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Świat wobec wyzwań współczesności – spojrzenie europeisty

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Milczarek D.

Studia Europejskie - Studies in European Affairs

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2012

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issue 1

21-36

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The deliberations presented in this article are based on the assumption that in broadly understood European studies and studies on European integration we should apply a broader view to the analysed issues. For instance, the international aspects of the functioning of the European Union should be perceived also from the global perspective, taking into account the evolution of the modern world. The world is currently undergoing extensive changes, the direction of which cannot be predicted at this point. The predominant Western development model, based on liberal democracy and free-market economy, is under a major crisis and, what is more, it has recently gained competition in the form of alternative models, starting with the anti-Western Asian model. The main thesis of the article comes down to the observation that the Western model – despite its shortcomings and the fact that it should by no means be imposed on anyone by force – has good chances of being a universal model and of still playing a very important role in the world in the future.

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PROBLEMS WITH THE ADJUSTMENT OF POLISH AGRICULTURE TO COMPETITION IN THE EUROPEAN UNION

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Klepacki B.

Wieś i Rolnictwo

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2004

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issue 3(124) Sup

109-118

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This paper presents some of the problems relating to Polish integration with the European Union. The condition of Polish agriculture is compared with the condition of agriculture in EU member states. The expected benefits and difficulties for Polish farmers in the new situation are discussed.

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CHOSEN PROBLEMS IN THE INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS OF POLISH ECONOMY

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Jasinski L.

Studia Ekonomiczne (Economic Studies)

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2005

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issue 3(46)

159-179

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The author aims at analysing the competitiveness of Polish economy especially from he point of view of economic arrangement and policies implemented by the European Union. The relative position of Poland was described and interpreted on a basis of statistical data, pointing the differences betwen countries, and economic policy assessment. It appears that the relative position of the Poland's economy is not satisfactory. Some economic policies of the EU do not contribute to improving the competitiveness of member states, but main factors determining competitiveness are domestic, not EU-related.

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The influence of the European integration process upon structural changes in Polish industry

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Koralun-Bereznicka J.

Pieniądze i Więź

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2006

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vol. 9

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issue 1(30)

100-108

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The paper aims at presenting the structural changes in Polish industry as a result of the integration process with the European Union. Some of the characteristic features of the Polish industry in the pre-accession period, which distinguish this sector from the industries of the EU member countries, were e.g. a large share of heavy industry in the industrial production, a low level of technological development in many sectors, high employment level in labour-consuming sections and, as a result, low competitiveness. Despite a relatively short period of Polish membership in the EU, some of its positive effects can already be seen in the industrial sector. The main changes include a significant growth of the industrial production sold and labour productivity, as well as export dynamics. As far as the structural changes are concerned, there is a lower contribution of mining industry in the industrial production and a slight growth of the processing industry share.

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Zmiany w prawie wyborczym Ukrainy: plusy i minusy dla integracji europejskiej

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Pankiewicz I.

Colloquium Wydziału Nauk Humanistycznych i Społecznych AMW

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2012

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issue 2

191-206

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The article discusses the changes which are taking place in the Election Law of Ukraine. Their consequence is the transformation of the state from the parliamentary-presidential into the presidentially-parliamentary republic and the loss by the Supreme Council of Ukraine of a considerable part of its authority in favour of the president of Ukraine. As based on the conducted analysis, the conclusion has been done that the Ukrainian Election Law requires further changes which shall allow its ordinary development, stimulate real rivalry in the process of elections and lead to forming of the proper level of political culture in the society. The success of the introduced changes depends on whether the Election Law will be practically followed or will be left as juridical declaration, whether the destiny of Ukraine will be connected with Europe or with authoritarianism.

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THE ATTITIUDE OF MANAGERS OF THE POLISH CO-OPERATIVES TOWARDS INTEGRATION OF POLAND WITH THE EUROPEAN UNION

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Grzegorzewski P.

Pieniądze i Więź

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2005

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vol. 8

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issue 1(26)

163-170

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The author presents the results of empirical research, which was conducted among managers of co-operative enterprises in Poland and concerned opinions about the ever more discussed and ever more up to date issue, namely the integration of Poland with the European Union. The empirical material includes opinions of the surveyed people on: (1) - issues connected with integration of Poland and the European Union; (2) -the opportunities to receive aid from different European Union funds by the co-operatives.

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SLOVENIA - THE EU-BALKAN BRIDGE (Slowenia - unijno-balkanski pomost)

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Debicki M.

Przegląd Zachodni

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2010

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issue 1(334)

101-114

EN

The article attempts to characterize the socio-cultural specificity of Slovenia. Attention has been drawn to the coexistence of selected elements that apparently influence the shape of the contemporary identity of the inhabitants of this small country, such as the Habsburg and Yugoslavian legacy or successes in the process of European integration. Separate reflection has been devoted to reasons of a lack of interest in Slovenia among Poles despite relatively close geographical distance between the two countries. The results of research on Poles' attitude to Slovenians have also been analyzed and the emergent picture is complemented by results of a mini-survey on the image of Slovenia among university students.

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SOURCES OF THE INTENSIFICATION OF THE UNIFICATION OF WESTERN EUROPE IN THE MID-TWENTIETH CENTURY

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Nadolski M.

Dzieje Najnowsze

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2007

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issue 4

135-148

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The twentieth-century integration of Europe was based on several fundamental factors, including universalism, a search for new forms of international order after the fall of the earlier established systems, and a wish to discover guarantees for national security. Contrary to universally held opinions, European integration did not start after the Second World War as a process intentionally and unselfishly initiated by governments and societies which had accepted a vision formulated by enlightened leaders. Actually, it was a combination of the national interests of particular European states, which together with an awareness of the threat posed by the communist system and the economic domination of the USA, that set this process into motion. An essential catalyst of changes aiming towards integration was the Marshall Plan, which enforced the cooperation of European countries- beneficiaries of American aid. For these reasons, the 1950s became a period of a considerable acceleration of the unification of Europe.

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Systemowe spojrzenie na europeizację

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Grosse T. G.

Studia Europejskie - Studies in European Affairs

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2012

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issue 3

9-28

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This article presents the main trends of research on the concept of Europeanization. In the last decade it has become one of the main areas of interest of European integration students. The Europeanisation concept is discussed in the context of the leading theories of European integration. The article proposes a look at the Europeanization in relation to the systemic theory in political science

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THE ROLE OF NATIONAL PARLIAMENTS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION. ASPIRATION AND REALITY

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Poplawska E.

Studia Prawnicze

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2006

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issue 3(169)

97-112

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The role of national parliaments in the European Union is not limited to the development, especially in the nineties and later, of forms of their participation in the consultation process aimed at creation of European law. Successful functioning of the European Union depends also on the loyal fulfillment of obligations laid on member states that are arising from the Treaties. Although the area of activity of national parliaments has shrunken they received new functions related to the European integration. The turning point for the recognition of the role of national parliaments in European Union took place in the Protocol to Amsterdam Treaty. It brought guaranties for fair conditions for parliaments to influence governmental decisions concerning the European Union. It also institutionalized the COSAC - Conference of European Commissions of National Parliaments, as advisory body within the European Union structure. As the practice showed the first part of the Protocol had bigger influence on so far modest re-parliamentization of the European Union. Its deepening could take place together with coming into force of the Treaty establishing the Constitution for Europe. The Treaty could introduce a system of early warning by national parliaments against a violation of principle of subsidiarity. The introduction of the system without a ratification of the Constitutional Treaty seems to be possible but problematic.

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'TAMING OF OTHERNESS' - HUMAN MIGRATION IN AN INTEGRATING EUROPE ('Oswajanie innosci - migranci w integrujacej sie Europie)

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Winiecka K.

Colloquium Wydziału Nauk Humanistycznych i Społecznych AMW

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2010

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issue 2

67-82

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This article presents migrant's situation in integration Europe in social - cultural context. It pays bigger attention on aspect of the multicultural and the category of 'otherness', and exactly on the interventions, which have to contribute to common, better functioning of groups from minority. It treats to the 'taming the otherness', that is different kind of processes, mechanisms and the workings which concern functioning in multicultural society, and they shape on different levels of political and social life. For example on level of working of European Union's power organs, governments of individual states, non - governmental organizations, and first of all in space of local community life. Those processes, mechanisms and workings have the target to approximate and understand 'the painting of Different' and his life style to the occupants of European Union, and as a consequence of this - better functioning the society of whole Commonwealth. The cultural factor is introduced as possessing the first-class meaning in general process of European integration.

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POLITICAL AND SOCIO-ECONOMICAL ASPECTS OF THE EURO'S ADOPTION IN POLAND (Polityczne i spoleczno-ekonomiczne aspekty wprowadzenia euro w Polsce)

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Fiszer J. M.

Studia Polityczne (Political Studies)

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2009

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issue 24

119-148

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The debate on the adoption of the Euro and accession to the so-called Euroland has intensified recently in Poland, under the influence of the global financial crisis and the threat of recession hanging over the country. It has rapidly transpired that this issue has not only its economic, but also its political and social dimension. Obviously, the issue is neither simple nor easy, because a national currency is one of the components of national identity and attributes of the state's sovereignty. This is why joining the Eurozone generates objections of the part of the political milieu and society, as exemplified by the 16 states, who have already taken this step. It transpires, however, that it is, in fact, a result of a lack of knowledge, or disinformation, rather than genuine threats related to adoption of the Euro. This article attempts to sketch both the Polish route to the Euro, and the political and socio-economic consequences of Poland's adoption of the Union's currency. The author demonstrates here that this route was entered with Poland's accession to the European Union and that joining the Eurozone is inevitable and will bring about more positives than negatives. The main thesis of the article is the assertion that the adoption of the Euro is in Poland's strategic interest, as it will provide a stimulus to continue structural changes in the national economy, contributing by the same to the economic growth and reduction of unemployment. Moreover, thanks to the Euro's adoption, Poland's international credibility, as well as her its position in both the European Union and the world will be enhanced.

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THE NEW EUROPEAN UNION MEMBER STATES' ROAD TO THE EUROZONE (Droga do strefy euro nowych panstw czlonkowskich Unii Europejskiej)

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Babiak J.

Przegląd Zachodni

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2011

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issue 3(340)

197-208

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Currency union is the next step on the way to a complete European integration. Association Agreements for countries accessing EU structures after 1 May 2004 do not contain the opt-out clause, which is synonymous to the obligation of their acceptance of the common currency. The basic condition of entering the eurozone is meeting the legal requirements and criteria of convergence which define detailed economic conditions. After 2004, euro began to function in Malta, Cyprus, Slovenia and Slovakia, and from 1st January 2011, after meeting all the criteria, Estonia joined the euroland as the seventeenth country. Other countries which are obliged to adopt the euro, Poland included, are at various stages of preparation, but according to data from February 2011 none of them as yet meets the convergence criteria.

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Costs and benefits of european integration - the Albanian case

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Shahini B., Dollani P.

Wrocławskie Studia Politologiczne

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2011

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vol. 12

200-208

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Integration is a word very frequently used and probably one of the most fashionable in the present everyday life of the Balkan people. Politicians, artists, intellectuals speak about political, economical, cultural, European Integration as well as spiritual integration. The word integration is widely used, as much as there have been efforts to define or understand it by the general public, besides the fact that integration is perceived as something “good in nature,” especially the integration with Western community. Hence, one of the issues, which everybody agrees on in Albania and in the region is that the accession into the European Union is still the main objective of the region prospect. European integration is perceived as a solution of the major problems during the process of the socio-economic development of the countries of the region. The authors think that the efforts of the people of the region toward economic and democratic progress should not be simply treated as tools used to be “self-integrated” in the EU, but they rather have to be perceived as positive processes undertaken by each country during transition. Keeping an economic perspective, this paper aims to discuss the qualitative benefits and costs for Albanian economy, in its integration way toward the EU.

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THE DISAPPEARANCE OF OLD BORDERS AND THE EMERGENCE OF NEW ONES. BORDERLAND AS A SITUATION OF EXCLUSION

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Tujdowski M.

Przegląd Zachodni

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2008

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issue 3(328)

161-170

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The author draws attention to certain subsidiary processes connected with the 'opening' of borders, mainly as part of a larger process of European integration. The opening of borders met with criticism as in several cases it paradoxically led to exclusion. Firstly, a regularity was noticed that the smaller the border restrictions inside a given area (here: the European Union), the stricter the border regime on its outskirts. At a certain point, division into the centre and peripheries contributed to an evaluative approach to countries and societies by creating an elite club for members (of the European Union) and all the other states that aspired to membership. Another aspect concerns migration movements, but also small-scale cross-border traffic or the traffic of national minorities. For the above mentioned categories of people, tightening up borders has led to problems with entering the territory of the European Union. Especially immigrants from outside Europe must take into account serious obstacles in the form of a system of physical barriers and blockades. The third aspect concerns a civilization criterion which is becoming clearly visible in the course of demarcation of the new borders of Europe. Despite a declared promotion of multiculturalism, the limes of Europe have more or less consciously been drawn along the borderline of Christian Europe. Controversy surrounding Turkey's candidacy can be seen as a litmus test in the debate on European identity built on the basis of civilizational affiliation. According to the author, new aspects of exclusion by borders and borderlands (which turned out not to be open as wide as initially declared) were insufficiently represented in the discussion on the effects of European integration.

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THE BOLKESTEIN DIRECTIVE - LIBERALIZATION OF THE SERVICES MARKET?

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Riedel R.

Przegląd Zachodni

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2007

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issue 2(323)

212-220

EN

Business entities operating on the European market experience considerable difficulties with rendering services outside their respective countries. This is caused mainly by the necessity to adhere to local regulations whose often unjustified aim is to protect the local market from foreign competition. Implementation of the service directive and the first years of its functioning will bring an answer to the question whether the so-called Bolkestein directive (from the name of Frits Bolkestein - a former member of the European Commission) will have an impact on the process of European integration. Potentially, changes induced by the service directive can be compatible - in terms of scale and significance - to the introduction of the euro as a currency that replaced the national currencies in twelve countries of the European Union. This might be so on condition that the neo-functionalist theory of European integration proves correct and the 'spill-over' mechanism induces integration in related spheres. The presented study is a reflection on the service directive in two aspects: to what extent it can be an instrument of enhancing integration, and in what respects it is just a legal act passed to reduce a backlog.

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Myths of the European Constitution

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Nogal A.

Civitas. Studia z filozofii polityki (Civitas. Studies on politics philosophy)

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2006

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issue 9

80-98

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A successive stage in the coming into being of European legal order is connected with the transfer of competences previously reserved by nation states. Establishing laws whose subject is all the citizens of the member nations, adjudicating court disputes in the final instance, a common currency at last, all contribute to the coming into being of an order which might be called a constitutional one. Unfortunately, so far, discussion of the draft for a European constitution has not moved on to the philosophical level. Many elements such as the institutional separation of powers, extending the area of decisions made by the majority and the like, demonstrate that the project is a step in the direction of a European federation with single public sphere, system of representation and homogeneous, hierarchical system of authority within which the states become subordinate to decisions made by the Union and retain autonomy only within a specified extent. There does, however, exist a different vision, a community of communities within which Europe would be an area of agreed upon solutions. The public sphere would remain primarily reflected in the national parliaments and the Union institutions would solve problems signalled jointly by the member states. The draft Constitutional Treaty does not bring about revolutionary change to the legal order; the gradual evolution pursues toward the federal model. However, the community model has not been finally discarded. Thus the document is inconsistent. In it, two myths compete; the European Federation and European unity in diversity. Thanks to the rejection of the document, we may reflect on a common political future rather than once again explain something which became fact in haste.

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THE CHANGING PICTURE OF EU - FIRST REACTIONS OF FARMERS TO ACCESSION

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Gluszynski J., Morysinska A.

Wieś i Rolnictwo

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2005

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issue 3(128)Supp

21-32

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In discussions concerning integration with the European Union and its social consequences special attention ought to be given to the Polish countryside and its inhabitants, where the process of preparations for accession and the first few months of the Union's membership produced the most spectacular results. Until the day of the referendum the Polish rural community was the greatest enemy of the European Union and now it is the Union's main conscious beneficiary. Farmers and residents of rural areas openly manifest their optimism and pro-European attitudes. The first signs of deeper cultural and social changes are also observable. However, the problems of the Polish rural community have not been resolved but have merely become obscured by the temporary advantages of integration. Hence, it can be feared that the positive process of changes may become distorted and that negative feelings and frustration will surface again with double strength. To prevent such a situation it is necessary to perceive precisely and understand the problems of the inhabitants of the rural areas and to analyze changes occurring in the rural community. The most important are efforts to build the 'development capital' of the rural community in a way that can ensure that the residents of the rural areas and farmers will be able in the future to solve problems on their own (with the help of means available from the European Union).

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UKRAINA NA SLJACHU DO JEVROPEJSKOGO SOJUZU: MOZLYVOSTI VYKORYSTANJA DOSVIDU SLOVACKOI RESPUBLIKY

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Garagonyč V.

Človek a spoločnosť. Internetový časopis pre pôvodné teoretické a výskumné štúdie z oblasti spoločenských vied

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2011

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vol. 14

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issue 1

-

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Article deals with the experience of the Slovak Republic in its preparation of accession to the European Union. The author emphasizes possibilities of using this experience to Ukraine. The examples and arguments of successful cooperation between Ukrainian and Slovak institutions are used to underline the importance of such cooperation in advance of Ukraine's European integration.

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WYBRANE REFERENDA NARODOWE O TEMATYCE EUROPEJSKIEJ W LATACH 1972 ‒ 2012, JAKO PRZYKŁAD GRANICY W POSZERZANIU INTEGRACJI EUROPEJSKIEJ

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Szeląg P.

Annales Scientia Politica

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2021

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vol. 10

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issue 1

5 – 17

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The outcome of the British referendum of the 23th June 2016 was a beginning of Brexit. It was finalized latter on the 31st January 2020. Although, Brexit was a fundamental occurrence, it was not the only one that had an impact on the configuration of the European Union. The aim of the article is to analyse the selected national referenda, which were conducted in 1972-2012 and had an important impact on the extension of the European integration. Also, the article shows, to what extent decisions made by the citizens of particular states in ratification referenda contribute to changing the internal situation in these states and how a referendum in a specific country affects international relations.

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Świat wobec wyzwań współczesności – spojrzenie europeisty

PROBLEMS WITH THE ADJUSTMENT OF POLISH AGRICULTURE TO COMPETITION IN THE EUROPEAN UNION

CHOSEN PROBLEMS IN THE INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS OF POLISH ECONOMY

The influence of the European integration process upon structural changes in Polish industry

Zmiany w prawie wyborczym Ukrainy: plusy i minusy dla integracji europejskiej

THE ATTITIUDE OF MANAGERS OF THE POLISH CO-OPERATIVES TOWARDS INTEGRATION OF POLAND WITH THE EUROPEAN UNION

SLOVENIA - THE EU-BALKAN BRIDGE (Slowenia - unijno-balkanski pomost)

SOURCES OF THE INTENSIFICATION OF THE UNIFICATION OF WESTERN EUROPE IN THE MID-TWENTIETH CENTURY

Systemowe spojrzenie na europeizację

THE ROLE OF NATIONAL PARLIAMENTS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION. ASPIRATION AND REALITY

'TAMING OF OTHERNESS' - HUMAN MIGRATION IN AN INTEGRATING EUROPE ('Oswajanie innosci - migranci w integrujacej sie Europie)

POLITICAL AND SOCIO-ECONOMICAL ASPECTS OF THE EURO'S ADOPTION IN POLAND (Polityczne i spoleczno-ekonomiczne aspekty wprowadzenia euro w Polsce)

THE NEW EUROPEAN UNION MEMBER STATES' ROAD TO THE EUROZONE (Droga do strefy euro nowych panstw czlonkowskich Unii Europejskiej)

Costs and benefits of european integration - the Albanian case

THE DISAPPEARANCE OF OLD BORDERS AND THE EMERGENCE OF NEW ONES. BORDERLAND AS A SITUATION OF EXCLUSION

THE BOLKESTEIN DIRECTIVE - LIBERALIZATION OF THE SERVICES MARKET?

Myths of the European Constitution

THE CHANGING PICTURE OF EU - FIRST REACTIONS OF FARMERS TO ACCESSION

UKRAINA NA SLJACHU DO JEVROPEJSKOGO SOJUZU: MOZLYVOSTI VYKORYSTANJA DOSVIDU SLOVACKOI RESPUBLIKY

WYBRANE REFERENDA NARODOWE O TEMATYCE EUROPEJSKIEJ W LATACH 1972 ‒ 2012, JAKO PRZYKŁAD GRANICY W POSZERZANIU INTEGRACJI EUROPEJSKIEJ