article notes that, in view of the critical state of the housing and communal services of Ukraine, the financial support’ problem of the housing and communal services’ modernization has become a priority. In terms of financial decentralization, amount of funding of the housing and communal services from the state budget significantly decreased. It actualized the search of new housing and utilities enterprises financial support formation instruments, which must carry out considering the optimal structure of financial resources.Instruments, that provide an increase in the company's own financial resources, are corporatization, outsourcing, venture financing. Instruments, that provide an increase in the borrowed financial resources, are forfaiting, factoring, credit financing. Public-private partnerships and project financing provide increment of attracted financial resources. Benefits and drawbacks of each instrument have been determined. Нousing and utilities enterprises financial support formation instruments are closely correlated with its forms or sources of funding as directions of resources origin. The ability to combinatorial use of the financial support instruments enables the formation of the effective financial support mechanism by improving the financial resources’ mobilization process, which will help solve the problem of shortage.

Інформаційні термінали як елемент інформаційної взаємодії митниць та громадян

Author(s): Sergey Popel / Language(s): Ukrainian Issue: 31/2017

The purpose of the article is to study the characteristics of the use of information terminals to inform the customs administrations of citizens on state customs.In the article substantiates the need for improved information exchange and customs of citizens on state customs in terms of the transformation of Ukraine from the DFS fiscal authority customer service. The electronic means of informing citizens customs administrations. It was determined that one of the most promising ways to inform citizens about the rules and customs procedure of customs formalities is to use information terminals. The basic objectives and benefits of the use of information terminals, and their varieties.Use of information terminals to help improve customs information interaction DFS and citizens in the context of the movement (transfer) their goods through the customs border of Ukraine.

Історичні чинники формування національного культурного простору

Author(s): Roman Stefanovich Nedzelsky / Language(s): Ukrainian Issue: 1/2019

Aim of the article is to reduce the historical factors of the forming of national cultural space. The methodology of the article is based on the interdisciplinary approach that envisages the application of such scientific methods, as an analyst for the opening of basic elements of forming of national cultural space. A scientific novelty consists in research of process of development of cultural politics, in such periods: (influence of Christianity is on becoming and development of the medieval Ukrainian culture, development of cultural politics in the period of the Cossack-hetman state, forming of national cultural space in the years of the Ukrainian liberation competitions and forming of public cultural policy in Ukraine in the conditions of independence). Conclusions. A major value is acquired by the problem of legislative determination of state status of Ukrainian and distribution of her functioning in all spheres of life.

Један незапажени податак о властелинској породици Паштровић

Author(s): Nebojša Porčić / Language(s): Serbian Issue: 27/2006

Essay

Југославија и Суецка криза 1956–1957.

Author(s): Aleksandar Životić / Language(s): Serbian

During the Suez Crisis Yugoslav Government has demonstrated its new political doctrine based on principles of political distancing from two blocks and creation of wide movement of unaligned and unengaged countries in concrete situation for the first time. Through actions toward solving big international conflict, what the Suez Crisis definitely was, Yugoslavia preventively acted towards protecting its own national security. In the same time, by sending one contingent as part of the UN peace forces, Yugoslavia provided a way to be present in the region. During the Suez Crisis Yugoslavia has also shown outlines of its Middle East policy which fully proved themselves during following decades and which were the cornerstones of Yugoslav foreign policy till the breakup of Yugoslavia in 1991.

Људски ресурси између економије, права и политике

Author(s): Nebojša Stefanović,Vladimir Marinković / Language(s): Serbian Issue: 1/2013

Human resources development is one of the important areas of research in economics. It is the area that can be defined as the bridge between basic and applied sciences, which have experienced a boom during the second half of the twentieth and early twenty- first century. Justification of this approach can be seen primarily in the fact that today the best results in terms of economic and technological progress and, based on that, the quality of life, are made by the countries that have most invested in the development of human resources. And the investment in human resources does not imply only money, but it is primarily the generally accepted social attitude about human resources as the greatest value. However, economics in the study of human resources was for a long time limited and studied organization of work and its improvement, improvement of individual and group productivity, working conditions in the microenvironment, mechanisms of stimulation, paying salary and bonuses, and the like. In other words, micro economy dominated over macroeconomy. Of course, there is the undeniable importance of these issues and the need for permanent solving of these questions. However, economic science in general made a decisive step forward, when in the field of human resources it developed interdisciplinary approach, which had at its center human personality as a driving force and creator of all social processes. That was a „Kant’s Copernican turn “which opened the way to new theoretical concepts and strategies for human resource development.