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TECHNOLOGY – VALUES – SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (Some Reflections on Changing Relations, Meanings and Social Practices)
Lech W. ZACHER
UNDERSTANDING TECHNOLOGY – THEORIES AND INTERPRETATIONS
Publication language: Polish
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Transformations No. 1–2 (88–89) 2016, Publication date: 12 May 2016
Abstract Narratives concerning technology and values relations requires an in-depth analysis of these two categories and also their contextualization. In social practice technology and values undergo significant changes, often revolutionary. They take systemic forms and they interact with each other. Since the [...] Read more.
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METHODOLOGICAL ANARCHISM AND ITS COGNITIVE VALUE
Magdalena SZPUNAR
Transformacje cywilizacyjne – między wiedzą, wrażliwością i wyobraźnią socjologiczną
Publication language: Polish
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Transformations No. 1 (112) 2022, Publication date: 30 March 2022
Abstract The aim of the article is to present the basic assumptions of Paul K. Feyerabend's epistemological anarchism. The article presents the value of methodological anarchism for the cognitive process, methodology and development of science, as well as the controversies associated with the application of [...] Read more.
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RECONFIGURATIONS IN THE WORLD SYSTEM – BETWEEN THE OLD DRIVING FORCES AND NEW NETWORKS
Lech W. ZACHER
Global Problems – Future – Politics – Values
Publication language: English
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Transformations No. 3-4 (78-79) 2013, Publication date: 13 November 2013
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OBSTACLES TO SUSTAINABILITY – IN PUBLIC DISCOURSE (the Case of a Transitional Economy – Poland)
Lech W. ZACHER
National Cases Augmented
Publication language: English
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Transformations No. 3-4 (94-95) 2017, Publication date: 30 November 2017
Abstract Requirements for the sustainability in economy and society should be tailored to a given country or region. General models which often dominate in academic discourse are an important part of necessary social knowledge (of decision makers, media, NGOs etc.). They are formulated in universally relevant [...] Read more.
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HUMAN RIGHTS AS A BASIC PRINCIPLE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE IN LATVIA
Nataļja SARATOVA
Present and the Coming Challenges
Publication language: English
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Transformations No. 3-4 (98-99) 2018, Publication date: 8 December 2018
Abstract The essence of the Criminal Procedure Law in Latvia is aimed at ensuring lawfulness and legal procedure in the country, protecting the interests of the society and its individuals. Observance of the basic principles of criminal procedure is required to enable reaching of the objective of the Criminal [...] Read more.
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JEAN BAUDRILLARD'S CONCEPTION OF THE PERFECT CRIME IN THE CONTEXT OF THE TECHNICAL ADVANCEMENT OF SOCIETIES
Jan GONDEK
Present and the Coming Challenges
Publication language: English
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Transformations No. 3-4 (98-99) 2018, Publication date: 8 December 2018
Abstract The paper presents Jean Baudrillard's conception of the so called “perfect crime.” This theory may serve as the basis for analysing digital technological processes taking place in modern societies. The article seeks to explicate the phenomenon of the perfect crime and to show the transformation of reality [...] Read more.
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BUREAUCRACY AND VIOLENCE
Karol CHROBAK
Present and the Coming Challenges
Publication language: English
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Transformations No. 3-4 (98-99) 2018, Publication date: 8 December 2018
Abstract The essay focuses on the relationship in which the bureaucracy remains to the phenomenon of violence. These relations are essential for a better understanding of the condition of modern democratic institutions, as the functioning of the latter today is closely dependent on the efficient functioning [...] Read more.
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MODERN GLOBAL TRENDS AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PROBLEM
Ramaz ABESADZE, Vakhtang BURDULI
Present and the Coming Challenges
Publication language: English
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Transformations No. 3-4 (98-99) 2018, Publication date: 8 December 2018
Abstract Today mankind faces a very serious problem of depletion of natural resources and violation of the processes of reproduction of the natural environment. Due attention was given to this problem only since the late 60s - early 70s of the last century, when a number of international events were held: on [...] Read more.
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THE IMPACT OF ECONOMIC SANCTIONS ON THE EUROPEAN UNION'S RELATIONS WITH THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION: THE CASE OF POLISH-RUSSIAN TRADE EXCHANGE
Jarosław KUŚPIT
Economic Problems and Economic Thinking in Crisis
Publication language: English
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Transformations No. 3-4 (98-99) 2018, Publication date: 8 December 2018
Abstract The deterioration in political relations between the Russian Federation and European Union member states following the annexation of Crimea and involvement in the conflict in eastern Ukraine was quickly reflected in the trade policy of the partners. The parties applied economic sanctions against each [...] Read more.
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RESULTS OF THE DOMINANCE OF “PURELY” ECONOMIC THINKING IN THE STATE AND THE PROBLEMS OF SOCIETY (?!)
Alfred A. KURATASHVILI
Economic Problems and Economic Thinking in Crisis
Publication language: English
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Transformations No. 3-4 (98-99) 2018, Publication date: 8 December 2018
Abstract The Author considers the problem of the practical implications of the dominance of economic thinking in modern societies. He askes question about the future of economicoriented humans in the context of natural axiological systems. What does it mean that there is a truly human society in the technological [...] Read more.
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THE ECONOMICS IN CRISIS AND THE MAIN DIRECTIONS FOR TRANSFORMATION OF ECONOMIC SCIENCE
Vladimer PAPAVA
Economic Problems and Economic Thinking in Crisis
Publication language: English
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Transformations No. 3-4 (98-99) 2018, Publication date: 8 December 2018
Abstract The article analyzes the crisis in the field of economics, its primary causes and its manifestations. It shows how traditional economics “turns a blind eye” to many significant aspects of economic reality. Within this crisis, the economics lags behind the economic reality. Some of the clearest examples [...] Read more.
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NEW FORMS OF SUPPOROTING EMPLOYEES' JOB DEVELOPMENT IN THE MODERN WORLD
Iwona BŁASZCZAK
Social and Educational Challenges and Solutions
Publication language: English
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Transformations No. 3-4 (98-99) 2018, Publication date: 7 December 2018
Abstract The current times aid the development of many companies, however together with that development rises competition between them. That is the reason why businesses, which want to prosper effectively, are forced to foster and use more and more modern methods of management. Obviously, it cannot be done [...] Read more.
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INTERDEPENDENCY OF EDUCATION AND SOCIAL MOBILITY IN REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA
Angela MOCANU
Social and Educational Challenges and Solutions
Publication language: English
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Transformations No. 3-4 (98-99) 2018, Publication date: 7 December 2018
Abstract The Author considers the role of education on the process of transformation social mobility in Republic of Moldova. In the paper will be led the analyze of the concept’s studying degree of class and social stratification, the factors of social structure, the role of the education in forming social structure [...] Read more.
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ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN THE PORTRAIT OF MODERN UNIVERSITIES
Włodzimierz CHOJNACKI
Social and Educational Challenges and Solutions
Publication language: English
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Transformations No. 3-4 (98-99) 2018, Publication date: 7 December 2018
Abstract In many well-developed states, there is an evident determination in undertaking trials of identifying and defining problems as well as institutional-organizational needs in developing educational outposts to satisfy rising demands on the part of: state power, academic environment including labor market [...] Read more.