TECHNOLOGY

Jędrzej MALIŃSKI, im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu, Polska

Technology – Applications and Evaluations

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 1-2 (104-105) 2020,  Publication date: 14 February 2022

Abstract In this paper I present a semantic and historical analysis of Polish words technika and technologia. An initial problem is the fact that both terms are often interchangeable. The blurry differentiation between technika and technologia is also present in different language – except for English. Given [...] Read more.

IDEA OF SUSTAINABLE SOCIETY CHALLENGE FOR CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL INNOVATION

Małgorzata GOTOWSKA, Paweł ANTOSZAK

Sustainable Development – Some Challenges

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 1-2 (104-105) 2020,  Publication date: 14 February 2022

Abstract The aim of this article is attempt to present the challenges for contemporary social innovation in terms of sustainable society. The article presents the role of innovation in the Europe 2020 Strategy Innovation is one of the five main objectives of this strategy. That is why it seems important to implement [...] Read more.

WHO WILL HAND OUT THE CARDS IN THE GAME FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE?

Wiesław SZTUMSKI

Sustainable Development – Some Challenges

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 1-2 (104-105) 2020,  Publication date: 14 February 2022

Abstract The article contains reflections on shaping the future in accordance with the concept of sustainable development. In the first part, the author considers the issue of the purposefulness of shaping a sustainable future. In the second one, he presents the problem of responsibility for the further development [...] Read more.

STRATEGY FOR SUSTAINABLE CIVILIZATION INFORMATIZATION

Andrzej TARGOWSKI

Sustainable Development – Some Challenges

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 1-2 (104-105) 2020,  Publication date: 14 February 2022

Abstract The article proposes strategic objectives for the development of a sustainable civilization. These should be based on a Geoinformation Management System monitoring civilization based on established indexes measuring the state of civilization. The monitoring needs be based on a uniform system on many [...] Read more.

POVERTY - CHALLENGE OF THE MODERN WORLD

Murman KVARATSKHELIA

Everlasting Problems

Publication language: English

Journal article

Transformations No. 3-4 (102-103) 2019,  Publication date: 11 February 2022

Abstract Poverty is still one of the most serious problems in developing countries. The social and economic effects of global structural change are difficult to assess. Poverty, as a negative phenomenon, in order to be eliminated, requires a scientific study. Increasing knowledge of the conditions of poverty [...] Read more.

OUTLINE OF CHANGES IN POLISH ELITES: FROM NOBLE DEMOCRACY TO CIVIL SOCIETY

Włodzimierz CHOJNACKI

Formation of Elites – Between Theories and Practices

Publication language: English

Journal article

Transformations No. 3-4 (102-103) 2019,  Publication date: 11 February 2022

Abstract The problems discussed in the article are interdisciplinary character and fit mainly in the area of sociology of social structures, historical sociology and intellectual history1. The issues presented in it are focused on the analytical approach to changes taking place in the evolution of the elites [...] Read more.

WHO WILL HAND OUT THE CARDS IN THE GAME FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE?

Wiesław SZTUMSKI

Modeling Development – Between History and the Future

Publication language: English

Journal article

Transformations No. 3-4 (102-103) 2019,  Publication date: 11 February 2022

Abstract The article contains reflections on shaping the future in accordance with the concept of sustainable development. The first part contains consideration on the issue of the purposefulness of shaping a sustainable future. The second part deals with the problem of responsibility for the further development [...] Read more.

CHINA ACCORDING TO CARROLL QUIGLEY’S MODEL OF EVOLUTION OF CIVILIZATIONS

Alfred SKORUPKA

Modeling Development – Between History and the Future

Publication language: English

Journal article

Transformations No. 3-4 (102-103) 2019,  Publication date: 11 February 2022

Abstract Carroll Quigley (1910-1977), an American scientist, distinguished seven phases in a development of every civilization: mixture, gestation, expansion, age of conflict, universal empire, decay, invasion. In the case of Middle Kingdom, he identified there two communities: Sinic (2000 BC-400 AD) and Chinese [...] Read more.

CYBERSECURITY IN A HYPERCONNECTIVE SPACE. THE OLD QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FUTURE?

Alina BETLEJ

Informatization and Digitalization of Economies and Societies – Challenges and Practical Experiences

Publication language: English

Journal article

Transformations No. 3-4 (102-103) 2019,  Publication date: 11 February 2022

Abstract The article analyzes the issue of new risks and challenges of cybersecurity of companies operating in hyperconnective space. The development of information and communication technologies affects the transformation of social space. The implications of technologically mediated transformations of the social [...] Read more.

CONTRACTING AS A TOOL FOR REGULATING LABOR RESOURCES AT THE MICRO LEVEL

Nataliya V. MAKOVSKAYA

Informatization and Digitalization of Economies and Societies – Challenges and Practical Experiences

Publication language: English

Journal article

Transformations No. 3-4 (102-103) 2019,  Publication date: 11 February 2022

Abstract Methodological tools for the regulation of labor resources at the micro level of the national economy of the Republic of Belarus can be represented as the formation of the institutional framework for the use of human capital through a contracting system. This idea is justified by the fact that the contracting [...] Read more.