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While Western European societies are undergoing the process of secularization, post-Soviet Russia is demonstrating religious revival. The Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) alternatively known as the Moscow Patriarchate is the largest and most influential religious organization in Russia and the largest of the Orthodox churches in the world. According to various polls, approximately three-quarters of Russians identify themselves as Orthodox and ROC consistently occupies the top position in the rankings of trust among s...

The study and research of extremism is extremely topical. Extremism touches every country. Increasingly, it also appears between intelligent populations or directly at universities. This theme deserves its space because it is Europe's modern geopolitical problem. The article consists of two parts. One part is theoretical and the other part is practical. The theoretical part was devoted to classical definitions such as: extremism, radicalism, but also political extremism and the resulting right-wing extremism and l...

This article deals with the topical issue of international environmental cooperation in the field of water resources protection in the Baltic region. As of the beginning of the XXI century it was possible to observe the negative trend that was developing in the waters of the Baltic Sea and posing a threat to the whole hydrosphere of the region. In the course of the study it was stressed that due to the border neighborhood and the unity of the adjacent water area, international cooperation for many years was built ...

Teachers as a massive professional social group providing services in the public interest are the subject of educational policies at both European and national levels. These educational policies show a high level of diversity and identify optimal systemic intervention tools to support the professional development of teachers. Educational policies in Slovakia show specific approaches toward teachers arising from school-historical, political and vocational origins. Analysis of these aspects and their impact on the c...

The article deals with the views of representatives of the American political science, such as S. Lipset, E. Raab, N. Smelser and others on the problem of extremism. The aim of the study is to determine the factors that contribute to the development of extremist movements and the factors that prevent extremism in a democracy. American scientists demonstrate that this phenomenon is pre-conditioned by both objective and subjective factors, a certain state of the political system, the citizens’ education level, the i...

The article covers developments of interstate relations in Central Asia that were launched in 2013 when Chinese “One Belt, One Road” initiative was announced. The OBOR project factored into Central Asian countries economic development strategies rethinking. Positive attitude towards Chinese initiative became general tendency. Central Asian states saw the OBOR project as an opportunity to provide economic growth by allowing them to generate revenue from China-Europe Central Asiango turnover as well as by providing ...

Research of corruption is mostly limited by legal perception of this phenomenon being exceptionally referred to as a consequence of criminal nature of actions practiced by the corruptionist. Meanwhile, the fact that corruption has not only social grounds but also social functions is often ignored. The author claims the approach which treats corrupt and its milder complementing informal practices as both products and mechanism of social order in some communities to be more productive. In 2016, a mass telephone surv...

Topicality. Russia was always one of the main subjects of political thought as one of influential factor in world policy. The report is focused on the history of American political thought that remains still unknown in this aspect. And attempts to better understanding of the roots of actual negative connotation of Russia and Russians in USA. Aim: to reconstruct the logic and basic political arguments of the negative image of Russia in America. Hypothesis: the negative discursive American practice about Russia is d...

The paper focuses upon an analysis and review of those phenomena, which were inevitable for democratisation processes of the Slovak part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and which helped to overcome Slovakia´s political, cultural, social and industrial backwardness up to that point when it got a potential to be transformed into an independent state and a sovereign political actor with its own political status, authenticity, cultural uniqueness, and pragmatism of relations with the Central European neighbours and pe...

Under condition of dominance of the Russian etatist political model, crisis of democratic institutions, problems of civil and political rights’ exercise by certain social groups, and with a relatively low level of political and civic engagement, the wide dissemination of civic and social initiatives could engage citizens in the tackling problems at the local, regional and federal levels. By the means of activity approach, case study and taking into account citizens' motivation the author defined civic and social i...

This paper has the purpose to highlight that organized crime, terrorism and fraud do not always operate distinctly from each other, and sometimes are in a strong relationship, rely on each other, and use the same methods and mechanisms to reach their goals and purposes. The methodology used for this paper is made of scholarly articles and articles relevant for the current topic, retrieved from the web as sources of information. Over time, terrorist organizations have been using fraud schemes to increase their inco...

Background. The political space is permeated with diverse types and kinds of discourses, which operate simultaneously and which concurrently function as autonomous, heterogeneous and continuous information flows. By applying language filters, geo-positioning data, markers of discursive practices to the online space, it is possible to identify the areas that are characteristic of a country, a city, a certain group of people, a political party’s electorate, etc. The communication and the formation of social practice...

The Polish-Slovak relations were very complicated at the turn of the 1920s and 1930s. Both Slovakia and Poland formed part of Czechoslovakia and they represented the product of a new international political order that emerged after the First World War. However, these states had mutual unresolved problems and border disputes dated often back a long time. These issues also related to Slovakia. Since the late 19th century, the Region of Northern Spiš, Region of Orava and the areas around the Town of ?adca had represe...

Intergenerational learning is based on the interaction between participants belonging to different generations and mutually beneficial learning while learning goals are stated for respective generations. Intergenerational learning in families living in socially and economically disadvantaged environments emerges as an opportunity for adult learning in a life-long learning prospect. The paper presents the results of a qualitative research exploring how intergenerational learning develops personal attributes in adul...

Sociology as a scientific discipline includes the sociology of war. In recent years, wars have not become a thing of the past, but, on the contrary, military conflicts are taking place even more often, affecting the everyday life of modern society on the global and local levels. This article focuses on the issue of war as a social process by examining the works of Nikolai Golovin and Pitirim Sorokin and other scholars who have contributed to the development of the sociology of war. They set key trends in establish...

The purpose of this paper is to identify the impact of transaction costs in investment in renewables in Poland. The subject of the study involves investment in wind farms. The research concerns the years 2005 – 2017. The European Union has formulated specific goals for the development of renewable energy. Directive 2009/28 / EC of the European Parliament and the Council has set a target for the EU countries to achieve by 2020 a 20% share of energy from renewable energy sources (RES) in final gross energy consumpti...

Division of power as a base principle of construction of state power is a major precondition for establishment and construction of democratic and functional states in accordance with international acquitted standards and practices. Parliamentary control of the Government and the state administration bodies in front of Parliament is one of the characteristics of the parliamentary system. The Government of the Republic of Macedonia and its members for their work are responsible before the Parliament of the Republic ...

At different historical stages education played various roles in society. If initially it was understood as a way of transferring knowledge from one generation to another, then eventually its functions became more complicated. For a few centuries education was closely connected with economic factors, that is it was focused on economic needs of the states of Modern times. The 20th century with all evidence has shown a qualitatively new function of education – political. Certainly, the economic component continues t...

Latvia re-established its independence in 1990. National policy-makers imposed serious responsibility when making decisions as they were affecting the Latvia’s people's well-being and development. This study analyzes the interaction of two State Presidents of Latvia after regaining of independence in 1991: Guntis Ulmanis, the first State president (1993-1999) and Dr. Vaira Vike-Freiberga (1999-2007), with the Parrliament of Latvia within decision-making process, using suspended veto. State President is a formal le...

This article is devoted for studying the forms and directions of cooperation between Ukraine and African countries, the analysis of the negative and positive aspects of this process, its perspectives and role in modern world politics and economics. The relevance of the research topic comes from the need to study the process of cooperation between the countries of the developing regions of the world in the economic and political spheres. Secondary actors of world politics are the objects of study in all three main ...

Many years of mainly European experiences in economic integration offer a vast empirical background revealing a closer link between benefits and achieved stages of integration. The largest benefits of market integration stem from: size of the internal market of the integrating area and the scale of production, increased competition, liberalization of merchandise and service trade as well as factors of production flows, fragmentation of technological processes and specialization, but also competition law and policy...

Ukraine, more specifically the ongoing armed conflict on its soil still attracts a lot of attention. There are still many unanswered questions that might help us understand why conflict started and how long will it last. One of the most important things is to remember that the crisis in Ukraine is multidimensional thus there are many reasons for the current situation and there is no easy solution. In this paper, we mainly concentrate on military issues. The main aim of this article is to find out how deep is the i...

The political crisis in Macedonia deepens and it is far from finding a proper and long-lasting solution. The opposition and position parties after the December 11 elections accuse each other for corruption and treason, which prevents the formation of the government and its focusing towards Euro-Atlantic processes and democratic principles. In addition, in this paper we are going to emphasize the role of the political elites and their political ethics, taking in consideration their responsibility for the long lasti...

Third-countries migration is considered to be the security threat to the receiving countries. This hypothesis is widely accepted mostly by the public in the receiving states. However, there are only few scientific studies aiming to verify the hypothesis. With missing evidence that would confirm or deny the theory, securitization of the topic in the EU and particularly in Slovakia as a country with limited immigration history raises. Therefore, it is necessary to analyze the nexus migration-security more deeply and...

This article is a summary of recent happening in the Middle East concerning Iran, Iraq, Syria, Somalia, Libya, Yemen and their connection, international relations, politics and economics. It gives a glimpse into the world of the tensions in the Middle East. The article is about international political dysfunction, financial interest and the debt that destroys the global economy and the financial system. This article tries to highlight why it came to the present status and gives a review of the past situations that...

The purpose of the research is to define the current impact of cyber weapons on international security, which is affected by the existence of cyberspace, from where are emerging new security threats. The research is divided into two main parts. In the first theoretical part, we used the descriptive method to characterize the main cybersphere threats in form of selected types of malware. The second part of the paper is dedicated to the analysis of the concrete malware which were discovered and which have had an imp...

Over the last twenty-thirty years, innovation topic has received increasing focus. This is a policy domain that has changed radically as understanding of the correspondence between economic performance, innovation and technological transformation has grown. The ongoing process of globalization provides persistent reasons for increasing national contest for the “localization” of innovations: as business becomes transnational, the attractiveness of countries innovation systems and technological capacities become a s...

The present paper-work aims to find some explanations for the decline of official statistics in Romania after the World War I, despite a promising tradition. My contribution consists of two main perspectives: a comparative approach (highlighting potential sources of influence, looking at other contemporary European patterns of organizing statistical services) and a close-up view of institutional development of this field in Romania, in the first half of interwar period (using archive documents and other primary so...

The present contribution aims to provide a fresh look at the short-term impact of a revolutionary and highly controversial political and juridical innovation: the Romanian electoral reform from March 1926. With the help of the sources from the epoch (archive documents, parliamentary debates, press articles, memoirs), I restored the decisive stage of the debates on this bill, I examined the main problems raised on this subject, and I recovered the most important contemporary perspectives – from authorities and from...

After the war in Kosovo, the country declared the independence, and the European Union’s mission after Kosovo’s independence will be the focus of this paper. The history of the newest state in the Europe and the course of its relations with Serbia over the last century will be reviewed in this paper is well. NATO’s intervention, which definitely split Kosovo from Serbia, has created the possibility for the EU mission in the country. One side as if had played a positive role in the region, as is considered by the m...

Background: The main goal of this article is the study of the citizen’s attitudes to corruption in Russian megalopolises as a problem of the human resources quality development. On the one hand we have got an information about level of negative citizen’s attitudes to corruption, but on the other hand there is opportunity to give them some rules to prevent from to be corruptors. Therefore, there is one of the channels for quality development of socially responsible members of society. Methods: The author have descr...

In its analysis of various legal regulations and data from the United Kingdom and the Czech Republic concerning harassment, and namely sexual harassment, the article highlights how sociological discourses and legal decisions have reflected upon this specific form of discrimination, which is regulated by international, European as well as national means. The article first considers two major principles of sexual harassment ? 'quid pro quo' and a 'hostile working environment'; later, international, European as well ...

Being multiethnic and multi-religious society should be considered a strong point for any society on earth. The Republic of Macedonia has had the “honor and challenge” of having a very heterogeneous population in terms of its ethic and religious composition. The demographic structure of the population in the country is very specific, since all religions can be found among all ethnic groups with the country. Although the country is divided alongside ethnic lines, such lines become very blur when it comes to religio...

In the study of professional choice of a graduate of particular importance are researchers of household strategies in the education sphere. As the household strategies, we consider the effective usage of available resources (economic, social and cultural assets) in reaching the goal. The goal, in this aspect, is defined as the optimal choice of educational and professional paths, taking into account the real possibilities and social benefits. As shown by the results of many sociological types of research when choo...

The article is devoted to the pressing issue of the transformation of Russia’s and China’s foreign policy strategies in Central Asia in recent years. The prevailing aspect of economic approaches as the basis of practical implementation of the “strategic partnership” concept is the main feature of these two states’ policies in Central Asia. However, the two countries maintain military and political cooperation, each of them upholding its own political interests. China’s tactics is in its active support of the integ...

Regarding information and communication technologies improvement, the global e-commerce market has already developed. This market almost has not geographical boundaries and is in demand 24 hours per day seven days a week. All countries pay attention to the electronic commerce development. E-commerce might be one of the drivers for the retail trade revival, improving competitiveness, and ultimately the development of the Russian economy. The article reveals the place of Russian e-commerce, determines trends and pro...

France is a traditional European democracy. Its political system was relatively stable since late 1950s with two political blocs. Right – usually connected with the ideas of Charles de Gaulle and left – represented by Socialist party. The situation seems to be different in 2017. As François Hollande became extremely unpopular he decided not to candidate in 2017 anymore. Socialist party chose Benoît Hamon to be candidate but his result 6, 36 % in the first round was poor and more – the worst in the history of Socia...

In order to detect the possible ways and obstacles in promoting diversity through the Parliament, we shall briefly introduce the issue of diversity from the perspective of political philosophy and political theory. This will help us create a better comparative framework for the case of the Republic of Macedonia and see if any of the suggestions coming from this stream of thinking are applicable in our scenario. Starting from the premise that the Republic of Macedonia is home to many ethnic groups and is hence mult...

This paper attempts to analyze the system and the behavior of all actors in the field of competition by determining and then analyzed its composition, degree of concentration of businesses in the same activities, bringing them about pricing, bringing them to customer, the number of businesses participating in the market, types of products or services they offer, and many other factors in order to assess the level of competition between businesses in different areas so all this with the purpose of implementation of...

In the last decades the word "terrorism" became for modern society almost an everyday one. In scientific and practical understanding it means any kind of demonstration of violence carrying either mass, or special-purpose destructive character by this concept. Murders of people in places of their mass gatherings, destruction of housing stock by explosion of buildings or objects of inhabited infrastructure, causing damage to civilian infrastructure (water and food poisoning, causing irreplaceable damage to the farml...

The paper examines the current migration processes in Russia: the demographic structure of migrant population in Russia, the impact of labor migrants and recent government regulation in this area. Low birth rate and population ageing are the main reasons for the evolving problem of labor shortage. It can be partly solved by external inflow of labor migrants. However, migration processes powerfully influence current fiscal politics, ethnic and religious conflicts. Being at the edge of a multilevel crisis, Russia sh...

Diplomacy has been an extremely important in the development of civilization from its beginnings to the present days. More broadly, diplomacy presents the design and implementation of the foreign policy, models of the foreign policy, international negotiations and professional activity performed by diplomats. The paper presents the development of the diplomacy from its origins in the era of nation Maya, throughout the Middle Ages, specific forms of creating and building relationships that have developed within the...

Contemporary forms of work with children and youth with behavioural problems are based on the holistic approach (the experience of successful methods and application according to the assessment of the professionals). Different authors underscore the importance of combining different approaches, methods and techniques of direct work with users with behavioural problem in educational institutions (individual, group, workshops and small rehabilitative programs). The goal of this research was to explore the experience...

The most important goal of this article is to define the notion of a religious conflict, to introduce a typology of religious conflicts, to analyze the factors of their genesis as well as the possible ways of their mitigation and overcoming. Using the methodology of comparative and content analysis, the authors came to the conclusion that religious motivation among the warring parties, and/or religious legitimation of violence could not be considered as the obligatory conditions for the assignment of conflict as r...

The article is dedicated to the structural roots of conflicts within modern Russian society. The authors idea is to present consistently the dialectical relationship of economic, political and ideological levels of the order. The article notes that private property is the most important factor of the modern society functioning. It defines social interests and relations, creates the class of owners and generates economic order, which is subsequently legitimized by power structure and ideology. The deformations in e...

The acquisition and administration of “big data” has become a highly-debated issue not only within the information technology field, but more broadly in the political sociology and social arena ethics as well. While big data may just be another technology used to better find customers (from a business point of view) or help people (from a governmental point of view), its use and misuse has made it a topic of much discussion. Users continue to see lots of data being gathered, stored and analyzed about them as consu...

The interaction between the state and society can be regarded as a phenomenon characteristic of modern society which characterizes the degree of domination of one of the elements of this system. But if we accept as a postulate that interaction is a natural and necessary process, then the static idea of interaction as a phenomenon becomes the dynamic concept of interaction as a process. So, from an applied point of view, the interaction between the state and society is much more interesting to imagine as a complex ...

Nowadays the world is changing in many ways. There is a significant influence of the climate change, which can make natural disasters even stronger than before. Moreover, the disaster consequences are more serious due to rising living standards in developed society, the rising level of urbanization, technological development, migration and density of population, and other changes in environment. The organizations of crisis management in public administration have to implement a number of measures to react to these...

The text deals with the development and methods of robotization in contemporary armed conflicts. The contribution tries to present the main advantages of these vehicles as being the main reasons for their current use by the armed forces and expected proliferation in the near future. We can observe a new trend in the armed conflict in the last two decades – use of advanced systems of unmanned vehicles in such a range that many military and academic experts talk about a new wave of revolutionary changes in the milit...

The proposed text focuses on the conflict analysis and application of current typologies and methods within its framework. It sums up the overview of the most relevant methodological approaches and tries to highlight their limits in the analysis of the current conflicts, which have by far more different characteristic features than in the past. At present time the characteristic features of military conflicts have appreciably changed in comparison with military conflicts which have been happening in the past. Expe...