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RESUMEN: Desde el planteamiento de una ecología que en sí no es un diseurso, sino un recurso que carece de neutralidad ideológica se aborda una revisión de los enfoques de desarrollo ejecutados en la práctica política latinoamericana y se establece la posibilidad del sentido político de la ecología en cuanto definitorio de unos conceptos distintos de nación y sociedad.ABSTRACT: Ecology is not in itself discourse, but a resource which lacks of ideological neutrality. From this point of view, the author realizes a review of the policies developed in Latin America, and he establishes the political sense of ecology in the definition of different concepts of nation and society.

RESUMEN: El autor analiza las diferentes posiciones que asumieron los distintos sectores del empresariado argentino en relación a la evolución económica del régimen democrático. Se hace especial referencia al comportamiento que este sector social tuvo frente a los sucesivos programas de estabilización y reforma económica llevados a cabo por los gobiernos democráticos.ABSTRACT: The author analyzes the different positions which have been assumed by the distinctive sectors of the Argentine industrial managers in relation with the economic evolution of the democratic regime. There is an special analysis of the behaviour of this social sector and its position with respect to the successive programs of stabilization and economical reform implemented by the democratic goverments.

Discourses evoking an antibiotic apocalypse and a war on superbugs are emerging just at a time when so-called "catastrophe discourses" are undergoing critical and reflexive scrutiny in the context of global warming and climate change. This article combines insights from social science research into climate change discourses with applied metaphor research based on recent advances in cognitive linguistics, especially with relation to "discourse metaphors." It traces the emergence of a new apocalyptic discourse in microbiology and health care, examines its rhetorical and political function and discusses its advantages and disadvantages. It contains a reply by the author of the central discourse metaphor, "the post-antibiotic apocalypse," examined in the article.

Статья посвящена историческим предпосылкам и формам международного сотрудничества в Балтийском регионе («Балтийское сотрудничество»). По мнению автора, здесь складывается регион Балтийская Европа как единая область административных, экономических, культурных и инфраструктурных отношений, которая может стать новым экономическим и культурным центром Европы. Значительное место уделено политике и стратегии ЕС в Балтийском регионе. ; This article focuses on the historic prerequisites and forms of international cooperation in the Baltic region ("Baltic cooperation"). According to the author, Baltic Europe is being formed as a single administrative, economic, cultural and infrastructural area, which could become a new economic and cultural center of Europe. Special emphasis is given to policies and strategies of the EU in the Baltic Sea region.

This contribution, which should not be seen as a theory-driven scientifically based endeavor, raises the following question : does the linguistic border constitue the wall of the Belgians? In order to tackle this question, the author puts forward insights from the media, history, political science and sociology. But one should not expect to find here a solution to this tricky question… ; Sur un ton léger, cette contribution pose la question suivante : la frontière linguistique constitue-t-elle le mur des Belges ? Pour y répondre, l'auteur mobilise des éléments médiatiques, historiques, politiques et sociologiques. Mais il ne faut pas s'attendre à obtenir ici une réponse à cette épineuse question…

Starting off with some metaphors involving the giant hogweed and the introduction of unwanted/illegal flora and fauna, this following article is a rather imaginative essay on ancestry/descent and reconciliation in a context of ethnicity and nations as communities of common ancestry, many a times however fore and foremost communities of common conflicts. The author finds it painful to see that efforts to determine the true communities often leads to a dead end or directly into a mine field. In the hodge-podge of the Caucasus, forced into homogenization processes of imagined ethnic communities by the international law community, more graves are ripped open than that are problems solved. O. van Zijl

Concerns over the influence of pharmaceutical gifts on physicians have surged in recent years. This has prompted wide ranging legislative proposals in numerous states and in the federal government as well as stepped up efforts at self-regulation by the pharmaceutical industry and the medical profession. Policymakers face the decision of whether to defer to self-regulation or support government intervention. This commentary describes efforts at self-regulation by the pharmaceutical industry and the medical profession. The author examines and critiques the wide ranging legislative strategies pursued to limit the influence of pharmaceutical gifts on physicians and concludes with suggestions for policymakers and the profession to limit influence and preserve public trust.

The book is the fruit of five years of on-site research on citizenship in the Arab world. It takes a broader legal perspective to the multifaceted reality of nationality and citizenship. The methodology employed builds on the interdisciplinary approach of comparative legal studies, and brings in theories, concepts and insights from anthropology, political science, Arab and Islamic studies, linguistics and sociology. The work relies on a broad range of Western and Arab references, and all sources and documents were directly accessed in their original languages; this is particularly relevant for Arab legislation (all in-text reference has been translated by the author, and the original has been inserted using scientific transliteration).

Статья посвящена осмыслению теории и практики функционирования социально-политических механизмов обеспечения качества современного образования. Ставится вопрос о развитии новой политико-институциональной инфраструктуры функционирования системы оценки качества. С политологических позиций рассматривается такое направление модернизации российского образования, как совершенствование контроля и управления качеством образования. ; The article is devoted to the theory and practice of functioning of modern sociopolitical mechanisms designed to maintain the education quality. The question on the development of a new political and institutional infrastructure of the quality estimation systems functioning is raised. Basing on the politological positions, the author considers such a direction of modernisation of Russian education, as perfection of the education quality control and management.

Статья посвящена восстановлению жилищно-коммунального хозяйства Ленинграда в условиях войны и блокады. Научная новизна работы состоит в том, что автор рассмотрел данный вопрос, уделив основное внимание роли в возрождении города П. С. Попкова, председателя Ленгорисполкома. В тексте статьи анализируются соответствующие его решения, распоряжения и выступления военных лет.Article is devoted to restoration of housing and communal services of Leningrad in the conditions of war and blockade. Scientific novelty of work consists in that the author has investigsted the question, having paid 171 the basic attention to the role of P. S. Popkov chairman Lengorispolkom in city revival. In this article his corresponding decisions, orders and speaches of military years are presented and analyzed.

В настоящей статье проанализирована общественно-политическая и культурно-просветительская деятельность городского учительства юга Енисейской губернии в конце ХIХ-начале ХХ в. Авторы попытались сравнить содержание, методы этой деятельности на протяжении 60 лет. Достоинством статьи является то, что в ней раскрыта деятельность отдельных учителей, внесших вклад в развитие народного образования региона. ; The article examines social and political, cultural and educational activities of town teachers in the south of Yenissey province in the end of the X1X-beginning XX cent. The author tried to compare content, methods of those activities during 60 years. The article revealed some teachers' activities, who made a valuable contribution to development of the national education in the region.

Статья посвящена проблеме рассмотрения открытых писем советских писателей во власть, а также особенностям использования указанного публицистического жанра в эмиграции. Показана ценность данного вида исторического источника для изучения общественно-политического климата как в Советском Союзе, так и в среде Русского зарубежья в 1960-1970-х гг.The article is devoted to the problem of examination of open letters from the Soviet writers to the State authorities and also to the peculiarities of using of the mentioned publicist genre in emigration. The author shows that this type of historical sources is of a great value for the investigation of social and political climate both in the USSR and abroad in 1960-1970.

Противоречие между конституционным статусом гражданина и реальным политико-правовым статусом личности автор рассматривает путем анализа культурных и институциональных (политических, правовых) механизмов реализации прав, свобод и обязанностей человека и гражданина в российском государстве. Отсутствие признаваемого государством достоинства личности является признаком неправового и недемократического характера отношений между личностью и государством. ; The author examines contradiction between constitutional status of a citizen and real political and legal status of a person and analyzes the political and legal mechanisms of the implementation of rights and duties of Russian citizen. The absence of personal dignity acknowledged by the state is considered as a sign of anti-democratic relations between person and state.

В статье анализируется китайская миграция в Японию на современном этапе, а также главные объективные и субъективные, в том числе и исторические факторы, определившие развитие этого процесса. Особое внимание уделяется взаимосвязи миграции с политической и экономической ситуацией в Японии и КНР, а также с национальным менталитетом обоих народов. Рассматриваются проблемы социальной адаптации этнических китайцев в Японии. ; The author provides analysis of contemporary Chinese migration to Japan and the problem of social adaptation of migrants. Special attention is paid to interconnection between migration and political and economic situation in both countries. The issue of Chinese migration is put into the wider context of national mentality characteristics of the both nations.

В статье освещаются основные направления идеологического противоборства консерваторов и либералов в историографии и общественной мысли Латинской Америки XIX в. Особое внимание уделяется политическим лозунгам консерваторов и либералов, их отношению к церкви, а также вопросу о гарантиях индивидуальных свобод и историко-культурным моделям развития латиноамериканского общества. ; This article concerns the major trends of the ideological counteraction of the Conservatives and the Liberals in the historiography and the public opinion of the Ibero-America in the XIXth century. The author draws attention to the political platforms of the Liberals and the Conservatives, their attitude to the church, individual rights of the people, and the cultural and historical concepts of the future development of Ibero-America.