Analiza porównawcza rozwoju regionalnego krajów Grupy Wyszehradzkiej

Author(s): Marcin Salamaga / Language(s): Polish Issue: 12/2012

The article contains the comparative analysis of the quality of regional development in Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia and Hungary. The quality index of social and economic development has been proposed for this purpose which has been calculated on the basis of a certain aggregation of the results of Principal Component Analysis made on the correlation matrix of standardised variables being the components of the index. The calculated values of the index have allowed for ordering the regions of the Visegrad Group Countries in various aspects of regional development and the evaluation of changes in the development level from the dynamic perspective. Eurostat’s Data has been used in calculations.

Statystyka regionalna jako instrument wspierania rozwoju województw

Author(s): Dorota Wyszkowska / Language(s): Polish Issue: 10/2012

With the Polish accession to the European Union regions and regional policy took on special significance. Preparation of a comprehensive strategy for the development of regions has become a permanent part of public management. Their development should be preceded by a diagnosis of the state of socio-economic development, and implementation subject to continuous monitoring. Making current decisions by local governments should also be held after the analysis of data about issues that are the subject of decision-making. The growing role of self-governments in policy development leads to an increase in demand for regional statistics data. The article attempts to identify possible use of regional statistics and information to determine deficiencies in this regard.

Znaczenie regionalne umowy o poszukiwaniu i ratownictwie w Arktyce

Author(s): Michał Łuszczuk / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2014

This paper examines the Arctic Search and Rescue Agreement – the first legally binding instrument adopted under the auspices of the Arctic Council – and analyses its direct and indirect implication for both the development of the Arctic shipping and the perspectives of regionalization processes. It is argued that the adoption of the Agreement should be perceived as an ambiguous achievement since, while its direct relevance for the Arctic shipping is not very substantial at the moment, it however reaffirms the indispensable and leading position of the Arctic Council in the regional governance system and offers important prospects for deepening the cooperation among the Arctic states. The Arctic SAR Agreement is also recognised as a manifestation of exercising the Arctic sovereignty by the eight states (also against non-Arctic actors) and consequently a sign of growing regionalization of the Arctic.

Aktywność Federacji Rosyjskiej w regionie Arktyki - wybrane problemy rywalizacji mocarstw

Author(s): Małgorzata Rzeszutko-Piotrowska / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1/2014

At the end of the Soviet Union the White Sea area was probably the most technologically advanced military infrastructure in the world. Despite the political and military changes in the Arctic, it remains an area of the military activity of such powers as Denmark, Canada and Russia. In all relevant documents showing the Russian vision of the policy, a reference is made to the Arctic. The priority was to defend Russian interests in the region, through the expansion and modernization of the fleet of icebreakers, limiting military activities of other countries and securing Russia’s position on the northern sea routes. In the so-called Arctic doctrine of the Russian Federation the key elements for the protection of the interests of Russia in the High North are the following: a security resource base, maintaining the Arctic as a zone of peace and cooperation, protecting the environment and the use of the northern sea routes.

Polityka Norwegii na Obszarach Północy

Author(s): Andrzej Kubka / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1/2014

The starting point of the analysis in the article is the notion of Norway’s High North policy (nordområdepolitiken) and the profile of it. What is under investigation is the question, whether this policy is founded on the ideals of cooperation or whether it is rather to be conceived as a disguise. The explanation of the sources and essence of the policy, including Norwegian-Russian relations, suggest that it is characterized by stability, continuity, dynamism and strong ties with Norway’s interests in the domain of domestic policy. These qualities justify the conclusion that Norway’s policy in the High North is really based on the ideals of cooperation between the states.

Dania wobec arktycznych wyzwań

Author(s): Krzysztof Kubiak / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1/2014

The article discusses the current and prospective situation of Denmark in the Arctic. The author presents Greenland – the Danish autonomous territory being the subject of Copenahagen claims in the Far North. Then he discusses the historical roots and contemporary relationships between Denmark and Greenland and presents Danish doctrinal documents relating to the Arctic and the results of taken actions.

Status Grenlandii w świetle zmian klimatycznych

Author(s): Magdalena Tomala / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1/2014

As the Arctic climate continues to warm, the importance of Greenland, as an essential element of the geopolitical system of the Arctic region, will increase. The growing availability of local energy resources and rare earth elements will result in the rising interest in the island from the side of external entities. Political and economic activity of third factors, directed towards the capital of Greenland - Nuuk, will thus increase. This phenomenon will be accompanied by enhanced Greenland's aspirations to achieve full political sovereignty.

Współpraca służb ratowniczych państw regionu Arktyki po II wojnie światowej - wybrane zagadnienia

Author(s): Małgorzata Lizut / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1/2014

The article describes selected rescue operations that took place in the Arctic during the Cold War and afterwards. The author focuses on the international aspect of search and rescue actions and analyses the evolution of the forms and procedures of cooperation between services and the obstacles which emergency cooperation faces in this part of the world. The author also attempts to determine the perspectives of Arctic rescue operations at the beginning of the twenty-first century.

Crkva u Velebitskom Podgorju u prošlosti i sadašnjosti

Author(s): Mile Bogović / Language(s): Croatian Issue: 1/2018

The first section is about the life and activity of the Church during history in this part of Podgorje which today belongs to the Gospić-Senj Diocese, i.e. from Sveti Juraj to, and including, Lukovo Šugarje. During history the region belonged to various dioceses. Podgorje is a region where during some periods one could live very well, however, in others periods it was impossible. The most difficult were the first centuries of the Middle Ages and the first centuries of the modern era. From these times little can be said even about the activity of the Church in this area. At the end of the 17th century, the region came under the administration of the bishop of Senj, whereas today it is part of the Gospić-Senj Diocese. Apart from Baške Oštarije, all the other parishes today belong to the Senj deanery. The region was depopulated several times and inhabited after a long time. In the paper, the most space is given to the generation of immigrants who arrived at the end of the 17th century and their descendants to date. Now there is a sudden depopulation of the area. Such a historical development has also influenced the life of the Church in this place. The second part speaks about each individual parish in this region. They are: Sveti Juraj, Lukovo Otočko, Starigrad, Jablanac, Prizna, Cesarica, Baške Oštarije, Karlobag and Lukovo Šugarje. These parishes exist today, and we have information about the existence of the parishes of Starigrad, Jablanac, Cesarica and Karlobag in the Middle Ages. Every church, parochial house, cemetery and chronological list of the parishes’ administrators are presented for each parish. In the Middle Ages there were also several monasteries or religious communities. In Sveti Juraj there were Benedictines, in Stinica probably Conventual Franciscans, whilst in Karlobag probably one female religious community (Dominicans). In the modern era we have only Capuchins in Karlobag. They were brought in for the mission in Lika, after liberation from the Turks. They were occupied with this in the 18th century. Today the whole pastoral care of Karlobag and the wider surroundings are their responsibility.

Wspomnienia i pamiętniki więźniów obozów niemieckich oraz robotników przymusowych w Prusach Wschodnich w zbiorach Biblioteki Instytutu Północnego im. Wojciecha Kętrzyńskiego w Olsztynie

Author(s): Emilia Figura-Osełkowska / Language(s): Polish Issue: 3/2020

The list of memoirs and diary materials concerning prisoners of German camps and forced labourers in East Prussia, located in the library of the North Institute of W. Kętrzyński in Olsztyn was drawn up on the basis of the current library catalogue based on the study of Zbigniew Fras – Diary materials in the collection of the W. Kętrzyński Scientific Research Centre in Olsztyn. Which are an addition information collected mainly on special harvest located in library of North Institute after year 1985. The purpose of this thematic summary was primarily to collect and update the documentation to the current state of knowledge, to explain the differences between the study of Fras, the catalogue and the facts, and to correct the noted errors.

Szlak Świętej Warmii

Author(s): Wojciech Szalkiewicz / Language(s): Polish Issue: 3/2020

The Void Communities: Towards a New Approach to the Early Post-war in Poland and Ukraine

Author(s): Anna Wylegała / Language(s): English Issue: 02/2021

The present article offers a new framework for understanding the early East European post-war that introduces and conceptualizes the idea of “Void Communities.” The core of the argument is that the disappearance of various groups of Others—ethnic, religious, and class—was one of the most important consequences of the Second World War for Central and Eastern Europe, and particularly for Poland and Ukraine. The Void left by those who had disappeared could be described on several levels, such as physical absence, social and economical dysfunctionality, transformation of the social structure and stratification, property transfer, decline of moral values and norms, and changes in local culture and traditions. Based on an extensive oral history research (of more than 150 interviews) and in-depth reading of ego documents, the article prioritizes the first-hand perspective of witnesses and centres on those who remained in the post-war Void Communities after their neighbours had been murdered, deported, resettled, or encouraged to leave semi-voluntarily. While the paper primarily focuses on the historical region of Galicia, now divided between Poland and Ukraine, the source material used to analyze the framework for Void Communities includes documents associated with the entire pre-war Polish Second Republic.

INSECURE LAND RIGHTS, OBSTACLES TO FAMILY FARMING, AND THE WEAKNESS OF PROTEST IN RURAL RUSSIA

Author(s): Oane Visser / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2010

This article discusses property reforms in the post-communist countryside (focusing on Russian policies, which have been the most “progressive” among the dominant economies of the former Soviet Union) and analyzes why they have hardly stimulated capital formation and empowerment among the rural population so far, compared with rural developments in Argentina that are discussed by Bidaseca in her paper in this issue. A comparison between the post-communist countries and Latin America is interesting for an understanding of land reforms. On the one hand, the agrarian history of these areas is very different, with 70 years of collective agriculture in the communist system of the former Soviet Union, and much shorter and more limited state intervention in Latin American agriculture. During the heyday of state intervention in the Latin American countryside in the 1970s, widespread collective and public arrangements in credits and marketing existed, but production mostly remained in private hands (with the exception of some socialist states like Nicaragua). On the other hand, the postsocialist privatization in the former Soviet Union (FSU) and Eastern Europe can be seen as a chapter in a much bigger book of neoliberal reforms which have been taking place notably in Latin America, but also in Asia and Africa, since the 1980s and 90s.

PERSONHOOD AND “FRONTIER” IN CONTEMPORARY AMAZONIA AND SIBERIA

Author(s): Marc Brightman,Vanessa Elisa Grotti,Olga Ulturgasheva / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2010

The adage that anthropology is comparative if it can be defined as anything at all has been tested in recent years to great effect—particularly on the theme of the body (Gregor and Tuzin 2001; Lambek and Strathern 1998)—and with greater confidence than it had been a decade previously (Holy 1987). The body has provided a useful starting point for cross-cultural comparison because, at some level, the physically existing, universal human body can be considered a common factor among all cultures. While the apparent universality and constancy of the body may be questioned in light of ethnographic evidence, and while the body can be politicized in differing ways, when politics and history themselves are taken as points of comparison, a new and somewhat different challenge is set. Taking up both challenges and placing them alongside each other, this paper explores comparatively the themes of “frontier” and “personhood” in two regions, Amazonia and Siberia.

РАЗГАДАТЬ ЮЖНЫЙ КАВКАЗ: ОБЩЕСТВА И СРЕДА ОБИТАНИЯ

Author(s): Evgeniia Zakharova / Language(s): Russian Issue: 1/2010

Review of: Евгения Захарова - РАЗГАДАТЬ ЮЖНЫЙ КАВКАЗ: ОБЩЕСТВА И СРЕДА ОБИТАНИЯ: СБ. СТ.: СОЦИОЛОГИЯ, ПОЛИТОЛОГИЯ, АНТРОПОЛОГИЯ, ГЕНДЕРНЫЕ ИССЛЕДОВАНИЯ / РЕГИОНАЛЬНАЯ СТИПЕНДИАТСКАЯ ПРОГРАММА ФОНДА ИМ. ГЕНРИХА БЁЛЛЯ ДЛЯ МОЛОДЫХ УЧЕНЫХ НА ЮЖНОМ КАВКАЗЕ; [ОТВ. РЕД. НИНО ЛЕЖАВА; НАУЧ. РЕД. ЕКАТЕРИНА ГЕРАСИМОВА]; ВЫП. 3. [ТБ.]: [ЮЖНО-КАВК. РЕГ. БЮРО ФОНДА ИМ. ГЕНРИХА БЁЛЛЯ], 2008. 250 С. ISBN 978-9-9419-0091-4. Евгения Захарова- НОВЫЙ ЮЖНЫЙ КАВКАЗ: ПЕРЕСМОТРЕТЬ СТАРЫЕ ГРАНИЦЫ: СБ. СТ.: СОЦИОЛОГИЯ, ПОЛИТОЛОГИЯ / РЕГИОНАЛЬНАЯ СТИПЕНДИАТСКАЯ ПРОГРАММА ФОНДА ИМ. ГЕНРИХА БЁЛЛЯ ДЛЯ МОЛОДЫХ УЧЕНЫХ НА ЮЖНОМ КАВКАЗЕ; [ОТВ. РЕД. НИНО ЛЕЖАВА; НАУЧ. РЕД. ОЛЕСЯ КИРЧИК ]; ВЫП. 4. [ТБ.]: [ЮЖНО-КАВКАЗСКОЕ РЕГИОНАЛЬНОЕ БЮРО ФОНДА ИМЕНИ ГЕНРИХА БЁЛЛЯ], 2008. 176 С. ISBN 978-9-9419-0092-1.

Preliminary study of philosophy and practice of ‘Healthy Scene of Futuristic Community’

Author(s): Mengyang Zhou,Qiulin Liao / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2021

The related theoretical research in the conception of futuristic community is not yet systematized due to its innovativeness to date, which is proposed the year before last under the refined management, digital revolution, and national health care. Based on the connection between its futurity and technicality, eco-responsibility, sociality vs. update, this study sorts out its basic evaluation index system in this paper. Moreover, complying with the digital trend, a stereoscopic mode consisting of physical & fictitious facets and three quadrants was formulated. Meanwhile, another planning practice was conducted in the Jixin futuristic community in functional integration and digital connectivity on this model's foundation. The prediction of future vital technologies will also put suggestions on enriching the theoretical framework forwards.

ГЕОПОЛИТИЧЕСКИ ГАМБИТ: ЦЕНТРАЛНА АЗИЯ МЕЖДУ НЕЗАВИСИМОСТТА И ”МЕКАТА СИЛА” НА РУСИЯ И КИТАЙ

Author(s): Lachezar Radev / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2021

After the collapse of USSR, Central Asia becomes independent but the ethnical non homogeneity as well as the instability are the main factors for the existence of the “European Balkans”. This is the reason for the acquired independence to be balanced between the both regional neighbors – Russia and China. A possible display of the similar “balancing” is compliance with “soft” power plus participation in tree initiatives: Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Eurasian Economic Union and “One Belt, one Road” as well as obedience with the upcoming strategic triangle Russia-Iran-China.

THE POLICY OF SOVIETIZATION OF THE WESTERN REGIONS OF UKRAINE IN 1944 - 1953 THROUGH THE PROPAGANDIST SYMBOLS AND RITUALS

Author(s): Ruslana Popp,Galyna Starodubets / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2020

The article deals with the peculiarities of the process of Sovietization of the western regions of Ukraine in the first postwar years. The problem of using the political symbols as tools of propaganda by the authorities is particularly emphasized. The scientific novelty is that the process of symbolizing the living space of the population of the Western Ukrainian region in the period of restoration / establishment of Soviet power there is disclosed in the article. The authors indicate what The main promoters of the spread of „Soviet“ were the propaganda and agitation departments of regional and district committees of the CP(b)U in Western Ukraine. The change of symbolic space occurred through the creation and implantation into the public consciousness of a new narrative of the historical uniqueness of the Soviet state of the Stalinist format.

Galicia in the Realm of Habsburg Mythology

Author(s): Tomasz Gąsowski / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2019

The disappearance, breakup, or perhaps the dissolution of the Habsburg monarchy into nonexistence in the last several days of the “Great War” did not mean that time and history disappeared without a trace. For it left a rich and varied heritage consisting of intertwined collective and cultural memories that transform over time into a mythology. An important place in that Central-European, Habsburg mythology is taken by the myth of Galicia. The evidence of its existence and vitality is in its emergence several years ago, as unexpected as it was intensive, in the commercial realm. That was made possible by drawing references on heritage, remembrance, and myth, and not by a knowledge – even elementary – of the reality under this banner. The Kingdom of Galicia was wiped out from the territory it used to occupy by the disaster of two wars. Yet a memory of it, evidently strongly rooted, managed to survive that unfavourable time and today it is still very much alive, even though greatly transformed. The time that has passed, together with all the historical tremors during that time, resulted in a kind of deconstruction from which a new, mythical form of Galicia emerge. It began to live its own peculiar life which has hardly anything in common with the original. The realm in which its presence is best visible today is what can be broadly called “commercial use.” The cultivation of the current, predominantly commercial functionality of Galicia is only rarely accompanied by a reflection on the sense or reason for the cherishing of its mythology, which is what is actually taking place. Are the material benefits – because there must be some – a sufficient justification for the glorification of the Austrian partition in contemporary Poland?

PAMIĘĆ I (NIE)PAMIĘĆ: O BURZENIU CERKWI PRAWOSŁAWNYCH NA CHEŁMSZCZYŹNIE I POŁUDNIOWYM PODLASIU W 1938 ROKU

Author(s): Anna Moroz / Language(s): Polish Issue: 70/2021

In the article, I will present the history of the destruction of Orthodox churches in the Chelm region and southern Podlasie in Poland in 1938. This incident is an important element in the process of symbolizing the existence of the Orthodox Church in Poland, which is why the memory of trauma is a feature of the memory of Orthodox people. This incident does not actually exist in the public discourse, it is unknown, and what is more, it does not fit the common Polish perception of the Second Polish Republic. The trauma of this incident in the Orthodox community is part of the post-memory discourse, which means that the next generations also experience trauma.