The purpose of the article is to construct an up-to-date research methodology which will allow to examine territories within the context of sustainable development issues. Sustainable development of socio-economic and natural systems in its entirety is impossible without a comprehensive consideration of key factors and conditions that affect the state and prospects for their development, and without a targeted impact on these factors and conditions. The main result of the study is the adaptation of the methodology to the study of sustainable development of territories with different economic specialization and growth potential. A successful solution to this task is impossible without the development and consistent application of the research methodology, adequate to the goals and tasks set, to the current situation and the long-term trends in the development of nature and society. The results of our research suggest the solution of applied socio-economic tasks for the development of territories (subjects of the Russian Federation, small and medium-sized cities) to improve the quality of life and sustainable economic growth.
The article is devoted to the analysis of the correlation between the figures of the real author and the fictional author-narrator in the novel by M.Yu. Lermontov A Hero of Our Time. It is shown that as a result of the inclusion in the text of the second edition of the novel (1841) of the author's preface, containing Lermontov's polemic with the reviewers of the first edition, there was an interference of the "I" of the real creator of the work and the "I" of the fictional author, to whom the stories Bela, Princess Mary and the preface to the diary of the protagonist are attributed. It is significant that some of the biographical features of Lermontov and the fictional author coincide, and the two prefaces overlap. Thanks to all this, the effect of a non-trivial literary game arose, based on the illusion of the authenticity of the events set forth in the novel: the real author seems to get acquainted with Pechorin. This game is fundamentally different from the Sternian play and violation of the boundaries of the real and the fictional in A.S. Pushkin's Eugene Onegin, whose main characters are represented both by real persons and creations of the author's imagination. Unlike Pushkin and many contemporary Russian prose writers, Lermontov does not expose, but, on the contrary, hides the fictional, purely literary nature of his narrative. At the same time, the creator of A Hero of Our Time does not resort to literary hoax, does not directly try to pass off either the first-level narrator or Pechorin as the real authors of the novel or part of it. The story of A. von Chamisso The Extraordinary Story of Peter Schlemil could serve as a model for such a game, in which the central character, who tells a fantastic story of the events of his life, is an acquaintance of the author and his real-life friends.
Восстание Ната Тернера, произошедшее в августе 1831 года в округе Саутгемптон, штат Вирджиния, является одним из самых знаковых и в то же время хорошо изученных и задокументированных событий американской истории. Тем не менее, можно с уверенностью утверждать, что в отечественной американистике должного внимания ему никогда не уделялось. До настоящего времени не вышло ни одного масштабного исследования. Даже сам ход восстания в русскоязычной литературе описан крайне поверхностно и, в основном, в публицистических работах, являющихся в большинстве своем переводом или компиляцией нескольких американских журналистских материалов. В данной статье автор попытался восполнить указанный пробел и восстановить общую картину и хронику событий, опираясь на источники и работы ведущих зарубежных специалистов по направлению «Афроамериканская история» (Black History) ⁎ . В статье подробно прослеживается маршрут продвижения группы мятежников по округу Саутгемптон и основные события, происходившие в активной фазе восстания, т.е. в период с 22 часов 21 августа до 5 часов утра 23 августа 1831 г. При этом вопросы выявления причин и предпосылок, а также непосредственной подготовки восстания автор намеренно опускает, фокусируясь исключительно на описании хода вооруженного выступления рабов. Автором предложена собственная периодизация восстания, а также определен круг причин его поражения. Nat Turner's Rebellion that took place in Southampton County, Virginia, in August 1831 is one of the most iconic and at the same time well-studied and documented events in American history. Nevertheless, it is safe to say that Russian American studies have never paid due attention to this issue. Not a single major study has been published so far. Even the course of the rebellion is described in Russian-language literature in a superficial manner mainly in popular science and journalistic works, which are mostly translations or compilations of several American journalistic materials. In this article, the author tried to fill this gap and to reconstruct the overall picture and chronicle of events, relying on the sources and works of leading foreign experts in the field of African American History (Black History).⁎ The article retraces in detail the advance of the rebel group through Southampton County and the main events that took place in the active phase of the rebellion, i.e. in the period between 10 p.m. on August 21 and 5 a.m. on August 23, 1831. The author deliberately omits the questions of identifying the causes and prerequisites of the rebellion as well as its immediate preparation, focusing exclusively on the description of the course of the armed slave uprising. The author proposes his own periodization of the rebellion and also determines the range of reasons for its defeat.
The article is devoted to the study of the terrorist organization «Islamic Jihad Group». The author analyzes the versions of its origin, the transformation of strategic priorities. Much attention is given to the relations of «Islamic Jihad Group» with other groups. The author notes that the vagueness of the jihadist ideological base creates opportunities for the modification of the terrorist groups. The author hypothesizes that the terrorist structures are created with a given life cycle. The author comes to the conclusion that the «Islamic Jihad Group» retains its destructive potential.
The article presents the International conference Language, Culture, Creativity in Transdisciplinary Dimensions: Traditions and Innovations, which took place on October 22‒24, 2021 in Minsk (Belarus) and was dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the birth of prof. V.N. Teliya and the 100th anniversary of the Belarusian State University. The article contains a brief overview of a wide range of problems of modern linguistics, phraseology, linguoculturology, lexicography, which became the subject of discussion in plenary and sectional reports, as well as during the round table.
The article is devoted to the development of approaches to the legal qualification of the consent to harm in German doctrine and case law. The author explores the problems of the transactional theory of consent, based on the provisions of the German Civil Code and dogmatically formulated in the work of E. Zitelmann. The article describes the early case law of the German high courts on the consent to harm. The author generalizes critique of the transactional theory of consent in the doctrine and describes a departure from it in the case law of the mid-20th century in Germany. The author dwells in detail on various non-transactional approaches to the qualification of consent presented in the works of K. Larentz, E. Schenke, O. Bucher and W. Münzberg. The article describes a modern approach to consent based on the teleological reduction of some rules on transactions. The author comes to the conclusion that the development of doctrinal views on consent to harm in Germany proceeded dialectically: from the transactional qualification of consent through non-transactional approaches to the limited application of certain rules on transactions. The author suggests to qualify consent to harm as a transaction with some reservations.
This article examines some current problems of EU and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). Also this article generalize and illustrate in new way long waves hypothesis. The author suggests a non-customary approach to the study and forecasting of the economic life within the framework of Kondratieff approaches. Cyclical patterns were successfully used by the author in the business and in the banking sphere. Taking into account long waves, in 2009 the author warned about the possible economic crises in Russia in 2014-2015, 2020 and such crises actually happened. The aim of this article is the systematization and the adaptation of long waves approaches to the study of many acute economic problems. The hypothesis of long waves was used by the author but only as a general empirical reference point. It touches on many actual problems of world development, including the decrease of global FDI and the growth of centrifugal forces in the EU. The question is raised about the large-scale spread of coronavirus. The rapid spread of COVID-19 could have been connected with high global instability in addition to other well-known factors. Taking into account Kondratieff's waves and many years of the author's experience in the Russian business and in the Russian banking sphere, the author touches on a long unfavorable period of economic instability in Russian economy. Some economic advices to regulators and business in Russia are provided. Also the author concludes that it is necessary to continue studying the Kondratieff long wave hypothesis with the aim of its further successful use in forecasting.
This article focuses on changes in regulation of financial markets abroad after the financial crisis of 2007-2009 and provides comments on the effectiveness of such regulation. Specially the author analyzes the risks that the derivatives market creates for the financial sector and proposes mechanisms to enhance transparency and stability of the market. The author considers how introduction rules of FATCA and FCPA to the U.S. will influence on the financial sector, the possibility of continuing Russian banks overseas financial transactions, the cost of loans to Russian companies. Also the author writes how the introduction of Tobin tax will impact on international financial transactions in Europe. He describes the changes in the area of offshore jurisdictions in the world occur. There is the experience of creating an international financial center abroad. He gives information on what measures taken to transform the emirate of Dubai to International Financial Centre. In conclusion, the author proposes measures of increase of investment attractiveness of Russia and the possibility of establishing a Russian international financial center.
В статье представлено эмпирическое исследование, выполненное на материале электронных петиций русскоязычного сегмента международной цифровой платформы петиций Change.org. Электронные петиции анализируются в теоретическом поле цифрового политического участия, включая слактивизм, с целью охарактеризовать границы эффективности петиций и представить тематические доминанты по федеральным округам как на уровне выдвижения петиций, так и на уровне их поддержки онлайн-голосованием. Исследование включает материалы Change.org с 2012 по 2017 гг. При помощи компьютерного обеспечения Python, библиотек Lxml, Requests и Re были извлечены и проанализированы 22 452 петиции с учетом территории их создания. Также были идентифицированы 918 петиций, получивших статус "исполненных" (статус после голосования определяет автор петиции) для анализа по регионам. Обе текстовые базы тематизированы на основе открытого кодирования при помощи программного обеспечения AntConc и TopicMiner и проанализированы с применением инструментов описательной статистики, включая кластерный анализ (SPSS Statistics 22). В процессе исследования определились три группы территорий, где (1) власть и бизнес готовы, отвечая на запросы населения, решать широкий круг вопросов в русле культурной, социальной и политической жизни региона, (2) власть и бизнес откликаются только на проблемы выживания населения, (3) власть и бизнес безопасно ощущают себя, содействуя решению проблем защиты животных и игнорируя другие требования населения, изложенные в онлайн-петициях. Исследование позволяет утверждать, что онлайн-петиции популярных негосударственных цифровых платформ оказывают эффект на принятие политических решений. Наиболее показательна тематика поддержанных петиций, поскольку является интегративным показателем: отражает потребности населения территории, указывает на готовность других россиян признать проблему стоящей решения, показывает, какие проблемы населения региональные власти или бизнес готовы решать без значительного общественного давления.
Author reveals the features of the political culture of the electorate in Russia and Germany. Through the comparative survey he finds gender differences in political consciousness and the voting behavior. Author analyzes the reasons for the limited participation of women in Russian political life and provides some recommendations for improving the democratization process of the political sphere.
