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Urban sociologist, Virág Molnár, reviews the books No Billionaire Left Behind and Thank You, Anarchy. The books examine satirical activism and Occupy Wall Street's mix of direct democracy and anarchism as examples of unconventional political protest in the contemporary United States.

In this article the author is going to answer the question, that intrigues many researchers of international relations and political science – is it possible to build a grand theory explaining actions and behaviours of political, and international, entities? International relations are distinguished from other disciplines of science by its special character: they are polyarchic, plural, complex and impulsive. Th€is is why we find here, exceptional in contrary to other, more mature disciplines, diversity of opinions and answers to the question – in what way international relations shall be build? Searching for the right answer the researchers of international relations have to cross borders of many disciplines, also using research methods of sociologists, historians, economists, lawyers, psychologists and anthropologists. €There is a similar problem with political science, as the political matter is widely interpreted and, depending on the researcher and the analysed political system, its scope is wide as when using so called largo sense in the totalitarian states, where even the choice of school for a child has a political character or as when using so called strict sense in the democratic systems.

JAPAN'S CULTURE AND SOCIOECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT ARE OFTEN REGARDED AS THE MAJOR FORCES THAT AFFECT AND DETERMINE INDIVIDUAL SOCIAL AND POLITICAL BEHAVIOR. CULTURAL ASPECTS, IN PARTICULAR, INFLUENCE THE WAY THE LEADERS BEHAVE, DECISIONMAKING PROCESSES, AND VOTING BEHAVIOR. CHANGES IN THE ECONOMIC SITUATION IN RECENT DECADES HAVE AFFECTED THE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL ATTITUDES OF THE YOUNG GENERATION. MOREOVER, THE ROLE PLAYED BY THE NEWS MEDIA IS AN IMPORTANT FACTOR THAT CAN ALSO EXPLAIN SOME OF THE ROOTS OF POLITICAL BEHAVIOR IN JAPAN.

Abstract: This article maps the participation of women in Brazilian scientific production in the areas of Political Science and International Relations, from 2006 to 2016. To do so, six indicators were created, to measure women's participation in the production of master's dissertations, doctoral theses and scientific papers, as well as their participation as faculty members of graduate programs and their presence on editorial boards of important Brazilian Journals in these fields. The results revealed that, despite an increasing participation of women in recent years, the space they occupy is still underrepresented, especially when considering strategic positions related to education and research.

Abstract: This article maps the participation of women in Brazilian scientific production in the areas of Political Science and International Relations, from 2006 to 2016. To do so, six indicators were created, to measure women's participation in the production of master's dissertations, doctoral theses and scientific papers, as well as their participation as faculty members of graduate programs and their presence on editorial boards of important Brazilian Journals in these fields. The results revealed that, despite an increasing participation of women in recent years, the space they occupy is still underrepresented, especially when considering strategic positions related to education and research.

This article analyzes the problem of continuity and the new course in the policy of the second president of Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirziyoyev. It demonstrates that the new course is certainly not a problem-free political process. Continuity and the new course entail dialectical issues, i.e., what should be adopted from the previous regime, what should be rejected, and what new proposals can be made. President Karimov had faced this question during the transition from the Soviet regime to an independent state. President Mirziyoyev encountered this challenge in an entirely different situation: the transition period is nearing completion and the new course is being determined. The complexity and somewhat contradictory nature of the formation and implementation of the new course is associated with a number of internal and external circumstances. Ultimately, the content and success of the new course will depend on the transformation of the type of the state itself and the mentality of the people.