In many ways the island nation of Cuba and the State of Florida are remarkably similar. Both comprise similar area and similar sized populations, and until 45 years ago both were linked much more strongly than today. However despite being physically close, in economic and political terms the island nation of Cuba and the State of Florida are worlds apart. Overall, while Florida has grown ever s...

The transition of the basically local military-political crisis in Western Eurasia into real focus global geopolitical transformations and civilizational confrontation. That has brought to agenda issue degradation principles universalities that were basis for globalization both: socio-political socio-economic spheres thus demonstrating deepening interaction between them. world is facing perspec...

This paper compares the standard economic and a complementary socio-economic approach to the transition. While the economic approach looks at social problems from the outside and views them as costs of transition, the socio-economic approach looks at these problems from the inside and views them as a part of the changing social structure. Both approaches are used to analyze four frictions which...

This paper analyzes four selected short stories in Javanese literature entitled “Durmogati” by Budianto, “Maju Tatu Mundur Ajur” (“Damned if One Does, Damned Doesn’t”) Budiono, “Bojo” (“Wife”) and “Apik Meneng” (“It’s Better to be Silent”) Harjono which were all published 2018. In Indonesia, literature—together with other regional literatures—is a part of or complimentary Indonesian but it has ...

In many European party systems, the radical right has challenged established patterns of political competition. This article studies the consequences of this by using the case of the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) and data from Austria’s first national election study (AUTNES). It is found that the FPÖ has weakened Austria’s previously highly stable system of socio-structural and ideological div...

The results of observations on stable expressions limited to socio-political topics, extracted from modern publicist texts, are presented. relevance studying the new phraseology that appears and functions in media texts is due need comprehend society transformations changes realities. purpose research characterize institutional relations, nominating power phenomena conflict communication as phr...

Declining political participation has caused much concern among political scientists and politicians. This article builds upon Henrik Bang’s conceptualization of Expert Citizens and Everyday Makers as new forms of political participation. Using the 2001 Home Office Citizenship Survey, we identify four types of political participant: Political Activists, Expert Citizens, Everyday Makers and Non-...