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Świeckość państwa zakwestionowana we Włoszech. Debata na temat krzyży w szkolnych klasach.
Get PDFIn November 2009 the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg ruled that crosses displayed in classrooms of public school are not in agreement with the freedom of religion guaranteed by the European Convention on Human Rights. This ruling was based on the claim that the presence of the Christian symbol limit parents’ right to educate their children in conformity with their own faith and the right of children to believe or not to believe. In Italy, from which the case originates, the Court’s sentence stirred up heated political debates and caused strong public opinion reactions. The verdict was interpreted as a threat to the Catholic-based cultural traditions of the country, despite the traditions not being continued in terms of religious devotion in Italy
Przyszłość Europy wobec zagrożeń ekologicznych
Get PDFThe article discusses the possible ecological and environmental threats that Europe can be faced with in the nearest future, along with the possible scenarios of the damage. The analysis presents several ideas for dealing with the threats, as well as problem-solving models, with special attention paid to Jeremy Rifkin’s ‘Third Industrial Revolution Concept’. The basis of the concept is the social aspect of the ecological change that the future may bring about. The demands and challenges that will have to be met as a result of the change are central for this article
Tożsamość homoseksualnych kobiet – dramat czy konstruktywna alternatywa?
Get PDFThe article Identity of Homosexual Women – Drama or a Constructive Alternative? presents the most important aspects of homosexual identity changes, which can be observed in modern society, especially as far as problems of homosexual women are concerned. The main goal of this article is to show the crash of modernism and postmodernism ideologies connected to cultural pluralism and axiological relativism and their consequences for the shape of lesbian’s identity. Reflections are illustrated by the statements from the homosexual women’s websites. As a result, main issues can be understood bette
Perspektywy Członkowstwa Turcji w Unii Europejskiej
No full textThe paper, entitled The prospects of Turkish membership in EU, presents an international debate that has continued for many years, concerning the subject of Turkish EU candidature. The debate is an expression of European elites’ anxiety about the future shape of the organization. The study deals with such issues as a common European identity and Turkey’s Europeanization process, from Atatürk’s reforms up to the integration with European structures. This paper is based on the assumption that, in line with the rival opinions of supporters and opponents of Turkish admission to EU, two models of Europe can be identified: the exclusive model and the multicultural (open) model
Swój „Obcy”. Wewnętrzni uchodźcy w Gruzji
Get PDFStrangers in their own country. Internally Displaced Persons After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Georgia participated in the armed conflicts over South Ossetia (1991-1992 and 2008) and Abkhazia (1992-1993). As a consequence, Georgia had to accept forced displaced persons. The following thesis focuses on the Abkhazian conflict, its causes and effects. The thesis is based on the analysis of the specific situation of IDPs which has gone on since 1993. The thesis describes the living conditions and prospects of the group of Abkhazian Georgians who were displaced within the territory of their own country and became internally displaced persons
Wyjście z kryzysu – proces stabilizacji oraz odbudowa państwa afgańskiego
Get PDFAfghanistan is one of the most unstable countries in the world. The process of reconstruction began in 2001 when Taliban regime was defeated. It is difficult to stabilize situation in Afghanistan. Stabilization requires the help from an international community, especially the European Union, the ISAF and the United States of America. The support is mostly financial and material. However, there are many problems such as production and smuggling of drugs. Another problem is also Afghans’ huge poverty. These factors influence the completion of tasks negatively
Marketing polityczny na przykładzie witryn internetowych kół poselskich i klubów parlamentarnych w Sejmie RP VI kadencji
Get PDFContemporary political marketing is increasingly using the Internet for its actions. The subject of this article is to analyze this phenomenon in the context of Polish Parliamentary Clubs’ websites. Elements such as page layout, subpages, available information or references to social networking sites were considered. The fundamental question in this article was whether and how Parliamentary Clubs exploit new opportunities
Wpływ paranoi politycznej na dyskurs publiczny w Polsce
Get PDFThe transition of the Polish political system has had a significant influence on the shape of public discourse. Undoubtedly, politicians’ and society members’ disposition to paranoid behaviour is the reason of public debate`s exacerbation and deep conflict between conservatives and liberals. The abundance of political changes, breakthrough circumstances and crisis situations in the last few years have fuelled this trend. In fact, the influence of political paranoia on Polish discourse seems to be destabilised and it provokes a question: how to make debate more substantive and rational
Aktywność społeczno-polityczna kobiet na szczeblu lokalnym z uwzględnieniem sytuacji w gminie Gostyń po wyborach samorządowych 2010 r.
Get PDFPublic and political activity of women – this subject has been constantly present in Polish public discourse for many years. Lately, the main part of this discourse is the matter of parity and legal guarantee of minimum 35% places dedicated to women on the elections candidates’ register. This essay assesses the legitimacy of these modifications with reference to necessity of cultural or social circumstances. The author also presents factors that determinate women’s public activity. All of these theoretical deliberations are referred to the situation in Gostyń commune and particularly to the personnel of the town council (it consists of only 19% of women)
Etyczny bunt w reżimie demokratycznym
Get PDFAfter twenty years of a democratic regime in Poland, one can see its condition. There are three categories of a riot - “the narrowest”, “narrow” and “wide”. The articele presents the examples of each type and the cause of their existence. Sometimes it results from the fasion or the reality is somehow changed. These changes may be fragmentary or they may affect the whole society. The article discusses this differentiation. To become a rebel, many obstacles must be overcome