The article considers some leading tendencies, which are related to the process of Ukrainian local democracy formation. The key stages of the process are distinguished since the reforms of M. Gorbachev. Author points out ...

The paper contains an analysis of international legal regulations of minority rights protection, as well as the mechanisms of prevention of regional security threats. The background of the analysis is the Russia-inspired ...

If in the West perestroika and its initiator, Mikhail Gorbachev evoke, almost involuntarily, mostly warm and positive connotations, Russians’ attitude and assessment towards them are, more and more explicitly and unequivocally, ...

This paper discusses the process of institutionalization of social control in the Russian Federation. Proved the importance of the adoption of the federal law „On the basis of social control” to protect and promote the ...

Author present results of the sociological researches conducted between years 1995 and 2015, concerning Russian society’s attitude toward Perestroika. Perestroika era not only fundamentally transformed Russian history, but ...

Współcześnie region określany mianem Nowej Europy doświadcza złożonego i ważnego okresu rozwoju w swojej historii. Większość państw regionu znajduje się na ostatnim etapie transformacji: zrywają z pozostałościami geopolitycznego ...

The article notes that globalization brings not only the economies of different countries, but also creates certain prerequisites for the formation of global ethics is already indicated by a consensus on a number of key ...