Publications
CGS Studies
The editors of the series are: Prof. Ralph Schattkowsky and Prof. Miloš Řezník. The managing editor is: Adam Jarosz, PhD. Single volumes are edited by the CGS fellows and members. The publishing house of the series is Cambridge Scholars Publishing (UK).
The volumes of the series can be ordered at: http://www.cambridgescholars.com/copernicus-graduate-school-studies-cgs-studies/.
CGS Studies vol. 6
History and Politics: Remembrance as Legitimation
Edited by: Katarzyna Kacka, Ralph Schattkowsky
History and politics are interlinked with unbreakable bonds, as is manifested primarily in the use of historical arguments in political disputes. Regardless of the ideological views represented, time period, and geographical location, politicians consistently and frequently use such arguments with a high degree of effectiveness. Driven by a variety of motives, they use the category of the past, (re)interpret it, and decide what should be remembered and what should be removed from the so-called collective memory. In practice, this means that a properly prepared and delivered narrative of the past can become a powerful instrument in the hands of the ruling class, influencing the social and political reality of the country concerned. Control of the past and its "correct" reconstruction can thus effectively contribute to gaining, boosting, and consolidating power by a political entity. An appropriately shaped awareness of the past thus serves an only ancillary role to politics, satisfying social expectations and ideological visions. Thus, the past, or rather the memory of it, when becoming a topic of interest in the domain of politics, forces the creators of the politics of history to improve the tools and mechanisms they wield to ensure its more efficient use.
Price: 64.99 £
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CGS Studies vol. 5
The Process of Politicization: How Much Politics Does a Society Need?
Edited by Wiesław Wacławczyk and Adam Jarosz
The problem signalled in the title of this volume is of utmost importance today. While envisioning a completely depoliticised society requires a big leap of imagination, there can still be doubts as to the degree to which modern societies may or should be politicised in different dimensions. This book gives a range of answers to this question using selected examples from modern history and the present time, and it outlines the process of politicising the society, together with the tools and means used for that. It does not attempt an exhaustive coverage of the topic of politicisation but serves as a reference for persons interested in the discussed issues, including students of political and social sciences.
Price: 64.99 £
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CGS Studies vol. 4
Society and Nation in Transnational Processes in Europe
Edited by Ralph Schattkowsky and Miloš Řezník
The modern nation is an organisational form of society that has undergone numerous changes throughout history. The concept of the nation in Europe in the nineteenth century has been posed and answered in the past, but, as the basic conditions of its existence change, it is essential that this important question be asked again.
Without doubt, the modern nation realizes the promises of solidarity and community which are so attractive to the masses, and has a profound effect on identity formation. Without these structures originally put in place by civil society, self-organization as the implementation of national thought is unimaginable. Understanding the necessity and the possibility of the designability of society through the idea of nation and the functionality of civil society determines the strength and stability of the national movement.
The publication has been financially supported by the German-Polish Science Foundation and the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń.
Price: 52.99 £
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CGS Studies vol. 3
Good Governance and Civil Society. Selected Issues on the Relations between State, Economy and Society
Edited by Adam Jarosz
The concept of "governance" is a key issue for public sector work at all levels. In today's environment of globalization and the growing significance of communication and participatory managing methods, public service provisions and dialogue with citizens have to be developed. Governance provides an answer to these challenges: it combines cooperative forms of governing, involving both the private sector and social partners, which can form networks to develop policies in different fields. "Good" governance is generally seen as an outcome of transparent and efficient governing methods, as well as multi-level governance utilising both state instruments and other institutions, such as supranational organisations and local and regional governments.
This book is devoted to these questions and research problems. The contributors are predominantly young scientists, and examine a wide range of different examples, issues and case studies, in order to analyse various elements and aspects of the concept of "governance".
The book provides interdisciplinary and multidimensional research in order to analyse the numerous different facets of this broad term. As such, the contributors to this volume are drawn from the various fields of politics, the economy, society, and communication, in order to provide a well-rounded and in-depth analysis of "governance".
The publication of the volume was financially supported by the Visegrad Fund, City of Toruń and Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń.
Price: 52,99 £
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CGS Studies vol. 2
Questions of Civil Society. Category-Position-Functionality
Edited by Ralph Schattkowsky and Adam Jarosz
This book is devoted to questions and research problems generated by the issue of civil society. It contains contributions from mostly young scientists, who develop various approaches to the position and functionality of civil society, examining different examples from both the past and the present, based on theoretical approaches to this concept. As a result, the volume adopts an interdisciplinary perspective, which allows the identification of various levels of the concept of the civil society, and insight into to its multiformity, in terms of its reality, and its interpretation and depiction as a means of political and social self-determination.
The book provides fluid interpretation patterns, and avoids working with the term 'civil society' in any fixed, definitional mode. The editors' and authors' aim, as well as the main objective of the volume, is to refresh and stimulate the discussion and point out exemplary fields of research, which will bring interesting explanations and impulses to the formulation of innovative research questions regarding the concept of civil society. Finally, the book explains and underlines the pivotal role of the civil society in the upheavals of the 21st century, as well as provides an understanding of it as a fundamental structural element of the necessary renegotiation of the relations between the state and society.
The publication of the volume was financially supported by the Visegrad Fund, City of Toruń and Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń.
Price: 49,99 £
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CGS Studies vol. 1
Central Europe on the Threshold of the 21st Century: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Challenges in Politics and Society
Edited by Lucyna Czechowska and Krzysztof Olszewski
This book draws attention to selected aspects of the Central European reality and discusses interesting subjects related to the political, economic and social landscape of the region, which are in a continuous process of transformation.
The book will be a useful source of knowledge, as Central Europe is still considered to be an "undiscovered island" in the "changeable waters" of contemporary international relations.
The publication of the volume was financially supported by the Visegrad Fund, City of Toruń and Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń.
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