Актуальные проблемы Европы. 2014. № 2. С. 9-18.
Кутырев Г. И., Андросова Д. Н.
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Spiritual Kinship in Europe, 1500-1900
Edited by: G. Alfani, V. Gourdon. Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Stretching from the end of the Middle Ages to the Second Industrial Revolution (c. 1500-1900), the authors in this volume analyze spiritual kinship in Europe and its associated social customs - with special attention given to godparenthood. These customs had great importance for Early Modern and Modern European societies, and this collection represents an interdisciplinary effort to combine the work of social and economic historians, historical demographers, anthropologists and sociologists. Arranged chronologically and geographically, chapters cover specific areas of the European continent, from the Mediterranean to Scandinavia and Eastern Europe. Reconstructing changes in theological thought about spiritual kinship, particularly before and after the Reformation, and comparing Catholic, Protestant and Orthodox views and practices, Spiritual Kinship in Europe provides a comprehensive picture of how social practices and religious ideas related to spiritual kinship and godparenthood.
Radical Left Movements in Europe
Wennerhag M., Fröhlich Christian, Piotrowski G. Abingdon; NY: Taylor and Francis, 2017.
When the Iron Curtain lifted in 1989 it was seen by some as proof of the final demise of the ideas and aspirations of the radical left. Not many years passed, however, before the critique of capitalism and social inequalities were once again the main protest themes of social movements. This book provides an account of radical left movements in today's Europe and how they are trying to accomplish social and political change. The book's various chapters focus on social movement organizations, activist groups, and networks that are rooted in the left-wing ideologies of anarchism, Marxism, socialism, and communism in both newly democratized post-communist and longstanding liberal-democratic polities. The questions addressed include: How are radical left movements influenced by the political and social contexts in which they are situated? How do they interact with other political actors? How does contemporary radical left activism differ from "new" and "old" social movements on the one hand, and radical left parliamentary parties on the other? And what does it mean to be "radical left" in liberal-democratic (or semi-democratic, or even semi-authoritarian), capitalist European societies today after the fall of state socialism.
Distributional impacts of cash allowances for children: a microsimulation analysis for Russia and Europe
Popova D. EUROMOD Working Paper Series. EM. Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex, 2014. No. 2.
This paper analyses programmes of cash allowances for children and compares their effectiveness in combating child poverty in Russia and four EU countries – Sweden, Germany, Belgium and the United Kingdom. These countries are selected as representatives of alternative family policy models. Using microsimulation models (RUSMOD and EUROMOD), this paper estimates the potential gains if the Russian system were re-designed along the policy parameters of these countries and vice versa. Such an exercise rests on the idea of policy learning and provides policy relevant evidence on how a policy would perform, given different national socio-economic and demographic settings. The results confirm that the poverty impact of the program design is smaller than that of the level of spending. Other conditions being equal, the best outcomes for children are achieved by applying the mix of universal and means-tested child benefits, such as those employed by the UK and Belgium. At the same time, the Russian design of child allowances does not appear to be less effective in terms of its impact on child poverty when transferred to European countries in place of their current arrangements.
The European Union and the Eurasian Economic Union: Moving toward a Greater Understanding
Amsterdam; The Hague: Eleven International Publishing, 2016.
This volume analyzes the evolution of geo-political and economic integration in the Eurasian area. The Eurasian integration is a growing phenomenon and the largest scale analysis proves necessary to avoid simplistic judgments based only on the geo-political approach. The editors of this publication present different profiles of integration, such as the geo-political and constitutional aspect, the relations with the European Union, migration issues, energy flows, the compatibility between the Eurasian and the WTO law, and the comparison with the European integration model. The book presents a wide range of viewpoints through essays of specialists from Russia, Ukraine, Lithuania, Belarus, Italy, France.
The Diffusion of Impact Assessment Practices in Europe
Lianos I., Fazekas M., Karliuk M. CLES Research Paper Series. E60, E61, H70, H77, K20. University College London, 2014. No. 2.
The diffusion of the use of various forms of impact assessments (IAs) in different political settings and legal traditions illustrates the great malleability of the tool. This diversity is not only reflected in the adoption of different models of IA across the various jurisdictions examined, but also in the way this practice is effectively implemented. Factors explaining the various types of IA implemented in various European jurisdictions include the patterns of diffusion from one country to another, the interaction of politics with expert knowledge and the prevailing "evidence eco-system" in each jurisdiction. In this study we explore diffusion patterns, not only in terms of the adoption of the tool of IA, but also in terms of the specific types of IA implemented. We do so by introducing a taxonomy developed with the purpose to describe the interaction of politics and expertise in each jurisdiction. The last part of the chapter empirically connects the diffusion process with the type of IA prevalent in a jurisdiction.
Post-Brexit Britain: Its Relations with the EU and Its Future in the Framework of Multilateral Institutions
Larionova M. V., Sakharov A., Shelepov A. Russian Economic Developments. 2016. No. 7. P. 59-63.
In the next two years, the UK will be faced with a complicated geopolitical situation. The relations with its two key partners – the EU and the USA – will be changed. The USA, when dealing with European issues, will begin to rely on Germany rather than on the UK. It will be necessary to negtiate with the EU a new relationship model that will envisage that the UK should not participate in the decision-making process inside the European Union, and should have no internal influence there. Simultaneously, there will be a need for negotiations on new trade agreements with a number of countries that are not EU member states, because the UK, once it has withdrawn from the US, will automatically fi nd itself outside of the international trade agreements concluded on behalf of the EU, including those in the framework of the WTO.
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The scope of the freedom to provide services: prohibited restrictions
Postnikova E. Law. LAW. Высшая школа экономики, 2013. No. 19.
The freedom to provide services is one of the four fundamental freedoms of the European Union (EU) internal market. Interstate trade in services is impeded by different obstacles consisting of the high level national regulation. The objective of this paper is to reveal the nature of prohibited restrictive national measures. The research is based on the analysis of the Treaty of Rome (now the Treaty on the functioning of the European Union), secondary EU law, the evolution of EU case-law, and a range of doctrinal views. It is argued that the definition of prohibited restrictions is the most complex aspect of the case-law on services. The research compares the concept of the restrictions that are to be abolished within the scope of the freedom to provide services and of other freedoms. This study also investigates the correlation between EU and World Trade Organization (WTO) legal mechanisms in the sphere of the provision of services.
Финансовые ресурсы и учреждения
Буторина О. В., Кондратьева Н. Б. В кн.: Европейская интеграция: учебник. М.: Деловая литература, 2011. Гл. 11. С. 186-202.
The European Union in the G20
Larionova M. V., Renard T. In bk.: The European Union in the G8: Promoting Consensus and Concerted Actions for Global Public Goods. Farnham: Ashgate, 2012. P. 121-150.
О состоянии и перспективах политической регионалистики
Туровский Р. Ф. Политическая наука. 2011. № 4. С. 10-30.
The article discusses the contemporary state of political regional science in Russia. The author outlines three approaches towards the key notion of political region (political administrative, political system and political sociological), based on its own region-making factors, such as administrative borders, political interests and political identities. The author points out two main parts of political regional science; these are comparative federalism and regionalism on one hand and cross-regional comparative politics on the other hand. The key concepts of political regional science are intergovernmental (or inter-level in broader sense) relations and regional politics. The successful development of Russian political regional science needs for the integration with the Western political science and the resolution of contradictions with some of its traditions.
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Демографические тенденции в Европейском Союзе
Щербакова Е. М. В кн.: Население России 2008: Шестнадцатый ежегодный демографический доклад. М.: Издательский дом ГУ-ВШЭ, 2010. С. 296-349.
К общеевропейскому пространству безопасности
Гронская Н. Э. Научно-аналитический журнал Обозреватель - Observer. 2012. № 3. С. 119-121.