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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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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.
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TRANSFORMATIONS OF URBAN SOCIAL SPACES: TOWARDS METROPOLITAN STRUCTURES IN NETWORK SOCIETY?
Katarzyna KWIATOSZ
Informalization and Digitalization of Economies and Societies – General and Practical Issues
Publication language: English
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Transformations No. 3-4 (98-99) 2018, Publication date: 7 December 2018
Abstract Networking becomes a universal feature of modern technical civilization. The development of new information and communication technologies affects the transformation of social ties, social structures, values, norms and principles functioning in the network society. New technologies and the ongoing process [...] Read more.
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THE USE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES IN HEALTHCARE
Ewa M. KWIATKOWSKA
Informalization and Digitalization of Economies and Societies – General and Practical Issues
Publication language: English
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Transformations No. 3-4 (98-99) 2018, Publication date: 7 December 2018
Abstract Information and communication technologies (ICT) aimed at improving the standard of the healthcare services are defined as e-health. Introduction of an e-health should improve the quality and access to healthcare services. At the same time sector effectiveness should increase. The use of ICT in this [...] Read more.
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THE MAIN FACTORS OF THE DIGITALIZATION OF THE ECONOMY
Natalja GZHIBOVSKA, Ilvija GZHIBOVSKA
Informalization and Digitalization of Economies and Societies – General and Practical Issues
Publication language: English
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Transformations No. 3-4 (98-99) 2018, Publication date: 7 December 2018
Abstract Today, no one will talk about the prerequisites of the world digital revolution. Because it is already happening. Today, more or less every person, to one degree or another, uses gadgets and modern digital services, ranging from social networks, television and entertainment, ending with public services [...] Read more.
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SOCIAL ECONOMY AND DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION
Anastasiia SIMAKHOVA
Informalization and Digitalization of Economies and Societies – General and Practical Issues
Publication language: English
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Transformations No. 3-4 (98-99) 2018, Publication date: 7 December 2018
Abstract Relevance of development of the digital economy in the global world is determined by the need to consider its relationship with the social economy. All developed countries of the world have a strong social basis. In spite of various models of social economy, the well-being of the population, social [...] Read more.