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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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FOOD SECURITY: INDIA

Sabyasachi NAYAK

Indian Problems and Transformations

Publication language: English

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Transformations No. 3-4 (86-87) 2015 Publication date: 9 November 2015

Abstract The NFSA mandates to ensure that two-third of the population has access to an adequate quantity of food at affordable prices. A FGD conducted with select stakeholder conducts a SWOT Analysis and subsequently highlights the ground realties. The ecosystem for the effective implementation of NFSA is partially [...] Read more.

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GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE AND INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES

Shivika SAXENA

Indian Problems and Transformations

Publication language: English

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Transformations No. 3-4 (86-87) 2015 Publication date: 9 November 2015

Abstract The topic – Global climate change and Indian subcontinent: causes and consequences appeared very pertinent to the present times and scenario around the world. Indian subcontinent and the area in vicinity is the house of about one third of the world population and claim a major chunk in the world trade [...] Read more.

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E-APPLICABILITY OF RAJASTHAN DELIVERY OF PUBLIC SERVICES ACT – 2011 AN EMPIRICAL STUDY

Prahlad Kumar MEENA

Info – Communication Technologies and Innovations – Some Cases

Publication language: English

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Transformations No. 3-4 (86-87) 2015 Publication date: 8 November 2015

Abstract The inevitability of change is to be responded with the positive frame of all stakeholders in the system of governance. This is the research article which views the e- applicability of an important legislation enacted by the government of Rajasthan to ensure the quality delivery of services. Rajasthan [...] Read more.

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IMPACT OF SOCIAL NETWORKS ON MIGRATION PROCESSES IN EU

Adriana ŁUKASZEWICZ

Info – Communication Technologies and Innovations – Some Cases

Publication language: English

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Transformations No. 3-4 (86-87) 2015 Publication date: 8 November 2015

Abstract This paper presents the results of the research, undertaken within DELab, University of Warsaw on migration in the era of digital technology. The purpose of this research was to characterize and analyze the possible impact of social network and smartphones on migration processes. Read more.

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ADOPTION OF INNOVATION IN INTERACTIVE COMMUNICATION NETWORKS OF CENTRAL EUROPE

Karol I. PELC

Info – Communication Technologies and Innovations – Some Cases

Publication language: English

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Transformations No. 3-4 (86-87) 2015 Publication date: 8 November 2015

Abstract A model of innovation adoption process in interactive communication systems is presented. It combines classical approach to innovation diffusion (Rogers, 1962) with new elements of adoption analysis specific for social media and interactive communication technologies. Three models of adoption process [...] Read more.

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CONCEPTION OF THE INTEGRAL PERSON FACED WITH THE PROSPECT OF TECHNOPOLY

Tadeusz MICZKA

CONCEPTION OF THE INTEGRAL PERSON FACED WITH THE PROSPECT OF TECHNOPOLY

Publication language: English

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Transformations No. 3-4 (86-87) 2015 Publication date: 8 November 2015

Abstract The aim of the article is to consider functionality of the model of integral man in the theory and in practice of information society. It is assumed that this model-like conception of man can be still an inspiration and act as a role model for multimedia users and for modern education, despite the fact [...] Read more.

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FROM INFORMATION WAVE TO VIRTUAL CIVILIZATION

Andrew S. TARGOWSKI

Civilization Changes and Technology

Publication language: English

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Transformations No. 3-4 (86-87) 2015 Publication date: 8 November 2015

Abstract The purpose of this investigation is to define the central contents and issues of the rise and development of Virtual Civilization. The methodology is based on an interdisciplinary big-picture view of the Virtual Civilization’s elements of development and their interdependency. Among the findings are [...] Read more.

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DOES THE WESTERN CIVILIZATION TEND TO A GLOBAL WILDNESS?

Wiesław SZTUMSKI

Civilization Changes and Technology

Publication language: English

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Transformations No. 3-4 (86-87) 2015 Publication date: 8 November 2015

Abstract At a certain time, Western civilization has dominated the world mainly due to the progress of knowledge and technology. It was more favorable to social development in modern and contemporary times than other civilizations. It was better, because it had an arsenal of "six secret weapons": democracy, [...] Read more.

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WEALTH OF NATIONS V.2.0

Marek CHLEBUŚ

Varia

Publication language: Polish

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Transformations No. 1-2 (84-85) 2015 Publication date: 6 May 2015

Abstract The Collective Prisoner’s Dilemma as a multi-agent system for modeling the Artificial Society is described here. The basic purpose of the model is to examine the interference of culture and the economy. As an example of application, some interesting economic evolution patterns are studied and significant [...] Read more.

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THE WORLD ECONOMIC BREAKTHROUGH. NEW IMPETUS FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH IN THE WORLD AFTER 2008

Mirosław GEISE

Varia

Publication language: Polish

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Transformations No. 1-2 (84-85) 2015 Publication date: 6 May 2015

Abstract This article describes a process of stepped-up structural changes in the world economy. The growing strength of the BRICS group, especially China, with the concurrent reducing of economic activity in the high-developed countries, creates a distinct change in the balance of a power on a world economic [...] Read more.