About Issue 2/2021

Introduction

Jakub Bardovič (Editor-in-Chief): An Introduction to This Thematic Issue

Articles

Soňa Kukučková, Marie Poláchová: The Impact of the D21 Method and Its Modification on Citizens’ Participation in Participatory Budgeting. The Case of the Czech Republic

Michal Soukop, Pavel Šaradín, Markéta Zapletalová: Participatory Budgeting: Case Study of Possible Causes of Failures

Dalibor Mikuš, Richard Brix, Daniel Šmatlánek: Specifications of Participatory Budgeting in Visegrad Group States and Possible Implementations for Slovakia

Maja Klun, Jože Benčina: Predictors, Determinant Groups, and Participatory Budgeting

Mirela Trtovac Šabović, Milos Milosavljevic, Sladjana Benkovic: Participation of Citizens in Public Financial Decision-Making in Serbia

Daniel Klimovský, Veronica Junjan, Juraj Nemec: Selected Factors Determining the Adoption and Use of Participatory Budgeting in Central and Eastern Europe

Review

De Vries, M. S., Nemec, J. and Špaček, D. (2022). International Trends in Participatory Budgeting: Between Trivial Pursuits and Best Practices. (Martina Balážová)

About Issue 1/2021

Articles

Daniela Ostrá: Professionalization of Political Campaigns: Roadmap for the Analysis

Alexandra Smolecová , Daniel Šárovec: Heading towards Collapse? Assessment of the Slovak Party System after the 2020 General Elections

Peter Horváth , Peter Juza , León Richvalský , Marek Šafár: Exercise of the Presidential Powers in the Slovak Republic in a Comparative Perspective (1999 - 2019)

Miloš Deset, Libor Klimek: What Do We Need to Resolve After Establishing The European Public Prosecutor’s Office in the Slovak Republic?

Reviews

Eštok, G. (2020). (Ne)dávne hľadanie strednej európy. (Renáta Bzdilová)

Machyniak, J. (2021). Výkon samosprávy na úrovni obce, mesta a regiónu. Slovensko 1990 – 2020. (Martin Švikruha)

Kavan, Š. (2020). Ochrana člověka a společnosti – vývoj vzdělávání v bezpečnostních tématech. (Jiři Dušek)

About Issue 2/2020

Articles

Ľubomír Zvada, Martin Petlach, Michal Ondruška: Where Were the Voters? A Spatial Analysis of the 2019 Slovak Presidential Election

Yerkebulan Sairambay: The Contemporary Challenges of Measuring Political Participation

Lech Kurowski, Piotr Szymaniec: Legal Regulations Impact on Social Capital. The Case of Poland

Kristi Joamets, Archil Chochia: Artificial Intelligence and Its Impact on Labour Relations in Estonia

Simant Shankar Bharti: Strengthening the Development Partnership between the EU and South Asia: A Contemporary Analysis

Reviews

Tat-Kei Ho, A., de Jong, M., Zhao, Z. (2019). Performance Budgeting Reform. Theories and International Practices. (Daniel Klimovský)

Mihálik, J. (2019). Storočie českej a slovenskej krajnej pravice 1918 – 2018. (Boris Kolman)

About Issue 1/2020

Studies

Ondřej Mocek, Zuzana Hudečková, Martin Petlach: The European Parliament Elections and Czech Political Parties: Much Ado About Nothing?

Pavol Minárik: Participatory Budgeting and Traditional Participation in Czech Municipalities

Hana N. Hlaváčková, Lucie Macková: Attracting Skilled Migration to the Czech Republic – Lagging Behind?

Štefan Ižák: Conspiracy Theory as a Working Method of Political Propaganda

Gintaras Aleknonis: The Conspiracy of Brainwashing: the Experiences of the First and the Second Cold War

Nataliia Steblyna: Transformation of the Europe’s Concept in WWII Speeches by Russian Presidents (2004-2019)

Aram Terzyan: Post-Soviet Revolutions and Post-Revolution Discourses: Explaining the Construction of Political Identities in Post-Rose Revolution Georgia and Post-Velvet Revolution Armenia

Reviews

Kosárová, D. (2018). Zlyhávajúce štáty a islamský terorizmus – kauzálne súvislosti. (Ondřej Filipec)

Gbúrová, M. et. al. (2018). Sekundárny analfabetizmus alebo o príčinách a dôsledkoch nízkeho záujmu verejnosti o politiku na Slovensku. (Benita Feketeová)

About Issue 2/2019

Studies

Petra Měšťánková: Party Responsiveness and Governmental Responsibility: The Conflicting Roles of Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party Between 2008 and 2011

Anna Mravcová: Environmental Awareness and Environmental Citizenship Dimension

Martin Vernarský: Current Stateʼs Attitude Towards Municipal Self-Government in Slovakia

David Ramiro Troitiño, Tanel Kerikmäe, Ondrej Hamuľák: The League of Nations: Legal, Political and Social Impact on Estonia

Reviews

Štefančík, R. (2019). Christlich – demokratische Parteien in der Slowakei. Eine neue Perspektive. (Christian democratic Parties in Slovakia. The New Perspective). (Ján Machyniak)

Roberts-Miller, P. (2017). Demagoguery and Democracy (Demagógia a demokracia). (Klaudia Lencsésová)

About Issue 1/2019

Studies

Marcela Gbúrová: Palárik’s Liberal-Reform Concept of Addressing the Slovak Issue

Tatiana Turco, Rodica Svetlicinai: Political, Legal and Institutional Aspects of the Policy of the Management of Diaspora in the Republic of Moldova

Martin Hrabálek, Sylvie Burianová: To Intervene or Not to Intervene? Positions of the Member States Towards the Article 18 of the European Border and Coast Guard Proposal

Ondřej Filipec, Lucie Macková: Fortifying Against the Threat: Can Walls Stop Irregular Migration?

Peter Čajka, Josef Abrhám: Regional Aspects of V4 Countries’ Economic Development Over a Membership Period of 15 Years in the European Union

Reviews

Grečo, P. (2015). Revolúcia, demokracia a masová kultúra. K antropologickým a politologickým aspektom filozofie Nikolaja Berďajeva. (Renáta Bzdilová)

About Issue 2/2018

Articles

Lucie Tungul: The Lost Opportunity Window of the Gülen Movement in Turkey

Aram Terzyan: Identity Conflicts? The Sense of ‘Victimhood’ and the Enemy Images of Turkey and Azerbaijan in the Foreign Policy Discourse of Armenia

Michal Imrovič, Michal Lukáč, Matúš Jankoľa: Blog Marketing as a Positive or Negative Phenomenon in Political Communication?

Edit Soós: Monitoring subsidiarity in the EU multilevel parliamentary system

Daniel Dobiaš: Liberalism. Looking for Freedom, Justice, Better Man, and the World

Review

Blaha, Ľuboš: Antiglobalista (Antiglobalist). (Monika Práznovská)

About Issue 1/2018

Articles

Ismo Björn, Pirjo Pöllänen, Jarmo Saarti: “We Have Decided to Guarantee the Continuity of the Universities Long-Time Funding”: The Political Rhetoric of the Ministers of Education and the Reform of University Funding During 2005—2015 In Finland

Jarosław Jańczak: The European Council and EU boundaries. (In)formal competences, institutional position and external activities in the context of (de)bordering processes at the time of the immigration crises

Nguyen Thi Thuy Hang: The U.S.-Asean Relations: an Overview

Tomáš Nikodym, Petra Holeňová, Tereza Pušová: Czechoslovak intellectual environment after the second world war

Ľuboš Blaha: Theories of Private Property: Ownership and Social Justice

Reviews

Duleba, Alexander et al.: Borders and Crossborder Cooperation. Introduction to Border Studies. (Ivana Butoracová Šindleryová)

Dobiašová, Soňa: Idea v Hegelovej politickej filozofii (Idea in Hegel's Political Philosophy) (Jakub Bardovič)

Retracted article

Yevhen Kutsenko: Practices of Manipulation Techniques in 2012 Parliamentary Elections in Ukraine

Articles

Mikucka-Wójtowicz, Dominika: Two Dogs Fight and a Third Grabs the Bone. Reasons for the Electoral Success of Unexpected Candidates – the Croatian Political Scene after the Last Two Parliamentary Election Cycles (2015–2016)

Filipec, Ondřej: (In)efficiency of EU Common Foreign and Security Policy: Ukraine, Brexit, Trump and beyond

Unikaitė-Jakuntavičienė, Ingrida – Matulkaitė, Rita: The Ukraine Crisis Reflections in the Speeches of USA and Russian Political Leaders

Rusnáková, Soňa: Russian New Art of Hybrid Warfare in Ukraine

Review

Gbúrová, Marcela: Slavdom in Europe, Europe in Slavdom. A Vision of The “Modernization of Slavs by Štefan Launer. (Peter Horváth)

Articles

Lea Prijon: Slovenian Communist Legacy: After 25 Years of Independence of Slovenian Nation

Aaron T. Walter: The Good, Bad, and Ugly of Populism: A Comparative Analysis of the U.S. and Slovakia

Tomáš Čižik: Baltic States - How to React to “New Warfare” in the Context of the Article V?

Ekaterina R. Rashkova: Constitutionalizing Power: How Do Rules Legitimize the Executive?

Salome Dundua - Tamar Karaia - Zviad Abashidze: National narration and Politics of Memory in post-socialist Georgia

Review

Bočáková, Oľga – Kubíčková, Darina – Vavruš, Martin: Sociálna politika vo volebných programoch vybraných politických strán na Slovensku (Tomáš Habánik)

Articles

Pavel Maškarinec: The Czech Pirate Party in the 2010 and 2013 Parliamentary Elections and the 2014 European Parliament Elections: Spatial Analysis of Voter Support 

Viera Žúborová – Ingrid Borarosová: The Myth of the Angry Voters: Parliamentary Election in Slovak Republic

Liudas Mažylis – Ingrida Unikaitė-Jakuntavičienė – Romualdas Povilaitis: Specifics of Communication in Lithuanian Voting Campaigns, 2012-2016

Ivana Miková: Causes of Regionalism. How ASEAN-China FTA Fits the (New) Wave of Regionalism? 

Umar Dantani – Peter Nungshak Wika – Abdullahi, Muhammad Maigari: The Politics of Security Deployment of Security Operatives to Jos Metropolis, Plateau State, Nigeria 2001-2014 

Review

Mihálik, Jaroslav: Political legacy and youth civic engagement in Slovakia. (Lenka Čurillová)

Articles

Jaroslav Mihálik: When electoral Paradigm meets the research Implications: The Youth Perspective

Jakub Charvát: Temptation of the “Powerful”: The politics of electoral reform in Central Europe in post-transitional period

Pavel Maškarinec: Strategic voting in the 2011 and 2015 Polish Senate elections: Testing Duvergerʼs Law in the second-order elections

Miroslav Řádek: Voting Behavior in Parliamentary Elections in Slovakia

Ljiljana Aulić, Zoran Kalinić: Institutional Design in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Review

Maďarová, Zuzana - Ostertágová, Alexandra (ed.): Občianky a revolucionárky (Ingrid Borárosová)

Articles

Lukáš Cibík: Implicit persuasion of voters in the 2012 Slovak republic parliamentary elections

Alena Klvaňová: Institutionalization of the Czech and Slovenian party system

Beata Słobodzian: Polish electoral system to self local government – changes and effects

Ladislav Kruliš: Mass media image of selected instruments of economic develepment

Paweł Kuca, Rafał Polak: Regional government in Poland as a bodz shaping informational policy

Reviews

Klíma, Michal: Od totality k defektní demokracii (Privatizace a kolonizace politických stran netransparentním byznysem) (Marek Hrušovský)

Bočáková, Oľga: Sociálna politika a sociálne zabezpečenie (Peter Slovák)

Thomas de Waal: Great Catastrophe. Armenians and Turks in the Shadow of Genocide (Artur Lakatos)

Articles

Pavel Maškarinec: Determinants of Women’s Descriptive Representation on the City Boards of the Czech Statutory Cities after the Local Elections of 2014

Nasim Basiri: Defining the Role of Women in the Future of Political Leadership in the Middle East

Aaron T. Walter: Institutional partisanship

Luis da Vinha: Selling the Arc of Crisis: Promoting Foreign Policy Change during the Carter Presidency

Roman S. Czarny: U.S. and the Arctic in the Last Two Decades

Reviews

Rybář, M. - Spáč, P. - Voda, P.: Prezidentské voľby na Slovensku v roku 2014 (Lukáš Cíbik)

Macháček, Ladislav: Sociológia mládeže (Denisa Karabová)

Articles

Zsolt Horbulák: János Kádár as an Economic Reformist And Gustáv Husák As An Antireformist

Hang Thuy Thi Nguyen: A Historical Review of the Nixon Administration and European Political Cooperation

Jozef Kraus: The Concept of State Terrorism in Relation to Iran

Lukáš Tichý: The EU Integration Discourse in the Energy Relations with Russia

Peter Juza: Political Science of Modern Kazakhstan – Notices to Development of Kazakhstan Political Thinking

Reviews

Gajdoš, Peter – Moravanská, Katarína: Hodnotenie vývojových zmien v rozvojových disponibilitách a životných podmienkach obcí na Slovensku v období 1990 – 2012. (Mahuliena Sochorová)

Bossong, Raphael: The Evolution of EU Counter-Terrorism (Ondřej Filipec)

Articles

Ryszard Czarny: Geopolitics of the High North and its Consequences

Karolína Musilová, Jan Heřmánek: Factors of Voluntary Mergers of Municipalities: A Case Study of the Czech Republic

Radosław Marzęcki: The “drifting Generation” without a Helmsman. Main Obstacles in shaping the Relation between the Political Parties

Martin Kryšpín Vimmr: Political Representation of Ethnic Minorities at Local Level: Factors, Context and Empirical Examples

Reviews

Rosůlek, Přemysl: Political Secessionism & Ethical Theories: Allen Buchanan and his Critics. (Jaroslav Fabok)

Boys, James D.: Clinton´s Grand Strategy: US Foreign Policy in a Post - Cold War World (Aaron T. Walter)

Articles

Jaroslav Mihalik: Political Leadership and Democratic Governance from the Perspective of Slovak Youth

Aaron T. Walter: Foreign Policy: Public Opinion and Political Legacy

Scott Nicholas Romaniuk - Stewart Tristan Webb: Extraordinary Measures: Drone Warfare, Securitization, and the “War on Terror”

Ireneusz Kraś: Monetary policy change of the Central bank of Poland

Reviews

Mesežnikov, Grigorij: Political Party Funding in the (Socio-political and legal context, reports, practice). (Marek Hrušovský)

Staroňová, Katarína – Staňová, Ľudmila – Sičáková-Beblavá, Emília: The systems of public service: concepts and trends (Matrin Daško)

Articles

Peter Horváth, Karol Šebík: Voting behavior and municipal elections 2014 in Slovakia

Lucie Chládková, Miroslav Mareš: The Flag Bearer of Slovenian Nationalism Knocked Out? The Rise and Fall of the Slovenian National Party

Egon Prijon, Lea Prijon: Slovenia from the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy until nowadays: A brief historical overview

Patricia Kaplánová, Uroš Pinterič: Political dimension of European constitutionalism

Reviews

Václav Vybíhal – Miroslava Cedidlová: Fiscal Effectiveness of Investment Incentives and Competition (Zuzana Miháliková)

Věra Malík Holasová: Social work and services quality (Michal Garaj)

Obituary

Prof. Mgr. Ladislav Macháček, CSc.

Articles

Ľuboš Blaha: The Limits of Hegemony?

Juraj Hanuliak: The Dagestani Security Paradigm in the View of Historical Perspective

Dušan Leška: The Europeanisation of Slovak Political Parties

Reviews

Leska Dusan: Harmonia universalis: Europeanization in the Processes of Transformation of the Political System in Slovakia (Martina Gabajová)

Mitev Petar-Emil - Kovacheva Siyka: Young People in European Bulgaria. A Sociological Portrait 2014 (Boris Popivanov)

Information

Irina Trotsuk: Bulletin of Peoples Friendship University of Russia, the "Sociology" Series

Articles

Jozef Klavec: Terrorism - conceptualization and development

Viera Žúborová: Visibility of Political Leaders in the Media in the Conditions of the Slovak Republic

Alla Marchenko: Comparisons of Civic Engagement in Europe: Evidence from European Values Study

Reviews

Macháček Ladislav: Youth and Policy (Lenka Čurillová)

Pinterič Uroš - Prijon Lea: European Union in 21st century (Patrícia Kaplánová)

Articles

István Murányi, Ladislav Macháček: Political knowledge and Participation of the Youth in Two Locations Slovakia and Hungary

Jakub Mlynář: Language and Collective Memory: Insights from Social Theory

Ryszard Czarny: The High North: Opportunities and Barriers of Economic Dimension

Peter Dinuš: Reflections on Capitalism with Regard to the Question of Overcoming it

Reviews

Lampl, Zsuzsanna: Sociology of Hungarians living in Slovakia (István Fábri)

Caky, Milan: Constantine and Methodius in Political Relationships (Libor Bernát)

Klimovsky, Daniel: Fundamentals of Public Administration (Karol Šebík)

Stefancik, Radoslav (ed.): The right-wing extremism and youth in Slovakia (Alica Nemcová)

Sekerák, Marián: Economic Democracy - History, Theory an Praxis (Veronika Valkovičová)

Articles

Natalia Waechter, Evgenia Samoilova: European Identity and its Relationship to National and Ethnic Identities among Younger and Older Members of Ethnic Minority Groups

Marcela Gbúrová: Liberalism According to Štefan Launer or on an Ethno-Emancipation Theory

Valeriu Moşneaga: Republic of Moldova: Diaspora and Diaspora Policy

Jiří Šubrt: Historical Consciouness in the Focus of Sociological Enguiry

Reviews

Macháček, Ladislav - Krošlák, Stanislav: Two Schools of Democracy. Civil Education - School Self-Government (Anna Polačková)

Krivý, Vladimír (ed.): Slovak Elections ´12: What Preceded Them, Attitudes and Results (Radoslav Štefančík)

Articles

Siyka Kovacheva: Overview of the Implementation of the EU Youth Strategy in the Field of Employment

Jan Kovář: Europeanisation of Slovak Parties ´Programmatic Documents for EP Elections: A Drop in the Bucket, or a Light at the End of the Tunnel?

Karel Hanuš: The Decline of Centralized Collective Wage Bargaining in Sweden

Péter Horváth: The Role of the President in the Context of the Political Changes in Slovakia

Reviews

Macháček, Ladislav (ed.): Scientific societes in Slovakia in 2013 (Alexandra Dvorská)

Sydykov, Erlan Bataševič: Lev Gumilev: Encyclopedia (Peter Juza)

Moravčíková, Danka (et al.): Rural areas and Youth Reflected in the Social Science (Eva Svitačová)

Articles

Nicolas Maslowski: Politika paměti: Mezi minulostí a přítomností

Peter Dinuš: Vyrovnávanie sa s „komunistickou“ minulosťou v zrkadle záverov historického materializmu

Viera Žúborová, Milan Žúbor: Metodický pohľad na funkciu a činnosť webových stránok politických strán v podmienkach Slovenskej republiky

Information

Ladislav Macháček: Kongres ESA 2013 v Turíne: kríza, kritika a zmena

Viera Žúborová: Inovatívne problémy a prístupy v sociálnych vedách

Reviews

Macháček, Ladislav (ed): Vedecké spoločnosti na Slovensku v roku 2013 (Alexandra Dvorská)

Dončevová, Silvia: Rodová politika: možnosti implementácie vo verejnej správe (Peter Juza)

Štefančík, Radoslav: Uvažovanie o politike (nielen) v nemecky hovoriacom prostredí (Alica Nemcová)

Articles

Mochťák Michal: Konfliktné ciele v politike podpory demokracie

Veronika Valkovičová: Limity pozitívnych akcií a afirmatívnych opatrení v spektre rodovo orientovaných verejných politík

Agnieszka Turska-Kawa: Psychologické aspekty volebnej kampane v USA

Information

Jaroslav Mihálik: Projektové stretnutie partnerov výskumu MyPlace na Slovensku

Kateřina Tvrdá, Josef Smolík: Centrum pro bezpečnostní a strategická studia

Michal Cirner, Anna Polačková: Inštitút politológie FF PU v Prešove (20 rokov politológie v Prešove)

Reviews

Tormey,  Simon –Townshend,  Jules: Od teorii krytycznej do postmarksizmu (Ján Stena)

Bilasová, Viera : Étos, dejiny a súčasnosť (Helena Džupková)

Krajniak, Milan: Úspešní politici slovenských dejín (Radovan Slobodník)

Štefančík, Radoslav: Deutsch als Fremdsprache für Studierende der Politikwissenschaft (Jana Pospíšilová)

Ondrejkovič, Peter –Majerčíková, Jana: Vysvetlenie, porozumenie a interpretácia v spoločenskovednom výskume (Anikó Halgašová)

Liessmann, Konrad, Paul: Teorie nevzdělanosti. Omyly společnosti vědení (Kristína Hašpicová)

Laiferová,  Eva –Mistríková,  Ľudmila (eds.) : Alexander Hirner (1911 – 1987). 100. výročie narodenia významného slovenského sociológa – osobnosti, vedca, vysokoškolského učiteľa (Jozef Ružarovský)