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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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KLAUZULA ROZSĄDKU W SYSTEMIE POLSKIEGO PRAWA PODATKOWEGO

Monika MÜNNICH

Publication language: Polish

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Transformations No. 3(122)2024 Publication date: 30 September 2024

Abstract Charakterystyczną cechą klauzuli generalnej rozsądku jest to, że w jej przypadku kryteria ocenne nie przynależą do pozanormatywnego obszaru wartości i norm pozaprawnych, tak jak w przypadku innych klauzul słusznościowych. Najważniejszym elementem konstrukcyjnym klauzuli rozsądku jest pojęcie rozsądności [...] Read more.

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ARGUMENTACJA HISTORYCZNA W WYKŁADNI UNIJNEGO PRAWA PODATKOWEGO

Dobrosława ANTONÓW

Publication language: Polish

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Transformations No. 3(122)2024 Publication date: 30 September 2024

Abstract Niniejsza analiza koncentruje się na omówieniu problematyki argumentacji historycznej stosowanej w procesie interpretacji unijnego prawa podatkowego. Analiza ma na celu ustalenie metodologii badania i stosowania argumentacji historycznej, a także znaczenia jej wyniku dla ostatecznej decyzji w sprawie [...] Read more.

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O SKUTECZNYM RAD SPOSOBIE ALBO O UNIJNYM SYSTEMIE KONSULTACJI SPOŁECZNYCH W PROCESIE LEGISLACYJNYM NA PRZYKŁADZIE DYREKTYW PODATKOWYCH

Ewa MICHNA

Publication language: Polish

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Transformations No. 3(122)2024 Publication date: 30 September 2024

Abstract Artykuł opisuje zasady społecznej partycypacji w tworzeniu przepisów podatkowych w Unii Europejskiej. Przedstawia ogólne reguły dotyczące inicjatywy legislacyjnej; podstawy prawne i praktyczne funkcjonowanie systemu konsultacji społecznych. Na przykładzie przygotowywania przez Komisje Europejską projektów [...] Read more.

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LEVEL OF TECHNOLOGICAL MATURITY OF NUCLEAR FUSION VIA PLASMA MAGNETIC CONFINEMENT IN TOKAMAKS

Filipe WILTGEN

Publication language: English

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Transformations No. 2(121)2024 Publication date: 30 June 2024

Abstract This paper shows the path used by nuclear fusion research focused on magnetic confinement of plasma in Tokamak machines type to obtain a first nuclear fusion reactor. Nuclear fusion has been studied and researched for many years and is finally at the stage of obtaining a controlled thermonuclear fusion [...] Read more.

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WAYS OF INNOVATIVE TRANSFORMATION OF THE INDUSTRY STRUCTURE OF THE GEORGIA ECONOMY UNDER THE CONDITIONS OF THE NEW TECHNOLOGICAL REVOLUTION

Ramaz ABESADZE, Vakhtang BURDULI

Publication language: English

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Transformations No. 2(121)2024 Publication date: 30 June 2024

Abstract The work examines the factors that complicate the implementation of innovation in sectors of the Georgian economy in the conditions of a new technological revolution (the process of transition to a new technological structure) and the prerequisites for overcoming them. The technologies of the key factor [...] Read more.

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FROM FUTURISM THROUGH ACOUSTIC ECOLOGY TO ONLINE SOUND MAPS. SOUND SPACE IN CULTURE, ART AND EVERYDAY LIFE

Justyna KUSTO

Publication language: English

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Transformations No. 2(121)2024 Publication date: 30 June 2024

Abstract Nowadays, the sound space turns out to be a wonderful tool used as a field of artistic and cultural activities. On the one hand, there are many movements to-wards conscious listening to the sound environment, such as organized sound walks. On the other hand, interest in the audiosphere appears not only [...] Read more.

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ROAD SAFETY IN POLAND IN THE CONTEXT OF APPLICABLE LAW REGULATIONS

Mateusz JUREK

Publication language: English

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Transformations No. 2(121)2024 Publication date: 30 June 2024

Abstract The article aims at presenting the current legal provisions that relate to reg-ulations affecting road safety in Poland. Selected legal acts regulating the issues of road safety were analysed and presented by the author of this work and the basic terms related to the analysed topic were discussed. [...] Read more.

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THE ELEMENTS OF A CIRCULAR ECONOMY IN THE CONTEXT OF ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVITIES

Jacek WYSOCKI, Anna STRYCHALSKA-RUDZEWICZ

Publication language: English

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Transformations No. 2(121)2024 Publication date: 30 June 2024

Abstract The aim of this paper is to ascertain the importance of the elements of a cir-cular economy used by manufacturing companies in the context of their environmental activities. The results of empirical studies carried out in small and medium-sized manufacturing companies in Poland are presented. They concerned [...] Read more.

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SOCIETY’S SECURITY IN POLAND IN THE CONTEXT OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESOCIALIZATION SOLUTIONS AFTER 1989. SELECTED ISSUES

Wojciech GIZICKI, Anna WARMIŃSKA

Publication language: English

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Transformations No. 2(121)2024 Publication date: 30 June 2024

Abstract Resocializing prisoners is a process that affects the level of achieved social functions after finishing a prison term. It is essential to reduce recidivism rates and significantly reduce the threat to society posed by former prisoners. In the process of supporting inmates related to their return to [...] Read more.

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IS THIS THE END OF SPACE LAW?

Małgorzata POLKOWSKA

Publication language: English

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Transformations No. 2(121)2024 Publication date: 30 June 2024

Abstract This article deals with international space law and the need to update existing law due to rapidly developing technology and space exploration by states and individuals. The lack of authority of space law is increasingly discussed and its legitimacy is questioned. Space treaties dating back to the Seventies [...] Read more.