Wydział Studiów Międzynarodowych i Politologicznych | Faculty of International and Political Studies: Ostatnio dodane
Wyświetlanie pozycji 521-540 z 936
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Exploring the European constitutional sphere. Centre – periphery perspective
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, 2014)The main hypothesis of this paper is that the European Constitutional Sphere can be perceived of as a battlefield in the process of globalization of law and politics, existing between the Centre and Periphery of our ... -
European Union citizenship and member state nationality: rethinking the link?
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, 2014)That European Union citizenship remains an unfinished institution is beyond any doubt. Even its modest original content enshrined in the Treaty of European Union revealed this. Article 25 TFEU (formerly Article 22 TEC) has ... -
Identity and differentiated integration in Europe
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, 2014)The fundamental distinction between us and them (insiders and outsiders), characteristic of the process whereby we shape our identities, is universal and timeless. It is already present in the first family-tribal communities, ... -
German and European experiences in developing national identity and patriotism – sheer resemblances or mutual inspirations?
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, 2014)The problem of a common European identity and a group of values that are recognizable for the whole European community seems nowadays to be a more current topic than ever before. The European Union has become a highly ... -
Approaching Europe. Conceptions of German intellectuals in the 20th and 21st centuries
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, 2014)For the German intellectuals quoted above, Europe is not a geopolitical fact whose status quo needs reinforcement – it is a value as a utopian project of a political community emerging in the process of the europeanisation ... -
The writers’ Europe: an imagined community
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, 2014)Globalization as a transcultural phenomenon has been in existence for millennia, but there were certain historical phases of expansion that intensified intercontinental entanglements. Such periods of growing globalization ... -
Preface
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, 2014) -
Mity narodowe i ich rola w kreowaniu polityki na przykładzie państw byłej Jugosławii
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Twitter and Local Political Candidates in Japan: An Analysis of the 2011 Osaka Prefectural Assembly Election
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2013)This study analysed the factors that impact the adoption of Twitter by political candidates. The findings obtained do not necessarily support the normalization thesis; the affiliation with major parties only had a limited ... -
Didn’t it mean a thing fit ain’t got that swing? Swing Voters and Accountability Mechanism in the Japanese Lower House Election 2009
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2013)This paper investigates the democratic accountability mechanism. It is essential to democracy that voters are able to create a shift in national political power through an election when they are dissatisfied with the ... -
Unconventional Monetary Policy in Japan: An Empirical Study on its Effectiveness
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2013)This paper examined the unconventional monetary policy in Japan. Its features were examined, and then some possible routes of the transmission mechanism for the policy to aff ect real business activities were explored. The ... -
New Parties in Japan – In the Search of a “Third Pole” on the Political Scene
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2013)The main aim of this paper is to compare the political stances of the conservative parties established since 2005 and to analyze to what degree they can become an alternative to the LDP and DPJ. Although many Japanese ... -
Socio-economic stability, intra party democracy and the power transition in the Communist Party of China
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2013)The article mainly aims to discuss the critical factors of power transition within the Chinese Communist Party framework since the last peaceful transition between Jiang Zemin and Hu Jintao. The major objective of the paper ... -
Food security in China in the beginning of the 21st century
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2013)First part of the paper considers the problem of defining food security and scientists’ current attitude towards defining and measuring the level of food security. The second part presents an overview of the current food ... -
The Adjustment of China’s Regional Development Strategy and Its Impact on Intergovernmental Relations
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2013)Since 2008, many synthetically reform experimental districts have been set up, and a considerable number of local development planning has been promoted as national-level development strategies. This indicates some changes ... -
China’s Civil Aviation at the Beginning of the 21st Century – Can Europe Remain Competitive?
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2013)The paper is divided into six sections. After a brief introduction it provides a simple statistical comparison of selected civil aviation indicators in China and in the USA. The next three sections deal with the state of ... -
Expected Future Trends in Chinese Outward Direct Investment in Africa
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2013)This paper presents an analysis of Chinese outward direct investments in Africa and projection of future investment flows. The motives that have led to a noticeable increase of these investments in Africa in the last 3 ... -
Burma in China’s Foreign Policy: the consequences of the ‘Burmese thaw’ for China-Myanmar relations
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2013)This paper gives an insight into Chinese-Burmese relations, focusing on important factors that have had an impact today. Firstly, it recaps the history of China and Burma. Secondly, it shows China’s two main reasons of ... -
Rethinking the Development of US-China Relations
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2013)This paper intends to examine the debates between realists and liberals on US-China relations since the end of the Cold War, with trade used as the primary case study to discuss and demonstrate the influence and effect of ... -
Institutional Changes in Malaysia. New dimensions of challenges after the global financial crisis
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2013)In this short article the author has tried to point out the hot spots for necessary institutional changes in Malaysia. As the term of financial crisis has been discussed among the leaders of ASEAN one can perceive indispensable ...