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Engl. Zsfassung u.d.T.: The problem of time in sociological theory

Zsfassung in engl. Sprache u.d.T.: The theory and practice of nondemocratic regimes

Engl. Zsfassung u.d.T.: The bank of the green four leaf clover

Engl. Zsfassung u.d.T.: The age of innoncence. Czech politics 1989 tot 1997

The article deals with the relationship between EU Council Presidency & governmental stability. After reviewing the character of governments assuming EU Council Presidency since the Treaty on European Union has been adopted, the article explores the possible impact of the EU Council Presidency on governmental stability & governmental duration. The article argues that the EU Council Presidency does not have to be executed by a majority government, & that the EU Council Presidency exerts a stabilizing effect. Adapted from the source document.

Zsfassung in engl. Sprache u.d.T.: Victims of the occupation, Czechoslovakia, from 21 August to 31 December 1968

The article is concerned with voting indicators in the European Union. The first chapter constructs a model of voting power & defines four indicators: A. Simple relative power, B. Shapley-Shubik index, C. Banzhaf index, D. Coleman index. The second chapter defines data: the voting structure according the Nice Treaty & nine algorithms -- variants of the EU enlargement. The third chapter summarizes empirical results. The fourth chapter discusses statistical relations between voting indicators. The fifth chapter brings conclusions. 11 Tables, 29 References. Adapted from the source document.

The stories - subject of this book - were invented in different latitudes during different historical periods, from different societies and different political situation. They tell about the same process - the adoption of Islam in the Balkans, thought somewhere and once as a liberation and national awareness elsewhere and at other times - as a catastrophe. The only official history tells many fragmented stories produced by larger or smaller groups, by more or less people. The stories are alike and not alike. They sometime match. And sometime they repel each other. Or disagree.

An edition of 15th-century German-language tax records from the Cheb region, accompanied by extensive historical introduction and appendices in Czech

Engl. Zsfassung u.d.T.: Josef Pfitzner (1901 - 1945). Sources on the life and work of the Sudeten German historian and politican

The article aims to show both the still very strong position of the USD in the global financial system and assess its likely future position. It illustrates that although the U.S. is no longer the dominant global economic power that it was when the dollar became the global reserve currency, the dollar so far is not in immediate danger of losing its privileged position. Despite the challenges facing the USD as the global reserve currency, it continues its dominant role since no other currency has shown itself strong and credible enough to replace it. Considerations on replacing dollar with other currency are no more than a speculation. Adapted from the source document.

A review essay on a book by Adam Swift, Politicka filozofie: zakladni otazky moderni politologie ([Political Philosophy: Basic Issues of Modern Politology] Prague, Czech Republic: Portal, 2005). References.

A review essay on a book edited by Helmut Kramer, Demokratie und Kritik -- 40 Jahre Politikwissenschaft in Osterreich ([Democracy and Critique -- 40 Years of Political Science in Austria] Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Peter Lang, 2004).

Der Verfasser zeichnet die Karriere, Grundsätze und Politik des Schöpfers des deutschen "Wirtschaftwunders", um zu veranschaulichen, daß dieses auf einer sozialen Marktwirtschaft gründete. Anders in der Tschechoslowakei seit 1989, wo die Konzeption einer "Marktwirtschaft ohne Attribute" proklamiert wurde. Bei der Absenz legislativer Regulative für das Funktionieren und für die Kontrolle der auf dem Markt wirkenden Kräfte verwandele sich die "unsichtbare Hand des Marktes" in eine dunkle Hand wirtschaftlicher Kriminalität und Korruption. Es kommen solche private und Gruppeninteressen zur Geltung, die jegliche Verantwortung gegenüber der Gesellschaft verachten. In Anlehnung auf die Grundthesen des Werkes von Adam Smith "The theory of moral sentiments" folgert der Autor, daß ohne Gerechtigkeit auf die Dauer keine Gesellschaft existieren kann. (BIOst-Hrs)