This collection of essays has grown out of a project undertaken at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków in cooperation with the International Visegrad Fund. The inspiration for the project came from the work of Professor Hayden White, who kindly accepted the project coordinators’ invitation to give a lecture and conduct a workshop for scholars from Poland, Slovakia, Hungary and the Czech...

Jakie są poglądy młodych Europejczyków na swoją przyszłość? Jakie kwestie ich niepokoją, a do czego są nastawieni optymistycznie? Gdzie znajdują informacje i idee odnoszące się do różnych zagadnień i wydarzeń? Jaka, według nich, będzie ich rola w kształtowaniu własnej przyszłości? To prekursorskie studium porównuje nadzieje i obawy młodych ludzi (pomiędzy 11. a 17. rokiem życia) w czterech...

Publikacja anglojęzyczna z przedmową Włodzimierza Cimoszewicza. Stanowi ona pierwszy tom serii wydawniczej "European Integration and Democracy Series", która będzie się ukazywać się we współpracy Oficyny Wydawniczej ASPRA, Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku oraz Center for Direct Democracy Studies.

Sigmund Freud, born Sigismund Schlomo Freud (May 6, 1856 - September 23, 1939), was a Jewish-Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist who co-founded the psychoanalytic school of psychology. Freud is best known for his theories of the unconscious mind, especially involving the mechanism of repression his redefinition of sexual desire as mobile and directed towards a wide variety of...

This book presents an interdiciplinary colletion of essays providing analyses of global governance of safety and security in various policy fields, ranging from financial crisis to cyber-security. The volume offers essential insights about both European and international measures, normative frameworks and regulatory interventions aimed at controllig risks, preventing hazards and managing...

In Central and Eastern Europe, radical right actors significantly impact public debates and mainstream policy agenda. But despite this high discursive influence, the electoral fortune of radical right parties in the region is much less stable. It has been suggested that this may be due to the fact that mainstream competitors increasingly co-opt issues which are fundamental for the radical...

This publication offers a wonderfully comprehensive and integrated picture of the Labour immigration in the European Union. The book falls into five overlapping parts: Migration – the Notion. The Review of Migration Theories; the Policy of the European Union towards Legal Labour Migration from the Third Countries; Polish Migration Policy. Principles of Admitting Labour Migrants into Polish...

Książka podejmuje bardzo aktualne i ważne problemy, które są rozważane zarówno w ujęciu krajowym, regionalnym i lokalnym oraz w różnych ujęciach na obszarze Unii Europejskiej. W badaniach nad społeczeństwem obywatelskim oraz relacją społeczeństw obywatelskich w Unii Europejskiej integracja społeczna jest traktowana jako szczególna wartość perspektywiczna, bez której trudno byłoby mówić o...

In recent years, and more specifically, since the outbreak of the Eurozone crisis in 2010, the model of integration has changed. The rising political power of the strongest Member States and the political segmentation of the European Union into separate circles of integration have become the new reality. These processes have been accompanied by a range of related changes, such as the...

The aim of the project would be to exchange/share experience of Visegrad Group Member States in the field of their membership in the European Union - in particular: EU accession as an impulse to redefine priorities of V4, differential consequences of their membership in the EU and the role of the Visegrad Group as a forum of setting common positions.

This analysis is probably the first English-language book on U.S. political communication published by a Polish scholar. Based in empirical research, it offers considerations leading towards an attempt to create a theoretical framework for electoral party appeals. By no means, are these trivial or artificial deliberations based on desk research. As such, the study should become an invaluable...

Psychology in Practice For some, excessive workload is a source of satisfaction, while for others it stems from the desire to meet one's own and external expectations. Sometimes a fulfilling job fulfills one's life because it provides everything that is needed to be happy. Work can be an accepted way of escaping from one's emotional problems. In some cases excessive workload results from...

The January-February 2015 issue of New Eastern Europe has a specific focus on the current situation in the Baltic states which, despite being full-fledged members of NATO and the European Union, now find themselves on the frontlines of the ongoing crisis with Russia. Countries like Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are now having to deal with uncertainties surrounding many issues like...

The Academic Encounters series uses a sustained content approach to teach skills necessary for taking academic courses in English. There are two books for each content area. The Teacher's Manual for this title contains general teaching guidelines for the course, task-by-task teaching suggestions, answers to all tasks, content quizzes, and content quiz answers.

Picturing the women's tradition of manufacturing a quilt through which they materialy express they lived experiences, the film How to Make an American Quilt from the director Jocelyn Moorhouse (1995) reveals the importance of trans-generational communication and affective togetherness in the process of construction of a sustainable and inspiring community. Quilting becomes a oriductive tool...

Artificial intelligence, or AI, is a cross-disciplinary approach to understanding, modeling, and creating intelligence of various forms. It is a critical branch of cognitive science, and its influence is increasingly being felt in other areas, including the humanities. AI applications are transforming the way we interact with each other and with our environment, and work in artificially...

W prezentowanej książce omówiono problemy, z którymi boryka się młodzież w związku z globalizacją świata. Zwolennicy tych procesów uważają, że stwarzają one możliwości zbudowania świata wolnego od obecnych problemów. Przeciwnicy z kolei twierdzą, że globalizacja powoduje nowe zagrożenia. Wskazują przede wszystkim na ograniczenie wolności jednostki i wzywają do obrony przed działaniami...

Much more than just an anthology, this survey of humanity's search for the meaning of life includes the latest contributions to the debate, a judicious selection of key canonical essays, and insightful commentary by internationally respected philosophers. Cutting-edge viewpoint features the most recent contributions to the debate Extensive general introduction offers...

Why rebel? Because our footprint on the Earth has never mattered more than now. How we treat it, in the spirit of gift or of theft, has never been more important. Because we need a politics of kindness, but the very opposite is on the rise. Libertarian fascism, with its triumphal brutalism, its racism and misogyny - a politics that loathes the living world. Because nature is not a hobby. It...

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