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An interview with international affairs scholar Robert Jervis is presented. Adapted from the source document.

Tomáš Hauer v publikaci venované soudobým postmoderním teoriím nejprve vysvetluje genealogii pojmu postmodernismus a analyzuje francouzské filosofické myšlení na ceste od strukturalismu k postmodernismu. Na základe této analýzy pak vymezuje soucasný postmoderní kulturní obrat a zamýšlí se nad rolí verejného prostoru v postmoderní spolecnosti. Ctenár se m.j. seznámí s dílem francouzských filosofu J. Derridy, J. F. Lyotarda, G. Deleuzeho, J. Baudrillarda ci italského filosofa G. Vattima. Kniha je tak vhodným úvodem do problematiky postmoderního myšlení

The article identifies the most important controversies related to public opinion polls on electoral preferences, explains their substance, & discusses their impact on the possibility to use information obtained in the surveys. The article further focuses on the importance of surveys for representative democracy, the impact of the publication of opinion polls' results on public opinion, the possibilities of manipulating surveys, the risks related to the growth of research production (high non-response rate & the growth of survey costs, non-transparency of the market, incorrect application of advanced data analyses), the limits to election forecasting, & issues related to the relationship between research & journalism. Opinion polls contribute to shaping the environment for political competition. The nature of their impact is determined by their quality. Serious risks are associated with the possibility for intentional manipulation, poor quality of the survey process, & misinterpretation of results. Knowledge on research, publication of contextual information together with the survey data, & free competition in the market can help reduce the risks. The possibilities for quantification in social research do not remove the obligation to ensure sound theoretical grounding & qualified judgment, which are the prerequisites for the credibility of all conclusions drawn from the data. Tables, Graphs, References. Adapted from the source document.

This article is focused on the composition & development of the so-called Scandinavian approach to economic policy. The first part describes its three main posts, this is labor market, public sector, & social equality. Two main streams of Swedish labor-market policy are centralized wage bargaining managed by the Rehn-Meidner model under the motto "equal wage for equal work," which was transformed into "equal wage" & the so-called active labor-market policy. The second part deals with macroeconomic policy & progressive market regulation & competition obstacles, & the third part introduces the Swedish tax system with its highly progressive tax rates & its 1985 & 1991 tax reform. 2 Tables, 9 Graphs, 27 References. Adapted from the source document.

Der Autor faßt zunächst Einwände zusammen, die im amerikanischen Senat gegen die NATO-Osterweiterung laut werden. Die zentrale Frage, die die Clinton-Administrative zu beantworten hat, lautet: Ist das strategische Hauptziel der Allianz-Erweiterung die Stärkung der Rolle der NATO durch die Aufnahme weiterer geeigneter Mitglieder, oder aber die Schaffung einer "neuen NATO", der gegenüber Moskau seinen Einfluß auf Grundsatzentscheidungen geltend machen wird. Die Antwort hänge davon ab, wie die US-Regierung und der Senat die doppeldeutigen Formulierungen des Grundaktes zwischen Rußland und der NATO interpretieren werden. Die zweite wichtige Diskussionsfrage sei die Eignung der Beitrittskandidaten für die NATO-Mitgliedschaft. Diese Frage wird von dem Verfasser trotz einiger Vorbehalte positiv beantwortet. (BIOst-Hrs)