Слобода као социолошки појам - неколико размишљања о основним претпоставкама питања о слободи

Author(s): Aleksandar M. Novaković / Language(s): Serbian Issue: 4/2011

In this paper we consider the question of freedom in social context. Therefore, we will not deal here with the philosophical problem of free will, we will rather assume along with Immanuel Kant – and almost all other classical liberal philosophers, that man is basically a free being, so the main preoccupation of this paper will be freedom in society, freedom as a social phenomenon. It will be shown that its valid theoretical definition presuppose that it cannot be thought neither within the paradigm of any sort of collectivity (nation, class, gender, etc.), nor in terms of individual subjectivity (psychological, specific philosophical, theological, or other subjective motives and considerations, foreign to the social aspect of freedom). The main thesis of this paper is that the issue of freedom can be contextualized and positioned only on the individual level, and with the help of theoretical and methodo logical apparatus of natural law theory – that is, from the perspective of a hypothetical state of nature. In this sense, a structural theoretical deficit of all ideologies and political theories that treat the issue of freedom on different grounds will be exposed. We will, also, explain that usual misinterpretations of the social notion of freedom are due to the fact that its semantic sphere is often being filled with the elements not essentially connected with the concept of freedom as sociological one.

Советский Кыргызстан: взаимоотношения интеллигенции и власти (Пострадавшие за эпос «Манас» Т. Байджиев, З. Бектенов, Т. Саманчин)

Author(s): Svetlana Ploskih / Language(s): Russian Issue: 2/2012

СОВЕТСКИЙ ЮБИЛЕЙ КАК ИНСТРУМЕНТ ПОЛИТИКИ ПАМЯТИ (на примере празднования годовщин государственности Карелии)

Юбилеи государственности Карелии рассматриваются как информационный повод для появления целой серии публикаций по истории края на страницах главной республиканской газеты «Ленинская правда».

Author(s): Irina Victorovna Shorokhova ,Valentina Vladimirovna Volokhova / Language(s): Russian Issue: 8/2020

СОВЈЕТСКА ЈАВНОСТ О БОРБИ ЈУГОСЛОВЕНСКИХ НАРОДА И НАРОДНОСТИ У ТОКУ ДРУГОГ СВЕТСКОГ PATA

Author(s): Rastislav Terzioski / Language(s): Serbian Issue: 20/1984

The lack and the closed character of the archive material from the World War II period in the Soviet archives attracted to a great extent many researchers who study Yugoslav-Soviet relations to have a closer look at the Soviet newspapers and periodicals and some other similar sources. They are, fortunately, quite prolific, and many things were preserved and available for use. It is clearly seen from these sources that the Soviet public during World War II, and especially after the German attack on Soviet Union on June 22, 1941, maintained a close interest and followed continually the situation at the Balkans. It gave a special and important place to the antifascist struggle of the peoples and nationalities of Yugoslavia and raised them in a high esteem.

СОВРЕМЕННАЯ ДИСКУССИЯ О РОЛИ ИНТЕРНЕТА В ПОЛИТИКЕ

Author(s): Elmira Ilgizovna Avzalova / Language(s): Russian Issue: 1/2014

In this article, we present a review of the modern discussion about the role of the Internet in politics. We analyze the main research approaches to considering the influence of the Internet on politics, and specify problems faced by states when implementing Internet technologies in governance. We also pay attention to the dispute over the impact of the Internet on modern democracy. We justify the assumption that the Internet will have a significant impact on the political system of society.

Современная политическая сатира и политическая культура. Рассуждения на отдельных примерах юмора в постсоветских странах

Author(s): Lukash Donaj / Language(s): Russian Issue: 3/2015

Political culture, understood as the total set of values, standards and rules of behaviour consolidated in the consciousness of the entities participating in political activities, undergoes continuous change. The level of political culture can be described by means of many different elements, including humour. This paper attempts to present modern political satire, which is witnessing a kind of revival, especially on account of humour on the Internet, using selected examples of humour in post-Soviet countries.

Социална среда, обществени нагласи и политически процес: българският контекст

Author(s): Svetlana Alexandrova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 4/2022

The article is an attempt to address and link the issues of public opinion and political development in Bulgaria in recent decades. The research efforts are aimed at highlighting the peculiar transition from socialism through pluralism to populism, where the meaningful participation of public opinion is equal and proportional to political representation. Public opinion is predominantly formed under the pressure of media, but also political (dis)information, in conditions of prolonged crisis of trust in institutions and low efficiency of communication with them, lack of sustainable authorities, underdeveloped political and civic culture, low levels of self-confidence and the sense of having lost the ability to influence the course of public issues and the making of decisions. The formation of Bulgarian public attitudes largely depends on the impact of deficits in the public sphere, the defects of the educational system in terms of building political and civic culture, lack of critical thinking and education, and the internalization of conformist and authoritarian practices in society.

СОЦИАЛНАТА ПОЛИТИКА: КАПАНИТЕ НА ОЦЕНКАТА

Author(s): Tatiana Tomova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 4/2011

The article analyses the alternative approaches and related indicators, that can be used for social policy evaluation. The thesis is that values and ideas for needed development of community are concealed behind the choice of method and indicators for evaluation. Therefore the evaluation purpose can be easily changed and instead of being used for policy process improvement it could serve the political completion. In this case the policy evaluation loses its rational character. If there is a politics of evaluation, we need a policy of evaluation.

СОЦИЈАЛИСТИЧКЕ И СОЦИЈАЛДЕМОКРАТСКЕ ПАРТИЈЕ У ПОЛИТИЧКОМ СИСТЕМУ РЕПУБЛИКЕ СРПСКЕ

Author(s): Vlade Simović,Nikolina Babić / Language(s): Serbian Issue: 47-48/2021

The subject of this paper is the character and role of socialist and social democratic parties in the political system of the Republic of Srpska. The paper belongs to the research fields of political theory and political system. The aim of this paper is to clarify the character and role of the relevant socialist and social democratic parties in the Republic of Srpska. Using the criteria for determining the relevance of Giovanni Sartori’s parties, we defined that there are only two relevant parties of the stated ideological orientations in the Republic of Srpska. It is about the Socialist Party and the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats. The main hypothesis of this paper is that the parties of socialist and social democratic orientation, with all the ideological and program changes, maintained the discourse of the welfare state and the preservation of the sovereignty of the Republic of Srpska. The paper shows the emergence and initial ideological and programmatic foundations of these parties, their changes, election results, role in political processes and policy - making in the Republic of Srpska. For the purposes of this paper, an online survey was conducted that shows the attitude of citizens towards the activities of these parties, but also the ideas of socialism and social democracy.

СОЦИЈАЛНО-ТЕОРИЈСКА МИСАО У ДЕЛУ СЛОБОДАНА ЈОВАНОВИЋА

Author(s): Ljubinko Milosavljević / Language(s): Serbian Issue: Sp. Iss/2012

In the first sentence of the first chapter of his book on Machiavelli, S. Jovanović writes: “In order to completely understand his political ideas, one must know the facts on his life and character, as well as the facts on the age he lived in.” The same can be applied to the author of this paper. In that sense, the author attempts here to ascertain whether and how the political theories of Plato, Machiavelli, Burke and Marx, that Jovanović mostly dealt with within his engagement in socio-theoretical thought, influenced not only his political beliefs but also personal fate, i.e. to what extent and how Jovanović’s destiny influenced his work.

Соціальна держава та інститути громадянського суспільства в політичній системі: теоретична і практична рефлексія

Author(s): Olga V. Kosakhivska / Language(s): Ukrainian Issue: 3/2010

The article analyzes the main aspects of the evolution of scientific and theoretical and practical basis of modern ideas about how civil society and social state with current trends in political thought and practical action in these critical spheres of social life.

Срби и међународни поредак: Од Горбачова до Трампа

Author(s): Nenad Kecmanović / Language(s): Serbian Issue: 13/2017

СТРАТЕГИРАНЕ В ПУБЛИЧНАТА СФЕРА

Author(s): Todor Tanev / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2018

Why does the quality of strategic decisions drop despite the increase of strategic projects in the public sphere? This study reveals the weaknesses of the traditional intuitive reductionistic understanding of strategizing that reduces it to long-term planning. A deductive concept derived from philosophical axiology is developed instead. Thus, from one point of view strategy appears as a supreme sense in the context of Kants' categorical imperative. When compared to the tactical and operational management, strategy proves to be a value-selected ideal for the distant future the common sense of which is being further developed in socially constructed more specific meanings that finally reach the state of end goals of strategic importance. All this creates the basis for a positive attitude towards the uncertainties used as opportunities rather than risks that should be avoided. The strategy is not a preliminary plan as usually considered but rather a permanent “cascade“ of rationalization of 1) the overall behaviour of organizations and 2) the process of optimizing the knots of constant problems specific to certain sectors of social life within the global environment of a certain historical period. On this basis, strategic goals’ nature is determined as well as the way they are formed, the process of strategic planning and 12 principles of strategic management, compliance with its performance and efficiency.

СТРАТЕГИЧЕСКИ КЛУБ ЗА БЪЛГАРИЯ И РЕГИОНА

Author(s): Todor Tanev / Language(s): English,Bulgarian Issue: 2/2012

As a consequence of the currency board introduced in 1997 Bulgaria became an island of fiscal stability among the South European countries. However this is an insufficient basis for further successful development of the country as a member of the European family. A decisive change in the socio-political model is needed if obstacles such as corrupt judicial system, organized crime, legal predictability, etc. are to be overcome. The problem is that the institutions set up as they are have no capability to make this change effectively given the impossibility for non- partisan vision. Therefore it is after the currency board that another “political board” should be introduced. By no means is it an interference of the European governing bodies in the governance of sovereign Bulgaria. The positive and realistic form of a “political board” is a “Strategic board” creating those complementary scenarios for the long- term European future of Bulgaria that the country itself is unable to produce alone and without which Bulgaria cannot make a decisive progress. The creation of such a joint Bulgarian-European board is proposed here in the shape of a Strategic club “Euxinograde” named after the 120 year old Black Sea governmental residence which symbolizes the Balkans and the wider Black Sea region location of Bulgaria. A European non-partisan long-term strategic framework for Bulgaria can break the vicious circle in which the country is suffocating. The principles on which the Club would be based as well as its design and structure are investigated.

Сутнісні характеристики прикладного політичного аналізу

Author(s): Viktor V. Teremko / Language(s): Ukrainian Issue: 1/2010

The article clarifies the fundamental conceptual approaches to understanding of political analysis as scientifically-applied discipline. The basic stages of applied political analysis are considered.

Сучасний лівий радикалізм крізь призму дискурсу постмодерну

Author(s): Olena Postol / Language(s): Ukrainian Issue: 3/2011

The article discusses the transformation of leftist ideological worldview through the lens of postmodern discourse, which is central to the epoch of postindustrial (informational) society. An analysis of terminology and content to clarify the concepts "radicalism", "extremism" and "terrorism", as well as characteristics of postmodern political science concept in the context of the research activities of the "New Left".

Схватање унутрашње слободе у делу Владимира Јовановића

Author(s): Predrag R. Terzić / Language(s): Serbian Issue: 4/2012

In this paper we analyze the internal matters of freedom and liberty within the state borders. Personal freedom is, for Vladimir Jovanovic, the main man’s natural right. Jovanovic, however, is wrong when he says individual freedom can not restrict the freedom of any other member of society. Freedom is the foundation of well-ordered society and the state, the momentum of economic activity and scientific discovery, but freedom can not ensure that social development itself is true. Every government should be limited by the law. For Jovanovic, the law is the same as justice. Not making law inconsistent with the principle of justice, he proposes the following liberal institutional mechanisms: freedom of speech and public control, universal suffrage, freedom of the press and the responsibility of those who execute the law. In terms of form of government, Vladimir advocated a form that is based on the principle of freedom and results from the freely expressed will of the people, whether it is republic or a constitutional monarchy. The vertical structure of power in such a state should be based on broad types of decentralization. Vladimir Jovanovic promoted the necessity of the realization of free economic activity. In the market competition ones receive and others lose. In doing so, the task of government is not only a change in legislation to improve the position of workers, but also social policy measures to help vulnerable.

СЪВМЕСТИМО ЛИ Е С ПРИНЦИПА НА РАЗДЕЛЕНИЕ НА ВЛАСТИТЕ СЪЩЕСТВУВАНЕТО НА АДМИНИСТРАЦИИ, ПОДЧИНЕНИ НА НАРОДНОТО СЪБРАНИЕ?

Author(s): Aleko Djildjov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2011

The administration of the national assembly and the principle of the division of the authorities.

Съвременните политически комуникации: етика и професионализъм

Author(s): Alexander Christov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2017

The text presents and analyses an important aspect of contemporary political communications – the interrelations between ethics and professionalism there and especially in implementation of campaigns. The focus is placed on the cases in Bulgaria and some important considerations will be presented. In this case, it will be argued, that the connection between ethics and professionalism works in the interest of the citizens.

Съединението прави силата

Доклади от Петата международна научна конференция на катедра „Европеистика“, Софийски университет „Св. Климент Охридски“, 31 май – 1 юни 2018 г.

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

This book presents reports from ‘United We Stand Strong’, the Fifth International Conference of the European Studies Department, Faculty of Philosophy at Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”. The conference was held between 31 May and 1 June 2018 with the support by Hanns Seidel Foundation. The collective book is а result of a project by the European Studies Department at Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, The Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence in teaching and research on the Europeanisation of the countries of Southeast Europe (2016-2019), co-financed by the Erasmus+ program.