SOCIO – ECONOMIC WELFARE AND LEVEL OF SATISFACTION WITH LIFE – ON THE EXAMPLES OF SELECTED COUNTRIES

Ewa POLAK, Waldemar POLAK

Quality of Life – Various Levels and Dimensions

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 1-2 (100-101) 2019,  Publication date: 9 May 2019

Abstract The article concerns issues of the quality of life, satisfaction with life, its determinants, methods of measuring these and their dependence on income and other factors . Quality of life is an abstract, rather vague term, and is determined by hundreds of factors. There is no clear-cut definition and [...] Read more.

THE STATE AS CONFRONTED WITH THE DARWINIST TENDENCIES OF THE MODERN ECONOMY

Janusz GOLINOWSKI

Social and Economic Transformations

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 1-2 (100-101) 2019,  Publication date: 9 May 2019

Abstract The article discusses the crisis of modernising practices’ arising at the foundations of the political order. Changes in world development unveil nuance and ambivalence of contemporary state politics. The widespread application of global context in political research enabled not only the emergence of [...] Read more.

SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND CONSUMPTION IN THE MODERN WORLD

Maria MICZYŃSKA - KOWALSKA

Social and Economic Transformations

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 1-2 (100-101) 2019,  Publication date: 9 May 2019

Abstract The problem of socio-economic development is one of the most important issues of the contemporary world. The article defines basic concepts relating to the socioeconomic development, indicates directions taken by of social change as societies through specific phases of development-from agricultural [...] Read more.

SECURITY OF LIBRARY COLLECTION: A STUDY OF ACADEMIC LIBRARIES OF GANDHINAGAR

Sandip J. PATHAK, Anurag SRIVASTAVA, Priyanki R. VYAS

Varia: Security of University Library

Publication language: English

Journal article

Transformations No. 3-4 (98-99) 2018,  Publication date: 8 December 2018

Abstract University libraries face a number of challenges concerning the security of library collection. In order to study the issues related to security of library collections, a survey was conducted in University libraries located in Gandhinagar, which is an emerging knowledge of Gujarat. This objective of [...] Read more.

WETLAND ECOSYSTEMS SUSTAINABILITY: POLLUTION CONTROL IN BANGLADESH CULTURE

Amzad HOSSAIN, Tanha MAHJABEEN, Dora MARINOVA

Towards a Sustainability Culture

Publication language: English

Journal article

Transformations No. 3-4 (98-99) 2018,  Publication date: 8 December 2018

Abstract The wetland ecosystem health of tropical Bangladesh is sustainable with bio-pollution. The Green Revolution generated chemical inputs and topsoils slip into wetlands that pollute and silt them during the lean seasons when water level shrinks. Waters become non-useable, species degrades, people dependent [...] Read more.

SUSTAINABILITY AS A MOST NEEDED CULTURE: EXAMPLES FROM INDIAN OCEAN COUNTRIES

Amzad HOSSAIN, Abul AZAD, Dora MARINOVA

Towards a Sustainability Culture

Publication language: English

Journal article

Transformations No. 3-4 (98-99) 2018,  Publication date: 8 December 2018

Abstract Culture is what identifies and intrinsically regulates individuals and communities across the globe and in a particular country. Traditional cultures inherently encourage a sustainable way of living; however they have been influenced by modern-day values which induce irresponsible use of natural resources [...] Read more.

HUMAN RIGHTS AS A BASIC PRINCIPLE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE IN LATVIA

Nataļja SARATOVA

Present and the Coming Challenges

Publication language: English

Journal article

Transformations No. 3-4 (98-99) 2018,  Publication date: 8 December 2018

Abstract The essence of the Criminal Procedure Law in Latvia is aimed at ensuring lawfulness and legal procedure in the country, protecting the interests of the society and its individuals. Observance of the basic principles of criminal procedure is required to enable reaching of the objective of the Criminal [...] Read more.

JEAN BAUDRILLARD'S CONCEPTION OF THE PERFECT CRIME IN THE CONTEXT OF THE TECHNICAL ADVANCEMENT OF SOCIETIES

Jan GONDEK

Present and the Coming Challenges

Publication language: English

Journal article

Transformations No. 3-4 (98-99) 2018,  Publication date: 8 December 2018

Abstract The paper presents Jean Baudrillard's conception of the so called “perfect crime.” This theory may serve as the basis for analysing digital technological processes taking place in modern societies. The article seeks to explicate the phenomenon of the perfect crime and to show the transformation of reality [...] Read more.

BUREAUCRACY AND VIOLENCE

Karol CHROBAK

Present and the Coming Challenges

Publication language: English

Journal article

Transformations No. 3-4 (98-99) 2018,  Publication date: 8 December 2018

Abstract The essay focuses on the relationship in which the bureaucracy remains to the phenomenon of violence. These relations are essential for a better understanding of the condition of modern democratic institutions, as the functioning of the latter today is closely dependent on the efficient functioning [...] Read more.

MODERN GLOBAL TRENDS AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PROBLEM

Ramaz ABESADZE, Vakhtang BURDULI

Present and the Coming Challenges

Publication language: English

Journal article

Transformations No. 3-4 (98-99) 2018,  Publication date: 8 December 2018

Abstract Today mankind faces a very serious problem of depletion of natural resources and violation of the processes of reproduction of the natural environment. Due attention was given to this problem only since the late 60s - early 70s of the last century, when a number of international events were held: on [...] Read more.