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Challenges to Representative Democracy
A European Perspective
Inbunden, 2015
754 kr
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Using different perspectives and various approaches, this collection of diagnostic texts aims at presenting all the possible faces of the contemporary Nation-State. Based on political science methodology, this volume is devoted to both theory and practice. The structure of the book is …
Civil Service in Poland
Theory and Experience
Inbunden, 2015
770 kr
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The book analyzes the theoretical and practical aspects of civil service in Polish public administration and discusses it in a European context. While civil service is explored from a comparative, historical and systemic perspective, the study takes a close look at the history of Polish civil …
Global Financial Turbulence in the Euro Area
Polish Perspective
Av Alojzy Nowak
Inbunden, 2015
711 kr
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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 …
Power of Imagination
Education, Innovations and Democracy
Inbunden, 2016
574 kr
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The purpose of this book is to encourage the use and exploration of imagination, intuition and insight as essential ingredients for scientific, educational and civic endeavors. This groundbreaking book is a kind of intellectual provocation, but also an antidote for our current crises in education. …
Understanding Politics
Theory, Procedures, Narratives
Av Tadeusz Klementewicz, Stanislaw Sulowski
Inbunden, 2017
751 kr
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This book analyses how contemporary political science can develop as a structure of knowledge gathered by the individual sub-disciplines of political studies, as well as the remaining disciplines of social sciences. It helps to get a fuller understanding of political phenomena and to reconstruct …
Truth and the Will to Illusion
Av Stanisław Filipowicz, Stanislaw Sulowski
Inbunden, 2018
704 kr
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It is often repeated that we live today in a ‹post-truth› world. But this problem has a long history. Greek philosophers investigated the origins of truth (and the will to truth) in hope to separate truth from illusion. But already Machiavelli equated the concept of truth with the notion of what …
Combating Corruption and Other Organizational Pathologies
Inbunden, 2016
899 kr
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The effective use of human resources and tangible or intangible assets are key components of an organization's success in the turbulent environment of the modern world. Such effective use requires the skillful application of the methods and procedures of management science. Of course, in the …
Discretionary Power of Public Administration
Its Scope and Control
Av Leszek Leszczyński, Adam Szot
Inbunden, 2017
827 kr
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The book analyzes various aspects and examples of public administration discretionary power within the processes of law application. It presents a variety of factors that may affect the range of discretion as well as the influence on public administration’s reasoning. The authors evaluate the …
Radicalism and Terrorism in the 21st Century
Implications for Security
Av Fanny Castro-Rial Garrone, Anna Sroka
Inbunden, 2016
871 kr
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This book addresses the issues of radicalism and terrorism, which are of exceptional importance and relevance in contemporary society. Each of the two phenomena are analyzed from a multidisciplinary perspective. The book contains articles which explore legal, political, psychological, economic and …
Objectivity of Judicial Decisions
A Comparative Analysis of Nine Jurisdictions
Av Vito Breda
Inbunden, 2016
419 kr
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This book discusses how judges qualify their activities as objective. The data for this project was retrieved from a large sample of cases using Langacker’s methodology. The sample included over a thousand decisions from Brazil, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Romania and the …
Political Leadership in Morphogenetic Perspective
Av Filip Pierzchalski, Stanislaw Sulowski
Inbunden, 2017
751 kr
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This book depicts a new research perspective of political leadership, in which the multi-level and dynamic leadership relation is explained as relations between the leader (human agency) and followers (sociological environment). In this sense, leadership comprises mutual influences between personal …
Discursive Dimension of Employee Engagement and Disengagement
Accounts of keeping and leaving jobs in present-day Bucharest organizations
Inbunden, 2016
621 kr
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The book analyses organizational disengagement and its consequences at an organizational and at an individual level. The author argues for the existence of an additional dimension of employee disengagement, namely discursive disengagement. It is a distinctive dimension with respect to its …
Competition, Coordination, Social Order
Responsible Business, Civil Society, and Government in an Open Society
Av Jacek Giedrojć, Stanislaw Sulowski
Inbunden, 2017
871 kr
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The author analyses competition as one of four coordinating mechanisms helping agents mutually to orientate their actions, avoid chaos, and produce social order. Competition is a key dimension of developed societies. It helps to structure and is also conducive to social change. Competing agents …
Capitalist Imperialism in Contemporary Theoretical Frameworks
New Theories
Av Filip Ilkowski, Stanislaw Sulowski
Inbunden, 2017
735 kr
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This book analyzes the controversy surrounding imperialism associated with capitalist development. The last dozen years passed under the shadow of two momentous events: the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan conducted in the framework of the broader «war on terror», and the economic crisis. They occurred …
Political Systems of the Former Yugoslavia
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia
Inbunden, 2018
774 kr
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This collection of essays offers a comprehensive analysis of the political systems of post-Yugoslav states. The first three chapters constitute a necessary introduction to subsequent analyses of individual states, reflecting on the specificity of the Balkan region, its political history, and the …
City and Region Against the Backdrop of Totalitarianism
Images from the Life in the Slovak Republic (1939–1945), Illustrated by the City of Nitra and Its Surroundings
Av Miroslav Palárik, Alena Mikulášová m. fl.
Inbunden, 2018
874 kr
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This book draws attention to the manifestation of the totalitarian regime in Slovakia during World War II in its influences on the Nitra region, known for its dominant historical, economic and cultural center, the city of Nitra. The authors capture the reflection of regulations issued by the …
Transformations of the Civil Service in Poland in Comparison with International Experience
Av Jolanta Itrich-Drabarek, Stanisław Mazur m. fl.
Inbunden, 2018
625 kr
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This book is the outcome of in-depth academic research on the civil service carried out by acknowledged international and national experts in the field. It brings together papers and speeches presented at the international symposium "The civil service in Poland: 20 years of experience and the …
Image of «White» and «Red» Russia in the Polish Political Thought of the 19th and 20th Century
Analogies and Parallels
Av Jerzy Juchnowski, Jan R. Sielezin m. fl.
Inbunden, 2018
702 kr
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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 applies an original multidisciplinary approach, combining the methods used in many disciplines, such as history, …
Europe in the International Order
Av Roman Kuźniar, Stanislaw Sulowski
Inbunden, 2018
704 kr
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The subject of this work is the rise and fall of Europe’s aim to rebuild its position in global politics after the Cold War. With success in the unification of Europe and the subsequent deepening and enlargement of its integration, the Union set itself the ambitious task of becoming a global power, …
Islamic World in International Relations
Av Sylwester Gardocki, Rafał Ożarowski m. fl.
Inbunden, 2019
808 kr
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The aim of the book is to present the issues of central importance to the Islamic World. This diverse area faces a lot of difficulties and challenges regarding ethnic and religious conflicts as well as political and economic instability. The authors of the book address the topic from the …
Contemporary Relations between Poland and Ukraine
The “Strategic Partnership” and the Limits Thereof
Av Andrzej Szeptycki, Stanislaw Sulowski
Inbunden, 2019
670 kr
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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 …
Constitutional Courts in Post-Soviet States
Between the Model of a State of Law and Its Local Application
Av Jacek Zaleśny, Stanislaw Sulowski
Inbunden, 2019
743 kr
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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 …
Formation of Government Coalition in Westminster Democracies
Towards a Network Approach
Av Andrzej Antoszewski, Przemysław Żukiewicz m. fl.
Inbunden, 2020
638 kr
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The theoretical goal of the research presented in this book was to include elements of social network analysis into the classical neo-institutional theories of the government coalition formation process. The empirical goal was to verify the benefits and accuracy of this modified analytical model in …
Global Governance of Oil and Gas Resources in the International Legal Perspective
Av Joanna Osiejewicz, Stanislaw Sulowski
Inbunden, 2020
746 kr
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The principle of permanent sovereignty over natural resources was originally intended to protect economic independence and development of resource-rich countries. Now, it is heading towards fair and equitable distribution of resources. The complex of regimes for global governance of oil and gas …
Fuel for Dominance
Inbunden, 2020
687 kr
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The book attempts to assess the role of three economic areas in creating power in international relations, i.e. energy sector, internationalization of currency and technologies with a military significance, which might potentially become “fuel for dominance” and an instrument to gain geopolitical …
Ethnic diversity and local governance quality
The case of Opole Province in Poland
Av Wojciech Opioła, Bartosz Czepil m. fl.
Inbunden, 2020
786 kr
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The book is devoted to relations between the ethnic diversity and the quality of governance at the local level. Opolskie province in Poland is a case for explaining this interdependence. That is because of its history of multiculturalism and the present state of its ethnic diversity. The important …
At the Origins of German Liberalism: the State in the Thought of Robert von Mohl
Av Paweł Lesiński, Teresa Fazan
Inbunden, 2020
746 kr
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The main task of this book is to deliver an in-depth analysis of the idea of the state in the reflection of Robert von Mohl (1799–1875). This German liberal scholar and politician developed comprehensive theory of the state, which combined both absolutist and liberal trendencies. In the book, Von …
Between Fair and Rigged. Elections as a Key Determinant of the ‘Borderline Political Regime’ - Turkey in Comparative Perspective
Av Adam Szymański, Jakub Wódka m. fl.
Inbunden, 2020
655 kr
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At the beginning of the 21st century, there are an increasing number of states in which elections do not meet the standards of liberal democracy due to electoral malpractices. The analysis of the malpractices at all stages of the electoral cycle and their impact on the political regime is the …
Poland-Mexico towards a Strategic Partnership
Av Anita Oberda-Monkiewicz, Stanislaw Sulowski
Inbunden, 2020
404 kr
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The book analyzes relations between Poland and Mexico from historical and contemporary perspective. 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 …
Geopolitics of Central and Eastern Europe in the 21st Century
From the Buffer Zone to the Gateway Zone
Av Ágnes Bernek, Stanislaw Sulowski
Inbunden, 2021
507 kr
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This book seeks to answer how we can reposition the geopolitical situation of the Central and Eastern European (CEE) region in the 21st century. CEE region defined by the socialist past has transformed in the 21st century. Within geopolitical thought we must abandon the paradigms of the Cold War …
