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The article provides a metatheoretical analysis of the ideas of social welfare and public policy goals recorded in the essential documents of the contemporary Lithuanian state. Two methods are applied: a hermeneutical-historical analysis of legal and political texts, and that of rational reconstruction, which is used to infer metatheoretical foundations of the value and normative statements expressed in these texts. The most important among them is the Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania which is considered as social contract constituting Lithuanian political nation. Three layers of the citizenship rights – civil rights, political rights, and social rights – are identified in the body of Constitution. They are considered as historically contingent local reflections of the different epochs of the history of Western world, claiming universal significance for some of its outcomes. Two alternative – an individualistic and a holistic one – concepts of social welfare together with methodologies of its measurement are discussed as alternative resources to provide philosophical-sociological metatheory for the text of Constitution. This combination of the methods referred to above is applied also for the analysis of the strategical long-term planning documents elaborated by the Lithuanian political parties and Lithuanian government. This analysis is used to advance the proposal to use the concept of citizenship rent to describe the paramount goal of the Lithuanian national policy under conditions of eurointegration and globalization. The "citizenship rent" is defined as surplus life chances conditional on the membership in the political nation and due to its comparative advantages that can be augmented by means of public policy.

The article provides a metatheoretical analysis of the ideas of social welfare and public policy goals recorded in the essential documents of the contemporary Lithuanian state. Two methods are applied: a hermeneutical-historical analysis of legal and political texts, and that of rational reconstruction, which is used to infer metatheoretical foundations of the value and normative statements expressed in these texts. The most important among them is the Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania which is considered as social contract constituting Lithuanian political nation. Three layers of the citizenship rights – civil rights, political rights, and social rights – are identified in the body of Constitution. They are considered as historically contingent local reflections of the different epochs of the history of Western world, claiming universal significance for some of its outcomes. Two alternative – an individualistic and a holistic one – concepts of social welfare together with methodologies of its measurement are discussed as alternative resources to provide philosophical-sociological metatheory for the text of Constitution. This combination of the methods referred to above is applied also for the analysis of the strategical long-term planning documents elaborated by the Lithuanian political parties and Lithuanian government. This analysis is used to advance the proposal to use the concept of citizenship rent to describe the paramount goal of the Lithuanian national policy under conditions of eurointegration and globalization. The "citizenship rent" is defined as surplus life chances conditional on the membership in the political nation and due to its comparative advantages that can be augmented by means of public policy.

The article provides a metatheoretical analysis of the ideas of social welfare and public policy goals recorded in the essential documents of the contemporary Lithuanian state. Two methods are applied: a hermeneutical-historical analysis of legal and political texts, and that of rational reconstruction, which is used to infer metatheoretical foundations of the value and normative statements expressed in these texts. The most important among them is the Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania which is considered as social contract constituting Lithuanian political nation. Three layers of the citizenship rights – civil rights, political rights, and social rights – are identified in the body of Constitution. They are considered as historically contingent local reflections of the different epochs of the history of Western world, claiming universal significance for some of its outcomes. Two alternative – an individualistic and a holistic one – concepts of social welfare together with methodologies of its measurement are discussed as alternative resources to provide philosophical-sociological metatheory for the text of Constitution. This combination of the methods referred to above is applied also for the analysis of the strategical long-term planning documents elaborated by the Lithuanian political parties and Lithuanian government. This analysis is used to advance the proposal to use the concept of citizenship rent to describe the paramount goal of the Lithuanian national policy under conditions of eurointegration and globalization. The "citizenship rent" is defined as surplus life chances conditional on the membership in the political nation and due to its comparative advantages that can be augmented by means of public policy.

The article provides a metatheoretical analysis of the ideas of social welfare and public policy goals recorded in the essential documents of the contemporary Lithuanian state. Two methods are applied: a hermeneutical-historical analysis of legal and political texts, and that of rational reconstruction, which is used to infer metatheoretical foundations of the value and normative statements expressed in these texts. The most important among them is the Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania which is considered as social contract constituting Lithuanian political nation. Three layers of the citizenship rights – civil rights, political rights, and social rights – are identified in the body of Constitution. They are considered as historically contingent local reflections of the different epochs of the history of Western world, claiming universal significance for some of its outcomes. Two alternative – an individualistic and a holistic one – concepts of social welfare together with methodologies of its measurement are discussed as alternative resources to provide philosophical-sociological metatheory for the text of Constitution. This combination of the methods referred to above is applied also for the analysis of the strategical long-term planning documents elaborated by the Lithuanian political parties and Lithuanian government. This analysis is used to advance the proposal to use the concept of citizenship rent to describe the paramount goal of the Lithuanian national policy under conditions of eurointegration and globalization. The "citizenship rent" is defined as surplus life chances conditional on the membership in the political nation and due to its comparative advantages that can be augmented by means of public policy.

In my master's thesis I got acquainted with e. government and public e. services theoretical aspects. After analyzing social network diversity and marketing the quantitative research was done to find out the most effective social network marketing tools and their applicability, based on the established practice and shortage of these tools in state enterprise company Regitra. An e-marketing model was developed for use in public e. services development in social networks. The first part deals with e. government and public e. services theoretical aspects: e. government goals, public e. services features, requirements and barriers to deployment. The second part analyzes social networks, their diversity and characteristics as well as online marketing opportunities through social networks. In the third part of the master's thesis a study was conducted to find out whether social networks have an impact on the public e-services of state enterprise Regitra. It was important to know about the impact of development and popularity and what social networking tools do it most effectively.

In my master's thesis I got acquainted with e. government and public e. services theoretical aspects. After analyzing social network diversity and marketing the quantitative research was done to find out the most effective social network marketing tools and their applicability, based on the established practice and shortage of these tools in state enterprise company Regitra. An e-marketing model was developed for use in public e. services development in social networks. The first part deals with e. government and public e. services theoretical aspects: e. government goals, public e. services features, requirements and barriers to deployment. The second part analyzes social networks, their diversity and characteristics as well as online marketing opportunities through social networks. In the third part of the master's thesis a study was conducted to find out whether social networks have an impact on the public e-services of state enterprise Regitra. It was important to know about the impact of development and popularity and what social networking tools do it most effectively.

The success of public security policy is determined not only by the competence of the relevant field officials, but also by reasonably prepared strategic plan for public security measures and its implementation. Such a plan must be prepared on a regular basis in the context of the application of public safety measures - the state of social life and trends in its development. Therefore, the article analyzes the guidelines for the study of the state of social life and trends in trends. The paradigm of social life is a set of theoretical and methodological assumptions that can be used to reveal the features of social sociality, its value status and the evolving tendencies of development. The main attention is paid to revealing the basic ideas of social life, whose interaction plays a methodological role in examining the state of social life of a particular society. They are based on three paradigms of social life - closed, open and hollow society. This methodology reveals the features of the development of the social life status of Lithuanian society. In the process of transition from the state of the sovietised closed society to a classical open society, a collage society, characterized by a distinctive cluster of closed and open society, arose. The study revealed that the emergence of a new paradigm of social life, the tendency for the formation of a hollow society, is emerging.

The success of public security policy is determined not only by the competence of the relevant field officials, but also by reasonably prepared strategic plan for public security measures and its implementation. Such a plan must be prepared on a regular basis in the context of the application of public safety measures - the state of social life and trends in its development. Therefore, the article analyzes the guidelines for the study of the state of social life and trends in trends. The paradigm of social life is a set of theoretical and methodological assumptions that can be used to reveal the features of social sociality, its value status and the evolving tendencies of development. The main attention is paid to revealing the basic ideas of social life, whose interaction plays a methodological role in examining the state of social life of a particular society. They are based on three paradigms of social life - closed, open and hollow society. This methodology reveals the features of the development of the social life status of Lithuanian society. In the process of transition from the state of the sovietised closed society to a classical open society, a collage society, characterized by a distinctive cluster of closed and open society, arose. The study revealed that the emergence of a new paradigm of social life, the tendency for the formation of a hollow society, is emerging.

A few months ago, the communication campaign on the euro in Lithuania was an issue of great importance widely discussed in media all over the country. However, the most important question remains how to provide information properly for socially excluded groups. It is agreed that careful attention has to be paid to these groups as well as specific forms of presenting the information have to be adjusted. Yet, both in Lithuania and in some other countries, a negative attitude towards disabled people prevails. Disabled people are often stereotyped and discriminated. Despite this fact, this question is getting more and more relevant in today's society. It shows that in the future both society's and authority's attitude towards disabled people may become more positive, and as a reesult, they will be better informed. The main aim of this paper is to analyse the role and the importance of the national television, as a means of providing socially excluded groups with information, during the communication campaign on the euro in Lithuania. The methods that have been used are as follows: an analysis of various articles and monographs, an analysis of legislation, qualitative and quantitative studies. The conception and theoretical aspects of socially excluded groups have been analysed in the paper. Also, the status of these groups in the society has been examined. Different groups – pensioners, deaf people and people with other disabilities – have been discussed. Moreover, the peculiarities of providing information to socially exluded groups have been investigated. It has been tried to find out what was the role of the public national broadcaster while providing the necessary information for socially excluded groups. Furthermore, the main parties and the publicity of the communication campaign on the euro in Lithuania has been analysed. While examining the peculiarities of providing information for socially excluded groups and trying to find out how online newspapers are adjusted to disabled people, a small study was carried out. Five largest online newspapers in Lithuania have been chosen, and they are as follows: delfi.lt, lrytas.lt, 15min.lt, alfa.lt ir kaunodiena.lt. While conducting a research, it was sought for special links that lead to websites adjusted for disabled people. During the research, it was revealed that the studied online newspapers do not have such links. Some other news websites have been also examined. Only one website, the one of the national radio and television, has a special link for disabled people. This link is designed for people with vision impairment. The quantitative study has revealed that people with hearing impairment missed translation into sign language ant subtitles (in terms of the national television) during the whole communication campaign on euro. Moreover, it has been found out that television, as a means of media during the campaign, was in the second place in terms of popularity, while the Internet was in the first place. The qualitative study revealed that the role of the national television during the communication campaign on euro was decent. In order to better analyse the role of the national television for socially excluded groups during the campaign, the respondents were asked to comment on the data received during the quantitative study. The respondents distinguished some observations and proposals which are the following: an enlarged funding on the national television, the growth of sensibility towards socially excluded groups, more broadcasts with translations into sign language, larger font of subtitles, the adaptation of communication campaigs to socially excluded groups. In conclusion, it can be stated that currently little attention is paid to an appropriate means of providing people with hearing impairment with necessary information. In some fields Lithuania remains in isolation of informatikon as well as remains the backwarness of socially excluded groups and social exclusion.

A few months ago, the communication campaign on the euro in Lithuania was an issue of great importance widely discussed in media all over the country. However, the most important question remains how to provide information properly for socially excluded groups. It is agreed that careful attention has to be paid to these groups as well as specific forms of presenting the information have to be adjusted. Yet, both in Lithuania and in some other countries, a negative attitude towards disabled people prevails. Disabled people are often stereotyped and discriminated. Despite this fact, this question is getting more and more relevant in today's society. It shows that in the future both society's and authority's attitude towards disabled people may become more positive, and as a reesult, they will be better informed. The main aim of this paper is to analyse the role and the importance of the national television, as a means of providing socially excluded groups with information, during the communication campaign on the euro in Lithuania. The methods that have been used are as follows: an analysis of various articles and monographs, an analysis of legislation, qualitative and quantitative studies. The conception and theoretical aspects of socially excluded groups have been analysed in the paper. Also, the status of these groups in the society has been examined. Different groups – pensioners, deaf people and people with other disabilities – have been discussed. Moreover, the peculiarities of providing information to socially exluded groups have been investigated. It has been tried to find out what was the role of the public national broadcaster while providing the necessary information for socially excluded groups. Furthermore, the main parties and the publicity of the communication campaign on the euro in Lithuania has been analysed. While examining the peculiarities of providing information for socially excluded groups and trying to find out how online newspapers are adjusted to disabled people, a small study was carried out. Five largest online newspapers in Lithuania have been chosen, and they are as follows: delfi.lt, lrytas.lt, 15min.lt, alfa.lt ir kaunodiena.lt. While conducting a research, it was sought for special links that lead to websites adjusted for disabled people. During the research, it was revealed that the studied online newspapers do not have such links. Some other news websites have been also examined. Only one website, the one of the national radio and television, has a special link for disabled people. This link is designed for people with vision impairment. The quantitative study has revealed that people with hearing impairment missed translation into sign language ant subtitles (in terms of the national television) during the whole communication campaign on euro. Moreover, it has been found out that television, as a means of media during the campaign, was in the second place in terms of popularity, while the Internet was in the first place. The qualitative study revealed that the role of the national television during the communication campaign on euro was decent. In order to better analyse the role of the national television for socially excluded groups during the campaign, the respondents were asked to comment on the data received during the quantitative study. The respondents distinguished some observations and proposals which are the following: an enlarged funding on the national television, the growth of sensibility towards socially excluded groups, more broadcasts with translations into sign language, larger font of subtitles, the adaptation of communication campaigs to socially excluded groups. In conclusion, it can be stated that currently little attention is paid to an appropriate means of providing people with hearing impairment with necessary information. In some fields Lithuania remains in isolation of informatikon as well as remains the backwarness of socially excluded groups and social exclusion.

A few months ago, the communication campaign on the euro in Lithuania was an issue of great importance widely discussed in media all over the country. However, the most important question remains how to provide information properly for socially excluded groups. It is agreed that careful attention has to be paid to these groups as well as specific forms of presenting the information have to be adjusted. Yet, both in Lithuania and in some other countries, a negative attitude towards disabled people prevails. Disabled people are often stereotyped and discriminated. Despite this fact, this question is getting more and more relevant in today's society. It shows that in the future both society's and authority's attitude towards disabled people may become more positive, and as a reesult, they will be better informed. The main aim of this paper is to analyse the role and the importance of the national television, as a means of providing socially excluded groups with information, during the communication campaign on the euro in Lithuania. The methods that have been used are as follows: an analysis of various articles and monographs, an analysis of legislation, qualitative and quantitative studies. The conception and theoretical aspects of socially excluded groups have been analysed in the paper. Also, the status of these groups in the society has been examined. Different groups – pensioners, deaf people and people with other disabilities – have been discussed. Moreover, the peculiarities of providing information to socially exluded groups have been investigated. It has been tried to find out what was the role of the public national broadcaster while providing the necessary information for socially excluded groups. Furthermore, the main parties and the publicity of the communication campaign on the euro in Lithuania has been analysed. While examining the peculiarities of providing information for socially excluded groups and trying to find out how online newspapers are adjusted to disabled people, a small study was carried out. Five largest online newspapers in Lithuania have been chosen, and they are as follows: delfi.lt, lrytas.lt, 15min.lt, alfa.lt ir kaunodiena.lt. While conducting a research, it was sought for special links that lead to websites adjusted for disabled people. During the research, it was revealed that the studied online newspapers do not have such links. Some other news websites have been also examined. Only one website, the one of the national radio and television, has a special link for disabled people. This link is designed for people with vision impairment. The quantitative study has revealed that people with hearing impairment missed translation into sign language ant subtitles (in terms of the national television) during the whole communication campaign on euro. Moreover, it has been found out that television, as a means of media during the campaign, was in the second place in terms of popularity, while the Internet was in the first place. The qualitative study revealed that the role of the national television during the communication campaign on euro was decent. In order to better analyse the role of the national television for socially excluded groups during the campaign, the respondents were asked to comment on the data received during the quantitative study. The respondents distinguished some observations and proposals which are the following: an enlarged funding on the national television, the growth of sensibility towards socially excluded groups, more broadcasts with translations into sign language, larger font of subtitles, the adaptation of communication campaigs to socially excluded groups. In conclusion, it can be stated that currently little attention is paid to an appropriate means of providing people with hearing impairment with necessary information. In some fields Lithuania remains in isolation of informatikon as well as remains the backwarness of socially excluded groups and social exclusion.

The doctoral dissertation analyses the recent overhaul of the EU banking policy framework in 2012–2016 with the aim of answering two interrelated questions. First, why did the euro area member states decide to surrender national control over their banking systems by creating a banking union despite the fact that similar proposals had been constantly rejected in the past? Second, what accounts for the content of the established banking union? The research argues that the European sovereign debt crisis and, more specifically, its Spanish episode in the first half of 2012 were a necessary but insufficient condition for the European leaders' historic decision. Building on a deterministic interpretation of punctuated equilibrium theory, the author explains the creation of the banking union by three intervening factors: interdependence of the euro area member states that led to changes in the EU banking policy image held by the governments of the largest euro area states, and the politicisation of the related banking policy-making venue. Having showed that the content of the final agreements corresponded to the identified 'preventive' banking union type, the author argues that it can be best explained by the interaction of preference intensity of member states and political legitimacy of their national positions. Accordingly, the research explains the content of the banking union by the exposure of German banks' to the most stressed Southern euro area member states at the start of negotiations and the German government's 'rhetorical entrapment' at later stages. It is also argued that the entire EU bargaining process was facilitated by 'constructive ambiguity' related to the finality of the banking union.

The doctoral dissertation analyses the recent overhaul of the EU banking policy framework in 2012–2016 with the aim of answering two interrelated questions. First, why did the euro area member states decide to surrender national control over their banking systems by creating a banking union despite the fact that similar proposals had been constantly rejected in the past? Second, what accounts for the content of the established banking union? The research argues that the European sovereign debt crisis and, more specifically, its Spanish episode in the first half of 2012 were a necessary but insufficient condition for the European leaders' historic decision. Building on a deterministic interpretation of punctuated equilibrium theory, the author explains the creation of the banking union by three intervening factors: interdependence of the euro area member states that led to changes in the EU banking policy image held by the governments of the largest euro area states, and the politicisation of the related banking policy-making venue. Having showed that the content of the final agreements corresponded to the identified 'preventive' banking union type, the author argues that it can be best explained by the interaction of preference intensity of member states and political legitimacy of their national positions. Accordingly, the research explains the content of the banking union by the exposure of German banks' to the most stressed Southern euro area member states at the start of negotiations and the German government's 'rhetorical entrapment' at later stages. It is also argued that the entire EU bargaining process was facilitated by 'constructive ambiguity' related to the finality of the banking union.

The doctoral dissertation analyses the recent overhaul of the EU banking policy framework in 2012–2016 with the aim of answering two interrelated questions. First, why did the euro area member states decide to surrender national control over their banking systems by creating a banking union despite the fact that similar proposals had been constantly rejected in the past? Second, what accounts for the content of the established banking union? The research argues that the European sovereign debt crisis and, more specifically, its Spanish episode in the first half of 2012 were a necessary but insufficient condition for the European leaders' historic decision. Building on a deterministic interpretation of punctuated equilibrium theory, the author explains the creation of the banking union by three intervening factors: interdependence of the euro area member states that led to changes in the EU banking policy image held by the governments of the largest euro area states, and the politicisation of the related banking policy-making venue. Having showed that the content of the final agreements corresponded to the identified 'preventive' banking union type, the author argues that it can be best explained by the interaction of preference intensity of member states and political legitimacy of their national positions. Accordingly, the research explains the content of the banking union by the exposure of German banks' to the most stressed Southern euro area member states at the start of negotiations and the German government's 'rhetorical entrapment' at later stages. It is also argued that the entire EU bargaining process was facilitated by 'constructive ambiguity' related to the finality of the banking union.