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The Collapse Of The Bipolar World And The New Identity In Eastern Europe And Its Sub-Regions

~~65,26€~~ 58,73€ 10% OFF

 This book delves into the complexities of Eastern Europe, exploring its diverse subregions and their unique political, historical, and cultural trajectories. From the geopolitically volatile Balkans to the EU-integrated Baltic States, the work examines the lasting effects of the East-West divide and its impact on contemporary relations. Through interdisciplinary perspectives, the authors investigate how the past shapes current political tensions, such as anti-Western sentiments and the rise of populism. Key themes like nationalism, migration, memory politics, and democracy are explored, shedding light on the region's evolving identity. This collection critically reflects the post-communist transformations and the future of Central and Eastern Europe within the broader European context.
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Cultural Security - Theory Selected Aspects Case Studies

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 Elzbieta Szyszlak, PhD with habilitation in Political Sciences, Associate Professor at University of Wroclaw. Rafal Wisniewski, is Associate Professor at the Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw. Radoslaw Zenderowski, full professor in Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw.
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New Political Parties In The Party System Of Poland

by Ewelina Kancik-Kotun e Josef Smolík

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 The basic aim of this book are new political parties that were successful after the elections in 2011, 2015 and 2019 in the Poland. Their success led to significant changes in the political party system in the Poland, while discussions on business-firm parties, populism and the importance of social media in campaigns started.
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Public Undertakings Of Nuclear Waste Storage - The Role Of The Government In The Dissemination Of Public Knowledge

by Silvia Amato

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 This book provides a critical analysis of literature regarding nuclear policy and nuclear waste disposal while presenting major arguments in favor of retracing the regulative profile of concurrent diversification processes in the context of renewable energy policies. The book focuses on public knowledge transfers in governance, which allows for identification of emerging factors in regional and state regulations, along with institutional industrial energy planning. Moreover, Amato scrutinizes current patterns of governmental knowledge transitions to explain how nuclear power policy and nuclear waste disposal facilities are regionally assessed. All of this happens in the context of a progressive, regulative integration of scientific policy directions, local knowledge innovation, nuclear energy policy, and more.
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Economic Populism In British And American Political Discourse - A Comparative Analysis Of Boris Johnsons And Donald Trumps Speeches

by Ewa Feder-Sempach

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 This book presents the economic populism in British and American political discourse providing a current insight into the way Boris Johnson and Donald Trump communicate with the general public by raising fears over national security, immigration and technological advances. It shows how politicians asked for populism despite its poor economic record by using the same narrative of Conservatism. Unlike other books in the field which broadly discuss different aspects of populism, this book is the first in-depth analysis of economic populism containing political discourse studies. The recent populist discussion has started dominating the political arena in many countries. Hence, it seems that there is a need for a book that will explain the economic populism by showing its true nature.
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Urban Policy System In Strategic Perspective: From V4 To Ukraine

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 The book focuses on the cities and urban policy systems analysed in the strategic (long-term) perspective. Due to this unique perspective, it enables the multifactorial analysis of the conditions and mechanisms of creating the urban policy system in the Visegrad Group states and Ukraine.
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From Subjection To Independence - Post-World War Ii Polish-Italian Relations

by Dariusz Jarosz e Maria Pasztor

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 This book seeks to identify the most important problems in post-World War II Polish-Italian relations. The fundamental reflections come in two parts, in chronological-problematic order, from 1945 to 1958 and 1959 to 1989. The key points are: Poland and the main problems of Italian foreign policy; Italian attitude to the main problems of Polish foreign policy; the effects of cultural exchange; the functioning of cultural institutions; cooperation in pure and applied sciences, and higher education; foreign trade and economic cooperation. The key significance to the problems analysed in the book are documentary collections in the Modern Record Archive, Foreign Ministry Archive in Warsaw, the Historical Archive of the Italian Foreign Ministry, the Central State Archive in Rome.
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Poland-Mexico Towards A Strategic Partnership

by Anita Oberda-Monkiewicz

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 The book analyzes historical and contemporary relations between Poland and Mexico. It includes their political, economic and cultural dimensions, as well as the role of Polish migration to Mexico. The timeframe of the work is from the begining of first direct contacts between the states till 2017 and the announcement of the strategic partnership
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Chernobyl Liquidators. The Unknown Story - With The Testimony Of The President Of Latvia

by Pawe Sekua

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 The book presents a record of oral accounts given by liquidators who participated in minimizing the effects of the Chernobyl disaster. The main research goal was to present the circumstances of actions taken in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone in 19861988 from the perspective of direct participants of the events in question. The overall work is complemented with archival, press materials and other documentation never published before, as well as materials from the private archives of the survivors. The book presents the reality of the clean-up operations undertaken in the area of the catastrophe and shows the community of liquidators, their living conditions and everyday life in the Chernobyl Zone, as well as the reality in which Chernobyl veterans lived after returning to their homeland.
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Global Governance Of Oil And Gas Resources In The International Legal Perspective

by Joanna Osiejewicz

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 The complex of regimes for global governance of oil and gas resources includes trade, investment protection, maritime areas, environmental issues, transparency and accountability of oil and gas sector, human rights and protection of local communities. The key to sustainable development in this area is intersectoral and transnational cooperation.
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Between Fair And Rigged. Elections As A Key Determinant Of The Borderline Political Regime - Turkey In Comparative Perspective

by Adam Szymaski, Amanda Dziubiska, Jakub Wodka e Wojciech Ufel

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 The book series presents the work of outstanding researchers in the area of political science and security studies. The works published will showcase the research pursued by the Polish as well as eastern European scholars on the theoretical and practical aspects of politics and security policy. Monographs as well as collective volumes shall be considered for publication.
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Formation Of Government Coalition In Westminster Democracies - Towards A Network Approach

by Andrzej Antoszewski, Katarzyna Domagaa, Mateusz Zieliski e Przemysaw Ukiewicz

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 The authors include elements of social network analysis into the classical neo-institutional theories of the government coalition formation process. They verify the benefits and accuracy of this modified analytical model in the analysis of three deviant cases of coalition formation: in Canada (2008), Great Britain (2010) and New Zealand (2017).
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Combating Corruption And Other Organizational Pathologies

by Zbysaw Dobrowolski

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 The book shows not only the causes and consequences of the occurrence of the organizational pathologies, but also a unique model of combating corruption â€" the bribe buyer behavior model. The book provides a methodology of diagnosing the susceptibility of an organization and its staff to corruption and fraud.
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The Islamic World In International Relations

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 The Islamic World comprises territories of Muslim states throughout the world. This area faces a lot of dilemmas regarding ethnic and religious conflicts as well as political and economic instability. The authors address the topic from the perspective of international security, foreign policy, economic and energy policy as well as regional studies.
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Constitutional Courts In Post-Soviet States - Between The Model Of A State Of Law And Its Local Application

by Jacek Zaleny

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 In the book, authors from eleven post-communist countries analyse the specific legal and political character of the organs of the control of law constitutionality in post-Soviet states. This is done through explaining the legal and political character of those bodies as well as their place in the system of the state power. The authors also examine tasks assigned to those bodies, the manner of their establishment, the course of their work, the legal force of their decisions and the legal status of their members. In the conclusions, the authors refer to the optimisation of the political status of the organs controlling the constitutionality of law as organs of the protection of the constitution. Research findings, conclusions and recommendations formulated in the book can be applied with a view to changing the mechanisms of the protection of constitutionality in post-Soviet states or presenting lawmakers in other countries with consequences of adopting particular legal solutions.
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Contemporary Relations Between Poland And Ukraine - The Strategic Partnership And The Limits Thereof

by Andrzej Szeptycki

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 The book analyses contemporary relations between two biggest states in East-Central Europe: Poland and Ukraine. This topic is of interest for three reasons: difficult history of the two countries, different models of development adopted after the end of communism and the common challenge of aggressive Russian policy. The timeframe of the work is from 1989-2018, with an emphasis on the period after 2014, when the Russian-Ukrainian war began. The book is divided into three parts. The first part discusses the history and determinants of Polish-Ukrainian relations. The second one presents political, economic, social and military relations between the two states. The last part focuses on more specific issues such as historical memory, the Polish-Ukrainian border and relations with the EU.
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The City And Region Against The Backdrop Of Totalitarianism - Images From The Life In The Slovak Republic (19391945), Illustrated By The City Of Nitra And Its Surroundings

by Alena Mikulá¨Ová, Martin Hetenyi, Miroslav Palarik e Róbert Arpá¨

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 The book draws attention to the manifestation of the totalitarian regime in Slovakia during World War II on the lower level of state administration. It shows how the decisions of the central government influenced the lives of ordinary citizens in their political, economic, social, and cultural life as well as in their leisure time possibilities.
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The Image Of «White» And «Red» Russia In The Polish Political Thought Of The 19th And 20th Century - Analogies And Parallels

by Ewa Maj, Jan R. Sielezin e Jerzy Juchnowski

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 The aim of the book is to analyze the perception of the Tsarist and Bolshevik Russia in the Polish political thought in the 19th and 20th century. The wide and well-documented research applied an original multidisciplinary approach, combining the methods used in many disciplines, such as history, social science and social psychology.
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The Transformations Of The Civil Service In Poland In Comparison With International Experience

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 This book is the outcome of in-depth academic research on the civil service carried out by acknowledged international (B.G. Peters, Ch. Demmke) and national experts in the field. The goal is to summarise the studies on the transformations in the civil service systems in European and other countries, with a special focus on civil service in Poland.
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Theory Of Political Representation

by Jarosaw Szymanek

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 This book discusses political representation both as a political idea and a principle of law. Representation was a topic of political debates throughout the 19<UP>th</UP> and 20<UP>th</UP> century and the debate has intensified with todays so-called «crisis of representation». The issue always relates to the political system in practice and this study takes into account the obvious assertion that it is impossible to imagine contemporary political systems without representation: Political representation is a principle of law and a process of correlating the political will of the representative and the represented.
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Global Financial Turbulence In The Euro Area - Polish Perspective

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 For many years Alojzy Z. Nowak has been observing the major trends in the global economy. In this volume he presents articles by different authors who analyse the impact of the current crisis in the financialisation of the world economy. The contributions also discuss the ethical failures in the most recent financial upheavals and take into account the Polish perspective of these matters. There is a special focus on the question of whether Poland should join the Euro area and how the Euro area can find solutions to its problems.
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Big Data - Post-Truth And Disinformation In Politics And Economy

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 In recent years, the application of artificial intelligence and big data analysis has become increasingly common, including in areas related to security and cybersecurity.
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Contemporary Understanding Of Security And Its Contexts

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 Volatility is one of the most characteristic features of contemporary security. The level of threats increases or decreases, completely new phenomena appear and quickly disturb the global balance and threaten the durability of security systems. This dynamic nature of security verifies both the state and process, as well as their understanding by researchers. The monograph refers to key aspects of the contemporary understanding of security, in its military, political, social, and informational context, as well as other dimensions. It presents and analyzes the identification criteria and determinants of security and characterizes the nature of contemporary threats and the dynamics of their changes. Armed conflicts, terrorism, migration, digital threats, loss of national identity, and populist use of security categories to justify the use of extraordinary measures to combat threats are among the selected areas discussed by the authors. The monograph also raises the issues of cooperation for security, its management and education for security as a key activity to ensure it.
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University And War In Ukraine

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 The war in Ukraine has not only affected the political, economic, social, and cultural systems but also the education and schooling system. The full-scale assault of the Russian Federation on Ukrainian territory on 24 February 2022 disrupted the teaching and research systems. The necessity of finding scholarly answers to tough questions about the situation of the universities their academic staff and students during the war, the solidarity attitude of universities in foreign countries, and the status of Ukrainian Studies are the causes of preparing this publication. The value of this volume is that the authors of most of the articles are specialists and theorists of the subject, at the same time observers and witnesses of the events and processes described, often actively involved in them.
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