The aim of the presented article is to point out, on the basis of a selected casuistry, signals indicating the attitude of the state (judicial power as part of the state power) towards the self-government in Slovakia. The author focuses only on the sphere of the municipal self-government because of its explicit constitutional embedding and also because of a limited extent of this article. It is about examination, whether the imaginary scissors between the legal regulation and putting it into practice open or close and from a broader perspective it is also about examination whether the statist attitude towards the role of the state in ensuring public law activities, in spite of changes in legal regulations after 1989, still remains or is gradually eliminated.
{"title":"Current Stateʼs Attitude Towards Municipal Self-Government in Slovakia","authors":"Martin Vernarský","doi":"10.34135/sjps.190203","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.34135/sjps.190203","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of the presented article is to point out, on the basis of a selected casuistry, signals indicating the attitude of the state (judicial power as part of the state power) towards the self-government in Slovakia. The author focuses only on the sphere of the municipal self-government because of its explicit constitutional embedding and also because of a limited extent of this article. It is about examination, whether the imaginary scissors between the legal regulation and putting it into practice open or close and from a broader perspective it is also about examination whether the statist attitude towards the role of the state in ensuring public law activities, in spite of changes in legal regulations after 1989, still remains or is gradually eliminated.","PeriodicalId":36889,"journal":{"name":"Slovak Journal of Political Sciences","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47354609","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
After the election of Donald Trump and his ambitious plan to erect a “great wall” between the USA and Mexico, the issue of walls is being increasingly discussed. But can the walls really stop irregular migration? The main aim of this article is to provide five examples of walls and assess their effectiveness in stopping irregular migration. Do walls matter and what are the key variables influencing their effectiveness? The analysis will focus on four factors such as the purpose and aims of the wall, the operative logic of the wall, type of the wall management and nature of the environment divided by the wall. The research was unable to find a single key variable which determines the effectiveness of the wall; however, it discusses various interrelated aspects.
{"title":"Fortifying against the Threat: Can Walls Stop Irregular Migration?","authors":"Ondřej Filipec, L. Macková","doi":"10.34135/SJPS.190104","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.34135/SJPS.190104","url":null,"abstract":"After the election of Donald Trump and his ambitious plan to erect a “great wall” between the USA and Mexico, the issue of walls is being increasingly discussed. But can the walls really stop irregular migration? The main aim of this article is to provide five examples of walls and assess their effectiveness in stopping irregular migration. Do walls matter and what are the key variables influencing their effectiveness? The analysis will focus on four factors such as the purpose and aims of the wall, the operative logic of the wall, type of the wall management and nature of the environment divided by the wall. The research was unable to find a single key variable which determines the effectiveness of the wall; however, it discusses various interrelated aspects.","PeriodicalId":36889,"journal":{"name":"Slovak Journal of Political Sciences","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47423075","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
It has been 15 years since the V4 countries joined the EU, during which individual states have undergone significant economic development. However, the dynamics of individual countries, the economic results achieved and, above all, the intra-regional development are very diverse. GDP per capita was chosen as a reference object for the analysis of their economic development, both at national and regional level. From a methodological point of view at the regional level, we analyse NUTS 2 regions where we can obtain relevant indicators within Eurostat. The aim is thus to capture and analyse GDP per capita economic development, to compare national differences over the past 14 years, to identify possible common development trends or differences. To better understand national economic developments, we will also analyse the level of individual regions as significant interregional differences in these countries have persisted over a long term. The aim is to identify whether the current development is leading to a greater deepening of interregional differences or, on the contrary, to levelling of them.
{"title":"Regional aspects of V4 countries' economic development over a membership period of 15 years in the European Union","authors":"P. Čajka, J. Abrhám","doi":"10.34135/SJPS.190105","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.34135/SJPS.190105","url":null,"abstract":"It has been 15 years since the V4 countries joined the EU, during which individual states have undergone significant economic development. However, the dynamics of individual countries, the economic results achieved and, above all, the intra-regional development are very diverse. GDP per capita was chosen as a reference object for the analysis of their economic development, both at national and regional level. From a methodological point of view at the regional level, we analyse NUTS 2 regions where we can obtain relevant indicators within Eurostat. The aim is thus to capture and analyse GDP per capita economic development, to compare national differences over the past 14 years, to identify possible common development trends or differences. To better understand national economic developments, we will also analyse the level of individual regions as significant interregional differences in these countries have persisted over a long term. The aim is to identify whether the current development is leading to a greater deepening of interregional differences or, on the contrary, to levelling of them.","PeriodicalId":36889,"journal":{"name":"Slovak Journal of Political Sciences","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44564263","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The Catholic priest, journalist, political analyst and playwright Ján Palárik was also involved in the Slovak national-awareness process in the 19th century. In the context of the Slovak political thinking, he is known as the founding personality of the liberal project of addressing the Slovak issue. This paper deals with three levels of this project. The first level concerns his liberal concept of the Slovak national politics. This concept was developed on the background of the liberal theory of the relationship between freedom and law as developed by the French philosopher Ch. Montesquieu. The basis of the second level of this project was in the differentiation in the ranks of the Catholic clergy, which manifested itself in the spring of 1848 in the Habsburg monarchy. Palárik developed the requirement that the Catholic priests could actively participate in public and political life in the interest of the Church, the faith, the believers and to develop the idea of religious ecumenism. The third level concerned the democratization of the Slavic ideology in Slovakia and Historic Hungary. His reform efforts aimed at removing from this idea a negative label of “Russian Panslavism” while at the same time gaining the dimension of realistic inter-Slavic cooperation.
{"title":"Palárik’s Liberal-Reform Concept of Addressing the Slovak Issue","authors":"Marcela Gbúrová","doi":"10.34135/SJPS.190101","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.34135/SJPS.190101","url":null,"abstract":"The Catholic priest, journalist, political analyst and playwright Ján Palárik was also involved in the Slovak national-awareness process in the 19th century. In the context of the Slovak political thinking, he is known as the founding personality of the liberal project of addressing the Slovak issue. This paper deals with three levels of this project. The first level concerns his liberal concept of the Slovak national politics. This concept was developed on the background of the liberal theory of the relationship between freedom and law as developed by the French philosopher Ch. Montesquieu. The basis of the second level of this project was in the differentiation in the ranks of the Catholic clergy, which manifested itself in the spring of 1848 in the Habsburg monarchy. Palárik developed the requirement that the Catholic priests could actively participate in public and political life in the interest of the Church, the faith, the believers and to develop the idea of religious ecumenism. The third level concerned the democratization of the Slavic ideology in Slovakia and Historic Hungary. His reform efforts aimed at removing from this idea a negative label of “Russian Panslavism” while at the same time gaining the dimension of realistic inter-Slavic cooperation.","PeriodicalId":36889,"journal":{"name":"Slovak Journal of Political Sciences","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43397349","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The paper is focused on how the “migration crisis” starting in 2015 in Europe have reshaped the attitude to the European level of border protection. The basic question is how different are the competences of European Border and Coast Guard Agency (EBCG) from the previous FRONTEX and what was the role sovereignty played in it. The paper has a character of a qualitative study where the authors compare the proposal for EBCG, mainly its Article 18 establishing the “right to intervene” in the proposal, with the final version of the document and analyzes the position of the Member states based on their posititions within the Council to the parts of the proposal that were most connected to sovereignty. The analysis is based on data collection from officials from various member states that were part of the negotiations. Apart from this “hidden agenda” the authors also analyze public statements by high-ranking government officials that often commented on the proposal.
{"title":"To Intervene or Not to Intervene? Positions of the Member States Towards the Article 18 of the European Border and Coast Guard Proposal","authors":"Martin Hrabálek, Sylvie Burianová","doi":"10.34135/SJPS.190103","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.34135/SJPS.190103","url":null,"abstract":"The paper is focused on how the “migration crisis” starting in 2015 in Europe have reshaped the attitude to the European level of border protection. The basic question is how different are the competences of European Border and Coast Guard Agency (EBCG) from the previous FRONTEX and what was the role sovereignty played in it. The paper has a character of a qualitative study where the authors compare the proposal for EBCG, mainly its Article 18 establishing the “right to intervene” in the proposal, with the final version of the document and analyzes the position of the Member states based on their posititions within the Council to the parts of the proposal that were most connected to sovereignty. The analysis is based on data collection from officials from various member states that were part of the negotiations. Apart from this “hidden agenda” the authors also analyze public statements by high-ranking government officials that often commented on the proposal.","PeriodicalId":36889,"journal":{"name":"Slovak Journal of Political Sciences","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43774475","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Peter Greco’s monograph is dedicated to basic aspects of anthropology and political sciences of the Russian existentialist Nikolai Alexandrovich Berdyaev’s philosophy. The author’s interest in ideas of this existentialist was led by his belief in his ability of synthesizing ideas of anthropology and philosophy. Berdyaev is considered to be one of the most significant Russian philosophers, his work being enriched by a religious element, which draws him even greater importance. As the author himself states “in this monograph I tried to put together a synthesis of fundamental anthropological questions addressing socio-political topics within Slovak philosophical environment” p. 10). mentioned in the of create synthesis A. also to upgrade his visions come with innovative application that work
{"title":"Grečo, P. (2015). Revolúcia, demokracia a masová kultúra. K antropologickým a politologickým aspektom filozofie Nikolaja Berďajeva","authors":"Peter Greco’s, Nikolai Alexandrovich","doi":"10.34135/sjps.19.0106","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.34135/sjps.19.0106","url":null,"abstract":"Peter Greco’s monograph is dedicated to basic aspects of anthropology and political sciences of the Russian existentialist Nikolai Alexandrovich Berdyaev’s philosophy. The author’s interest in ideas of this existentialist was led by his belief in his ability of synthesizing ideas of anthropology and philosophy. Berdyaev is considered to be one of the most significant Russian philosophers, his work being enriched by a religious element, which draws him even greater importance. As the author himself states “in this monograph I tried to put together a synthesis of fundamental anthropological questions addressing socio-political topics within Slovak philosophical environment” p. 10). mentioned in the of create synthesis A. also to upgrade his visions come with innovative application that work","PeriodicalId":36889,"journal":{"name":"Slovak Journal of Political Sciences","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45700925","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The article is devoted to the study of political, legal and institutional aspects of the policy of diaspora management in the Republic of Moldova. The authors consider that the Moldovan authorities are trying to develop a coherent state policy on the Diaspora through an integrated approach. This is reflected in the legislative and institutional framework of the state policy in the field of Diaspora. As the results of sociological research, Moldovan migrants do not actively participate in the activity of Diaspora organizations. The authors note that in order to develop an effective management policy Diaspora in the Republic of Moldova, the creation of institutions is necessary to ensure the preservation and development of the Diaspora; development of a strategy of interaction with state institutions as the country of residence, and the “title” of the state; development of legal acts on the Diaspora, as well as laws and policies on management of the diaspora processes. These measures will provide creation and strengthening of a stable platform for cooperation between the state and the Moldovan diaspora, the active participation of the diaspora in the economic and political life of the Republic of Moldova.
{"title":"Political, Legal and Institutional Aspects of the Policy of the Management of Diaspora in the Republic of Moldova","authors":"Rodica Svetlicinâi, Tatiana Turco","doi":"10.34135/SJPS.190102","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.34135/SJPS.190102","url":null,"abstract":"The article is devoted to the study of political, legal and institutional aspects of the policy of diaspora management in the Republic of Moldova. The authors consider that the Moldovan authorities are trying to develop a coherent state policy on the Diaspora through an integrated approach. This is reflected in the legislative and institutional framework of the state policy in the field of Diaspora. As the results of sociological research, Moldovan migrants do not actively participate in the activity of Diaspora organizations. The authors note that in order to develop an effective management policy Diaspora in the Republic of Moldova, the creation of institutions is necessary to ensure the preservation and development of the Diaspora; development of a strategy of interaction with state institutions as the country of residence, and the “title” of the state; development of legal acts on the Diaspora, as well as laws and policies on management of the diaspora processes. These measures will provide creation and strengthening of a stable platform for cooperation between the state and the Moldovan diaspora, the active participation of the diaspora in the economic and political life of the Republic of Moldova.","PeriodicalId":36889,"journal":{"name":"Slovak Journal of Political Sciences","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43825111","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract The main aim of this article is to explore and analyze key determinants of EU Common Foreign and Security Policy efficiency. For this purpose a 3C analytical approach is used, exploring EU foreign and security policy consistency, capacities and the dimension of cooperation. Article analyzes both horizontal and vertical, consistency of EU Foreign and Security policy especially with connection to Ukraine crises and diverging interests of EU member states. EU capacities are explored with main focus on military spending and challenges related to limited spending. EU military decline is put in contrast with new emerging regional powers. In the area of cooperation article is dedicated mainly to ineffective partnership with Turkey, cold attitude of Trump administration towards Europe and the implications of Brexit for EU foreign and security policy.
{"title":"(In)efficiency of EU Common Foreign and Security Policy: Ukraine, Brexit, Trump and beyond","authors":"Ondřej Filipec","doi":"10.1515/sjps-2017-0012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/sjps-2017-0012","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The main aim of this article is to explore and analyze key determinants of EU Common Foreign and Security Policy efficiency. For this purpose a 3C analytical approach is used, exploring EU foreign and security policy consistency, capacities and the dimension of cooperation. Article analyzes both horizontal and vertical, consistency of EU Foreign and Security policy especially with connection to Ukraine crises and diverging interests of EU member states. EU capacities are explored with main focus on military spending and challenges related to limited spending. EU military decline is put in contrast with new emerging regional powers. In the area of cooperation article is dedicated mainly to ineffective partnership with Turkey, cold attitude of Trump administration towards Europe and the implications of Brexit for EU foreign and security policy.","PeriodicalId":36889,"journal":{"name":"Slovak Journal of Political Sciences","volume":"17 1","pages":"279 - 298"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46160601","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract The main aim of this paper is to analyse the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation. For the purposes of the paper, the theory of hybrid warfare was chosen as an analytical category. Throughout the paper, the concept of hybrid warfare is examined and applied on case study of Crimean annexation. Hybrid warfare, especially in connection with Russian actions in Crimea has been an intensely debated concept. There is an ongoing debate among scholars concerning the meaning of the concept, its existence and employment by the Russian Federation. This paper showed that the article of Valeriy Gerasimov – the incumbent Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Federation-invoked a new warfare strategy for the Russian Federation which was consequently for the very first time in its full spectre and effectivity employed on case of Crimean annexation in March 2014. Observing the application of the hybrid warfare in practice serves the purposes of countering its further potential application in post-Soviet space and Russian ‘near abroad’.
{"title":"Russian New Art of Hybrid Warfare in Ukraine","authors":"S. Rusnáková","doi":"10.1515/sjps-2017-0014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/sjps-2017-0014","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The main aim of this paper is to analyse the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation. For the purposes of the paper, the theory of hybrid warfare was chosen as an analytical category. Throughout the paper, the concept of hybrid warfare is examined and applied on case study of Crimean annexation. Hybrid warfare, especially in connection with Russian actions in Crimea has been an intensely debated concept. There is an ongoing debate among scholars concerning the meaning of the concept, its existence and employment by the Russian Federation. This paper showed that the article of Valeriy Gerasimov – the incumbent Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Federation-invoked a new warfare strategy for the Russian Federation which was consequently for the very first time in its full spectre and effectivity employed on case of Crimean annexation in March 2014. Observing the application of the hybrid warfare in practice serves the purposes of countering its further potential application in post-Soviet space and Russian ‘near abroad’.","PeriodicalId":36889,"journal":{"name":"Slovak Journal of Political Sciences","volume":"17 1","pages":"343 - 380"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1515/sjps-2017-0014","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43497909","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract The last two years in Croatian politics can be seen as an important turning point. The most recent two parliamentary election cycles (2015-2016), as well as the presidential race held a year earlier, were both more interesting and more unpredictable than the previous elections. The objective of this article is to analyse and identify their distinguishing features as well as their significance and implications for the further functioning of the Croatian political scene. Owing to the fact that in both electoral cycles an important voice in the shape of the ruling coalition went to the party that came third in the election and, also surprisingly, this was both a newly established formation and to a great extent with an anti-establishment appeal, particular attention is focused on the appearance on the party scene of new political groupings. The article attempts to place them within the framework of the existing new party typologies and point to the main reasons for their electoral success, as well as evaluating their chances for survival on the party scene.
{"title":"Two Dogs Fight and a Third Grabs the Bone. Reasons for the Electoral Success of Unexpected Candidates – the Croatian Political Scene after the Last Two Parliamentary Election Cycles (2015–2016)","authors":"Dominika Mikucka-Wójtowicz","doi":"10.1515/sjps-2017-0011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/sjps-2017-0011","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The last two years in Croatian politics can be seen as an important turning point. The most recent two parliamentary election cycles (2015-2016), as well as the presidential race held a year earlier, were both more interesting and more unpredictable than the previous elections. The objective of this article is to analyse and identify their distinguishing features as well as their significance and implications for the further functioning of the Croatian political scene. Owing to the fact that in both electoral cycles an important voice in the shape of the ruling coalition went to the party that came third in the election and, also surprisingly, this was both a newly established formation and to a great extent with an anti-establishment appeal, particular attention is focused on the appearance on the party scene of new political groupings. The article attempts to place them within the framework of the existing new party typologies and point to the main reasons for their electoral success, as well as evaluating their chances for survival on the party scene.","PeriodicalId":36889,"journal":{"name":"Slovak Journal of Political Sciences","volume":"17 1","pages":"249 - 277"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42788772","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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