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LEGAL PROTECTION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IN A KNOWLEDGE-BASED SOCIETY

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Jundzis T.
Humanities and Social Sciences: Latvia
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2009
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vol. 17
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issue 3
413 - 435
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One of the most important prerequisites for developing a knowledge-based society is protection of intellectual property, including authors' rights. Only by ensuring effective intellectual property protection, there is the prospect of flourishing creative activity and expansion of innovation in society, both of which enhance the competitiveness of the state in a global market. Authors' rights protection in Latvia has been fully harmonized with international legislation; Latvia has integrated all European Union directives in this sphere. However, lack of a reasoned and just interpretation of these provisions and their effective application persists as the main problem. In order to promote these processes, legislators should improve and simplify the comparatively complicated and convoluted legal construction of the Copyright Law, which secures the economic rights of an author. Although protection of authors' rights is regulated in great detail, the legal framework can still be improved. One of the reasons for this situation is that legal provisions cannot keep up with the rapid development of technology. Another problem is maintaining a balance between authors' rights and the public interest so that creative activities and innovations can develop and serve society. This matter still has not been successfully resolved in the European Union. The article suggests recommendations for settling and managing these issues.
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WILL MOVEMENT TOWARDS A KNOWLEDGE-BASED SOCIETY FACILITATE RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN LATVIA?

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Eisaka F., Eisaks M.
Humanities and Social Sciences: Latvia
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2009
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vol. 17
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issue 4
588-601
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This article analyses the interaction between movement towards a knowledge-based society and rural development in Latvia, as well as the conformity of a knowledge-based economy to the national structural policy for rural development. It is ascertained that Latvia's movement towards a knowledge-based society, which is identified in major national strategic documents as a goal, has not been realised in rural development policy; therefore, in rural areas the development of a knowledge-based society is only slightly observable. The concept of a knowledge-based economy in national structural policy, which defines rural development, is not laid out in detail, and the identified relevant measures are general and fragmentary. The authors of this article forecast that there will be no changes in the development of agriculture in the near future. In 2008, before the economic crisis, development could be observed in some spheres, while other spheres were liquidated. Experts forecast that with the increasing efficiency of production, the number of people employed in agriculture will decrease. Opportunities to work in other spheres should be provided in order to preserve the number of rural inhabitants. Therefore, there is a need for effective restructuring of the rural economy. It is concluded that the restructuring policy for rural areas in Latvia is vague and that the effect of a knowledge-based society in rural areas has not been assessed. Restructuring is slow and dependent on the receptivity of rural inhabitants to new ideas and proposals. Nevertheless, examples of successful development of new spheres can be observed in rural areas.
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THIRST FOR KNOWLEDGE IN THE SHADOW OF RULE OF INTERESTS

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Zembahs R.
Humanities and Social Sciences: Latvia
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2009
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vol. 173
342-352
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As the answer to the author's question: What are the prospects for knowledge-based society in Latvia?, the article analyses one perspective of the knowledge-based society concept, namely, the role of thirst for knowledge and interests in development of research. Since the Enlightenment in the end of the 18th century, knowledge-based society has constantly been a leading motif in European history. However, it cannot be said that this motif has linearly progressed and gained power; it has faced various obstacles under the influence of various social movements which, at least from the perspective of dissemination of knowledge, can be regarded as 'regressive'. On its basics, research knowledge cannot be matched with the way in which by now societies and countries have understood and legitimised themselves (often it has been in a clearly 'mythical' dimension). This article juxtaposes thirst for knowledge and interests, as well as ways for overcoming this juxtaposition. Conglomerate of interests is a special context in which a need for knowledge-based society becomes clearly conscious.
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EKONÓMIA SPOLOČNOSTI ZALOŽENEJ NA VEDOMOSTIACH

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Andrášik L.
Ekonomický časopis (Journal of Economics)
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2007
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vol. 55
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issue 3
257-286
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The aim of this essay is to focus attention on the need of developing a broader framework for economics because of rising world wide awareness towards the increasing and the novel roles of knowledge, science and their societal and economical impact on the 21st century. Comparing with formation of economics of industrial society the author underlines the need of developing an economy that fits more for global knowledge-based society. The author shows how to elaborate explicit theory of contemporary socio-economic reality. He summarises the crucial movements in economy and society on the path from industrial to knowledge age of the global society as the arguments for innovating an economy.
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THE CONCEPT OF A KNOWLEDGE-BASED SOCIETY FROM AN AXIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE

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Balodis A.
Humanities and Social Sciences: Latvia
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2009
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vol. 17
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issue 3
368-379
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This article is devoted to the concept of axiology, namely, the study of values, in the context of understanding and analysing the concept of a knowledge-based society. Thus, first of all, one has to explain the axiological, or value-oriented, perspective and its interpretation of a knowledge-based society. Second, one must explain how this perspective can help to clarify the concept of a knowledge-based society; that is, how does this perspective differ from analyses performed according to economic, social or cultural theories? Third, when addressing the subject of values, possibly it is worthwhile to broaden and universalise the matter, namely, to indicate that values can become a real problem and challenge for understanding knowledge and modern society of the 21st century.
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TRADITIONS AND THE INTERNET VERSUS MODERN SOCIETY: PROBLEMS IN DEVELOPING A KNOWLEDGE-BASED SOCIETY IN LATVIA AND THE WORLD

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Berdnikovs A.
Humanities and Social Sciences: Latvia
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2009
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vol. 17
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issue 2
151-191
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The study analyses the impact of the interaction of social development stages on the development of a knowledge-based society. The author indicates that according to the ideas of the Enlightenment, which stress the concept of progress and the accumulation of knowledge, a knowledge-based society can be regarded as the highest stage of development in modern society. However, during the past 15 years trends can be observed which threaten the ideals of the Enlightenment and modern society and which thereby pose risks to a knowledge-based society before it has had a chance to form. This article analyses two major threats. By applying the doctrine of integral traditionalism, the author describes the revolt of traditional society against modern society. In order to reveal the threats caused by post-modern society, he also analyses the impact of the Internet on human thinking, behaviour and perception of the world. The author admits that the revolt of traditional society against the values of modern society has not yet significantly affected Latvia and its society. They are more threatened by post-modern society, particularly the harmful aspects of Internet use.
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RES UNIVERSITAS: THE CASE OF THE UNIVERSITY IN A KNOWLEDGE-BASED SOCIETY

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Vevere V.
Humanities and Social Sciences: Latvia
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2009
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vol. 17
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issue 3
353-367
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The article addresses the special role of universities in building a knowledge-based society. According to education sociologist Gerard Delanty, the university is a place where knowledge, culture and society interact; it is the producer and transformer of knowledge as science and knowledge as culture. This article, adopting Delanty's perspective, analyses the role of universities in Latvia in forming a knowledge-based society, changes that are taking place in universities, and the role of philosophically oriented disciplines in universities. The author indicates that it is characteristic of modern universities to decrease the role of 'pure' humanities and to integrate philosophy into the research system. The article contains interviews with five associate professors and professors of philosophy from four of the largest institutions of higher education in Latvia.
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Polskie przeklady literatury humanistycznej i 'spoleczenstwo wiedzy

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Czyzewski M.
Przegląd Socjologii Jakościowej
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2011
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vol. 7
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issue 2
25-45
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The real boom of Polish translations of foreign professional literature in the humanities is not a value in itself. In this field, as in many others, the quantity is not associated with quality, and there are so many misleading translations that they begin to threaten the quality of education. The author proposes criteria for assessing the quality of translation and presents illustrations of situations where these criteria are not met. Reasons of the decline in the quality of translations are examined in the area of complex conditionings, both economic and cultural, in particular those relating to the actual function of the so-called knowledge-based society. The skeptical overview of the knowledge-based society (and the mainstream sociology as its intellectual legitimation) is encouraged by the findings of the Foucauldian concept of 'governmentality'. Seen in this light, the knowledge-based society is proving to be one of the 'dispositivs' of neoliberal 'governmentality'. It would be worthwhile to consider whether there might be some reasonable alternative to the extensive model of publishing Polish versions of foreign scholarly literature enforced in recent years. The dominance of the 'knowledge-based society' cannot be eliminated for a number of reasons but it should be avoided whenever possible, also in the field of translation. For this purpose, a list of recommendations has been proposed, whose application could limit the negative trends in the quality of translations.
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ORIGINS OF A KNOWLEDGE BASED SOCIETY IN LATVIA.

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Karnite R.
Humanities and Social Sciences: Latvia
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2009
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vol. 17
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issue 2
250-287
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The article is devoted to analyses of conditions that facilitate development of knowledge-based sectors and economic activities in Latvia which create the demand for a knowledge-based society. Investigation of the essence of a knowledge-based society revealed that it is a natural stage in social development. A knowledge-based society is not the final stage, a measurable and assessable material thing or the sum total of a given set of circumstances. The formation of a knowledge-based society is a global process, and elements of a knowledge-based society develop in a country regardless of its capabilities, resources and attitude towards a knowledge-based society. This article, which is based on the confirmed hypothesis that a knowledge-based economy creates advantages in obtaining benefits and developing social welfare, analyses sectors and economic activities in Latvia which do shape or could shape the knowledge-based part of the national economy and determines its size. Furthermore, this article identifies the extent to which national policy, as well as education and the research system, facilitates development of knowledge-based sectors and enterprises and the knowledge society that, in turn, strengthens them.
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KNOWLEDGE-BASED SOCIETY AND CRIME: CRIME-RELATED PROBLEMS OF THE KNOWLEDGE-BASED SOCIETY

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Vilks A.
Humanities and Social Sciences: Latvia
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2009
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vol. 17
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issue 3
436 - 447
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Studies on a knowledge-based society deal with a wide range of problems, including the seldom studied aspect of crime. The criminology perspective in the context of a knowledge-based society is related to the use of new knowledge in antisocial and criminal activities, the use of new knowledge and innovative approaches in combating and preventing crime, as well as the development of new methodology in research and analysis of unfavourable and threatening trends in the formation of a knowledge-based society. The use of new technologies and methods often is not specified in regulatory documents; that can cause additional risks in their use, result in socially unfavourable or even criminal consequences or lead to using the acquired products and knowledge in achieving antisocial aims.
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TRUST AS A PREREQUISITE FOR BUILDING A KNOWLEDGE-BASED SOCIETY

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Ostrovska I.
Humanities and Social Sciences: Latvia
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2009
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vol. 17
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issue 2
192-207
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Author: Ostrovska, I. Title: Source: Humanities and Social Sciences: Latvia (subtitle of issue: Latvia towards knowledge-based society: social and economic aspects), Volume 17, Issue 2 (Summer 2009), pages: 192-207 Keywords: Discipline: POLITICAL SCIENCES Language: ENGLISH Document type: ARTICLE Publication order reference: Abstract: The report by the European Commission's group of experts contains an appeal to take a knowledge-based society seriously; that might imply that such a society should be politicised. In other words, if a knowledge-based society gains the authority of a country's institutional component, it has to fulfil the following three essential requirements – reporting, representation and trust. In the context of developing a knowledge-based society, this article analyses trust in research and in those who report its results, namely, experts. It also analyses the causes of alienation and its manifestation as an integral part of society's political trust. The article analyses factors which determine the development of trust in societies in which consolidation of democracy is in the initial stage. On the basis of theoretical statements regarding strategic and moral trust, the role of general and particular trust in society's development, as well as the results of an opinion poll, the article explains the influence of trust on developing a knowledge-based society in Latvia.
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