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When one observes the contemporary global society, one sees the two concepts that connect the nations, religions, ideologies and cultures: crisis and change. They can be noticed everywhere: the most explicitly in the economy and politics, through security and international law, science and education, to the media and journalism. New communication technologies with the processes of globalization, de-nationalization, seizing sovereignty, conglomeration and corporatism have transformed the appearance of the planet, highlighting the process of collecting, selecting, shaping and managing information as a priority for the preservation of social power. The problem lies in the fact that a large number of media across the planet is owned by a few global corporations. In that way, the growing gap between rich and poor is concealed by directing and overseeing information, which are spectacular, emotional and sensational, thus attracting the attention of recipients. Instead of words, in reports prevails spun image, the depth of thinking is changing by manipulation and superficiality, and analytics is replaced by propaganda. Civilly responsible journalism should be set away from the government, executive authorities, legislators, financial centres, police, trade unions, churches... because it’s the only way to supervise them. Otherwise, journalism itself would only become a part of the system, serving the ideological interests of the oligarchy and corporate capital, which threatens the democracy!
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Taking back the classic interpretation of the concept of sovereignty, the paper aims to analyze this concept in the light of the terrorist group ISIS. Methodologically speaking the analysis is based on content analysis tool. Starting with a discussion related to the concept of sovereignty and terrorism, and after a brief history of this group, the paper focuses on how the idea of sovereignty is reflected in the recently promoted magazine of the Islamic State group.
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Hosted by the King of Hungary, Caroberto of Anjou, in October 1335, the kings of Poland and Bohemia (today’s Czech lands), Kazimierz the Great and John of Luxemburg, met at the royal palace of Visegrád to coordinate their various policies. After the collapse of communism, upon the invitation of Hungary’s Prime Minister, that remote model was followed by the leaders of the very same countries, Presidents Walesa and Havel, and Prime Minister Antall, all proven opponents of communism and dedicated to democracy and human rights.*<
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This article presents and analyses an important segment of Polish science policy, which was implemented in 2012-2015 as part of the National Programme for the Development of Humanities (NPRH) by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education. Based on the experience of The Józef Tischner Institute, one of the entities for which the programme was addressed, the paper identifies discrepancies between the objectives of the programme, having the aim of supporting the most important projects concerning Polish culture, the arts and national heritage, and the actual activities undertaken by the Ministry and the board of the NPRH, which are far from the goals they have set. This specific case study presents irregularities in the functioning of the NPRH, which seem to go beyond the mere imperfection of institutions or carelessness of people, and points to organized activities with even structural relevance.
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This paper reflects on the objectives, content and instruments of EU social policy, describes its main components and selected aspects of labor and social security, considers the meaning of the concept of the European social model. Moreover, it explores differences and links between social policy in general and from the perspective of the European Union and focuses on the understanding of this issue in a broader or a narrower sense. We run the comprehensive review of the existing trends and relations and point out at the current trends in this area.
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