Suchergebnisse

In the Declaration of the Committee of Ministers on the role of community media in promoting social cohesion and intercultural dialogue passed on 11 February 2009 by the Council of Europe, stations run by religious institutions were explicitly excluded from the community media definition, as being too dependent on the Church. But the reality seems to be far from this definition. In practice, in many countries the religious radio stations officially belong to - or even dominate - this sector. In 2011 a new period began for community broadcasting in Hungary. While most of the former community media broadcasters could not find resources with which to operate, the community media landscape was dramatically overwhelmed by religious broadcasters both on regional and local levels. The legally-recognised third tier of broadcasting in Poland called 'social broadcasting' is actively and exclusively used by religious radio - seven stations broadcast locally and one is a powerful nationwide radio station called Radio Maryja. The authors gathered information and points of views from radio experts, organizations and activists living and working in different EU and non-EU states about the place of religious broadcasting in the community media sector. Two case-studies (Hungary and Poland) may be of interest for countries considering the introduction or reorganisation of regulations regarding community broadcasting. (author's abstract)

AbstractThis article provides a novel account of recent UK governance reforms, describing what can be termed an 'incoherent' state, ill-equipped to address complex, multi-dimensional policy challenges. This is evidenced through two interrelated case-studies: Covid-19 and levelling up. We highlight how the tradition of strongly centralised government combined with an ad hoc approach to reform has undermined inter-governmental relations and limited the possibility of effective policy. We conclude by arguing that current levelling up proposals, focused on redesigning sub-national government, reflect these deficiencies and therefore offer an insufficient remedy for the UK's imbalanced economic geography and resulting inequalities. The failure of past reform highlights the need for systemic transformation—including a new governance framework—to address meaningfully the UK's geography of discontent.

The article analyses the situation in Polish Orthodox Church after the Second World War. Particular attention is paid by the author to the issues of the canonical and legal status of the Polish Orthodox Church, its relations with the Moscow Patriarchate and the issue of recognition of the autocephaly of the Polish Orthodox Church by the Moscow Patriarchate. This complicated process developed in the complex context of both the internal political situation in Poland during post-war period in 1945-1948 and its relations with the USSR. The situation was seriously complicated by the unwillingness of the Head of the Polish Orthodox Church, Metropolitan Dionisy, to leave the metropolitan see and recognize the non-canonical autocephaly of the Polish Orthodox Church in the interwar period. As a result, the "Act of Restoring the Unity of the Polish Orthodox Church with the Russian Orthodox Church and Recognizing Autocephaly", adopted by the Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church on June 22, 1948, finally settled the canonical status of the Orthodox Church in Poland.

1 sheet ([1] p.) ; Order to print dated: Die Lunæ, 9 Iulii, 1649. Signed: Hen: Scobell, Cleric. Parliament. ; Reproduction of the original in the British Library.

Uniform Title: Earl of Sunderland's letter to a friend in London. French, Caption title. Probable place of imprint supplied by BM. Dated at end: "Le 19, Janvier 1689." Translation of : The Earl of Sunderland's letter to a friend in London . London, 1689. ; Florida Atlantic University Libraries' Marvin and Sybil Weiner Spirit of America Collection, Pamphlets: Foreign Language B17F16 ; Florida Atlantic Digital Library Collections

This item is part of the Political & Rights Issues & Social Movements (PRISM) digital collection, a collaborative initiative between Florida Atlantic University and University of Central Florida in the Publication of Archival, Library & Museum Materials (PALMM).

State failure and proxy war have consumed key Arab states such as Iraq, Libya, Syria, and Yemen, with massive humanitarian consequences. Local power struggles have been exacerbated by regional and international interventions. The next American administration must act to resolve these wars and assist the reconstruction of shattered states. Rather than new military interventions, the United States should focus on the international enforcement of military de-escalation to accomplish these goals. This article explores the distinctive challenges for U.S. policy in each of these conflicts.

The World Bank & its critics are approaching consensus on central issues in the African development debate. That Africa must become more integrated into the globalizing world economy, & that to do so effectively it will need more capable & socially responsive states is now broadly accepted. However, the manner in which African states are already embedded in their societies & in the global political economy has not been integrated into the analysis. The nature of these linkages tells us much about how African states engage the forces of globalization, & the effect that engagement is likely to have on economic development & on these states themselves. Adapted from the source document.