Although there has been vivid academic debate as to what extent Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs) are motivated by political reasons, it is rather clear that countries can use state-owned investment funds as a tool of their foreign policy. Even Barack... więcej >

This work presents an outline of the institutional and substantive aspects of political science research and teaching at academic centres in Anglo-Saxon, German and Russian cultural spaces. In three chapters, it gives an insight into the present... więcej >

"Capitalism and Political Power" presents the author’s research spanning economics, law and politics. Its central idea is that governments need two components to consolidate their position: legitimation and economic power. Legitimation is... więcej >

The first chapter concentrates on modern socio-political challenges. Thus, it discusses nationalism, identity, religious issues and orthodox ideas as sources of potential conflicts. It further analyzes humanitarian operations and responsibility to... więcej >

The reader receives competent and detailed analyses reffering to the party systems of Central European countries: Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary. The authors present, in a cohesive, yet detailed way, crucial trends in the shaping... więcej >

Prezentowana publikacja zawiera wyniki badań prowadzonych przez trzy lata przez Tomasza Kubina, Małgorzatę Lorencką i Małgorzatę Myśliwiec w ramach projektu sfinansowanego ze środków Narodowego Centrum Nauki (przyznanych na podstawie... więcej >

Głównym celem publikacji jest ukazanie poezji Johna Drydena – jednego z najważniejszych pisarzy siedemnastowiecznej Anglii – w świetle współczesnych mu wydarzeń politycznych. Autor dokonał analizy wybranych tekstów poetyckich Drydena... więcej >

IntroductionThe development of critical legal thinking in Central and Eastern Europe isa relatively recent phenomenon. As Adam Sulikowski – the most prominentcritical legal scholar of the region – has rightly pointed out, despite the factthat... więcej >

Global satellite navigation systems – GPS, GLONASS, Compass, Galileo – bring the world and the outer space closer to us. Regardless of the weather, the time of day or night, satellite navigation allows us to determine the location of points and... więcej >