Rozważania zawarte w niniejszym studium dotyczą socjologicznej analizy białoruskiej mniejszości narodowej zamieszkującej w granicach obecnego państwa polskiego. Deklaracja analizy socjologicznej nie oznacza, iż praca będzie monografią Białorusinów w Polsce. Takie zamierzenie dalece przerastałoby możliwości określone przede wszystkim dysponowanym materiałem empirycznym. W pracy zatem uwaga będzie skupiona na przedstawieniu obecnego stanu... Болей »

Książka ta - jak może sugerować tytuł - nie jest ani podręcznikiem, ani chronologicznie uporządkowanym zapisem historycznych dziejów Białorusi. Potrzeba jej wydania narodziła się dawno. Po to, by w popularnej formie odpowiedzieć na podstawowe białoruskie pytania. Jest adresowana do zwyczajnych czytelników, zarówno Białorusinów, jak i Polaków, którzy czasem interesują się białoruską historią i kulturą. Dlatego została napisana po polsku.... Болей »

The year 2007 was a breakthrough milestone for Slovak development cooperation. This year saw successful accomplishment of the Slovak Aid programme institutionalisation process. As of 1 January 2007, the Slovak Agency for International Development Co-operation was incorporated. 1 February 2008 is the effective day of the Official Development Assistance Act, which sets out the long-term legał framework for effective provision of Slovak OD... Болей »

Nations in Transit 1999-2000 could not have been completed without the dedicated and expert advice of the project’s academic consultants. Freedom House is grateful to Professor Alexander Motyl, who serves as Associate Director of the Center for Global Change and Governance at Rutgers University, Newark, and who coordinated the advisers’ group and provided editorial expertise for the country reports; Boris Shor, who coordinated the Natio... Болей »

Nations in Transit 2002 could not have been completed without the contribution of numerous Freedom House staff and consultants. This study was made possible by the generous support of the U.S. Agency for International Development and the Open Society Institute. Freedom House thanks the principal authors of the country reports: Rafis Abazov, visiting scholar, Harriman Institute, Columbia University; Wendy Betts, country director, Amer... Болей »

Nations in Transit 2004 measures progress and setbacks in democratization in 27 countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. A new report on Kosovo appears as an addendum to the Serbia and Montenegro report. This volume, which covers events from January 1 through December 31, 2003, is an updated edition of surveys published in 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1998,1997, and 1995. Country Reports: The country reports in Na... Болей »

Nations in Transit 2007 could not have been completed without the contributions of numerous Freedom House staff and consultants. This study was also made possible by the generous support of the U.S. Agency for International Development. Freedom House is grateful to the country report authors for their painstaking efforts to provide clear, concise, and informed analysis of the changes occurring in the countries under study. Болей »

In 1989 the world witnessed the beginning of a process of fundamental political change in East-West relations including the dismantling of the Berlin Wall, the disappearance of one-party Communist states throughout Central and Eastern Europe, the establishment of free and independent states in the republics of the former Soviet Union, and the end of the division of Europe. The role played by the North Atlantic Alliance, from its establi... Болей »

The publication of these country reports has been funded by the British Department fot International Development and the Local Government and Public ServiceReform Initiative of the Open Society Institute in Budapest within the framework of the Local Government Policy Partnership Programme. The judgements expressed herein do not necessarily reflect the views of the above two sponsors. Болей »

Considered from the perspective of the goals of the European Neighbourhood Policy, the current EU visa policy towards the eastern neighbours of the EU appears disappointing. Support of the freedom to travel could be one of key incentives for the neighbouring countries to undertake democratic and free-market reform. The experience of travellers (tourists, business people, students, traders) changes the mindset moulded by decades of total... Болей »