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Regionalism without Regions
This collective volume shows how Ukraine can best be understood through its regions and how the regions must be considered against the background of the nation. The overarching objective of the book is to challenge the dominance of the nation-state paradigm in the analyses of Ukraine by illustrating the interrelationship between national and regional dynamics of change. The authors—historians, sociologists, anthropologists, economists, literary critics and linguists from Ukraine, Poland, Switzerland, Germany and the USA—explicitly go beyond the perspective of an entity defined by traditional political borders and cultural, economic, historical or religious stereotypes. The research project that led to the composition of the book combined quantitative (statistical surveys conducted across Ukraine) and qualitative (in-depth interviews and focus-group discussion) methods. The authors came to the conclusion that regionalism as a defining phenomenon of Ukraine is more prominent than the regions themselves. This approach regards Ukraine as a construct in flux where different discourses intersect, concur and eventually merge through the lenses of various disciplines and methodologies.
Routledge International Handbook of Failure
This Handbook examines the study of failure in social sciences, its manifestations in the contemporary world, and the modalities of dealing with it – both in theory and in practice. It draws together a comprehensive approach to failing, and invisible forms of cancelling out and denial of future perspectives. Underlining critical mechanisms for challenging and reimagining norms of success in contemporary society, it allows readers to understand how contemporary regimes of failure are being formed and institutionalized in relation to policy and economic models, such as neo-liberalism. While capturing the diversity of approaches in framing failure, it assesses the conflations and shifts which...
Poland in Transatlantic Relations after 1989
This volume brings together a number of scholars from a variety of disciplines to examine the phenomenon of the transformation of Poland within the context of regional and global power relations, focusing in particular on analyses of the country’s political and social development within the area of transatlantic relations. It provides a distinct view on the current dynamics and future perspectives of the transatlantic alliance. At a time when the story of Poland as the shining example of post-Communist success and European integration has been interrupted, several other leading narratives of the Western world also appear to be in danger: western values cannot be considered to be universal,...
The Politics of the European Neighbourhood Policy
This book examines the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) in the context of internal functions performed with regard to the European Union (EU) political system and its key actors. It argues that the ENP has been formulated not only in reaction to external challenges and threats, but also in response to EU internal legitimacy needs at systemic, institutional and actor level. Looking beyond governance approaches and the power of norms, this book follows a sociological approach to the politics of legitimation. Using Bourdieu's field theory, it bridges the rationalist-constructivist divide inherent in much of ENP scholarship. While analyzing articulations of EU institutions in terms of narrati...
Introducing Survival and Event History Analysis
This book is an accessible, practical and comprehensive guide for researchers from multiple disciplines including biomedical, epidemiology, engineering and the social sciences. Written for accessibility, this book will appeal to students and researchers who want to understand the basics of survival and event history analysis and apply these methods without getting entangled in mathematical and theoretical technicalities. Inside, readers are offered a blueprint for their entire research project from data preparation to model selection and diagnostics. Engaging, easy to read, functional and packed with enlightening examples, ‘hands-on’ exercises, conversations with key scholars and resourc...
The Politics of Legislative Debates
Legislative debates make democracy and representation work. Political actors engage in legislative debates to make their voice heard to voters. Parties use debates to shore up their brand. This book makes the most comprehensive study of legislative debates thus far, looking at the politics of legislative debates in 33 liberal democracies in Europe, North America and Latin America, Africa, Asia, and Oceania. The book begins with theoretical chapters focused on the key concepts in the study of legislative debates. Michael Laver, Slapin and Proksch, and Taylor examine the politics of legislative debates in parliamentary and presidential democracies. Subsequently, Goplerud makes a critical revie...
WSPÓŁCZESNA KULTURA HISTORYCZNA
Pojęcie kultury historycznej, tak jak je tu rozumiem, jest pojęciem wewnętrznie otwartym, obejmuje wszelkie zjawiska odnoszenia się do przeszłości. Wspomniana otwartość zasadza się na tym, że nie przyjmuje się tu żadnej skończonej listy zagadnień, zjawisk, problemów, które w sposób ostateczny wyczerpywałyby treść tego terminu. Kultura, w tym i kultura historyczna, jest historyczna właśnie, a to znaczy zmienna w czasie i przestrzeni społecznej, nie da się zatem raz na zawsze orzec, na jakie nowe zjawiska trzeba będzie zwracać uwagę, jak je poznawać i jakiej aparatury pojęciowej w tym celu użyć. Prezentowany tom składa się z artykułów, które w większości b...
Kapitał społeczny ludzi starych na przykładzie mieszkańców miasta Białystok
This study on social capital of seniors surveyed 26 seniors between the ages of 60 and 89 from Bialystok, Poland. The respondents were either associated with a nursing home for the elderly or with the University of the Third Age. This study emphasizes the need for older people to focus on improving their human, social and cultural capital. It also recommends that public, commercial and non-governmental institutions implement programs that can create favorable conditions for personal growth among seniors.
