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Ivo Goldstein, Faculty of Philosophy University of Zagreb, CRO
Erik Gordi, School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London, UK
Egidio Ivetić, Universita degli Studi di Padova, ITA
Dušan Janjić, Institute of Social Sciences, SRB
Predrag Matvejević, La Sapienza, ITA.
Anđelka Mihajlov, Public Policy Institute, SRB
Aleksandar Mirković, Eastern Michigan University, US
Marc Pilkington, University of Burgundy, FRA
Ognjen Radonjić, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade, SRB
Christine Sinapi, CEREN/Burgundy School of Business, Dijon, France
Pritam Singh, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK
Aleksandra Stupar, Faculty of Architecture, University of Belgrade, SRB
Darko Tanasković, Permanent Delegation of the Republic of Serbia to UNESCO, FRA
Faruk Ulgen, Centre de Recherche en Economie de Grenoble and
Faculty of Economics, University of Grenoble Alpes, FRA
Josip Vrandečić, Faculty of Philosophy University of Split, CRO
Editor-in-Chief
Nikola Samardžić, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade, SRB
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HESPERIAedu, Belgrade, Serbia
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Zorica Stablović Bulajić
Technical Secretariat
Haris Dajč
Maja Vasiljević (sekretar/secretary)
Ivana Stojanović
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- Problemi ruralnog razvoja postsocijalističke Srbije u kontekstu društveno-ekonomske krize
- Summary/Abstract: The aim of the paper is to answer the question of what problems occur in post-socialist rural development of Serbia in the context of the present socio-economic crisis. More specifically, we focus on following inter-related issues: 1. adverse socio-demographic changes; 2. unfavorable ownership structure in the form of dominance of small-scale property; 3. poverty and social exclusion; 4. increased social inequality; 5. problem of agricultural cooperatives; 6. gender- ownership inequality; 7. predominantly patriarchal, collectivist values of the rural population; 8. uneven development in rural areas and regions; 9. insufficient productivity and competitiveness of agriculture; 10. non-integrated agro-rural development, and 11. problem of foreign ownership over agricultural land in Serbia. Most of the current problems are inherited from the inter-war capitalism and real socialism, in times when modernization (Europeanization) was delayed, slowed down or accelerated, but essentially distorted and incomplete. We conclude that the post-socialist strategic objectives of agro-rural development in Serbia are inconsistent with the principles of the agricultural policy of the EU; reform-oriented laws in the field of agriculture in Serbia are insufficiently applied; the productivity and competitiveness of the Serbian agriculture is weak and that rural development is not integrated. In other words, the Serbian rural development share destiny of serious post-socialist Serbia’s socio-economic crisis, which is, among other things, characterized by various and numerous problems/risks in agro-rural development.
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- Procena i jačanje kapaciteta lokalne samouprave
- Summary/Abstract: This paper presents results of the research conducted in July and August 2012 with the aim to review the situation in terms of the local government capacities assessment (problems, needs, opportunities, further activities etc.) for implementation of the policies and regulations in the field of the environment. The research was conducted by polling, i.e. interviewing of the local government representatives. The total of 28 questions was asked. General circumstance of importance for understanding of the objectives and research results is the fact that a significant part of the responsibilities for implementation of the Law was transferred to the local government units by the Laws in the field of environmental adopted in 2004 and 2009 year. Also, the research has showed certain problems in capacities of the local governments, related to the implementation of regulations in the field of environment and participating in activities related to the European integration. It is expressed an unequivocal assessment of the need for additional training of the local government representatives (in part related to the knowledge of national and EU legislation and policies in the field of the environment). In addition, it is expressed interest in participating in preparation of starting position of the Republic of Serbia for the EU accession negotiations, i.e. in the process of negotiation.On the base of the research results, it is presented an overview of the major findings and proposal of the recommendations is given at the end of the paper.
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- Procena uticaja održivog razvoja
- Summary/Abstract: In recent years, different types of impact assessments were developed and implemented in many european countries. They can be defined as the procedures for environmental impact assessment of projects, plans, programs or policy proposals in selected areas, before their implementation. The main goal of impact assessments is to improve the decision-making process. This paper deals with sustainability impact assessment (SIA) methodology, as a necessary instrument for the study of the combined impact of proposed policies, strategies and action plans on the economy, social justice and the environment. The importance of this tool is demonstrated through the presentation of SIA procedural steps in EU member states, in order to be the basis for developing a methodology that could be applied in the Republic of Serbia with the aim of achieving national sustainable development and meeting European standards in the process of Serbia’s accession to the European Union. The presented methodology should be established as a mandatory instrument in the implementation of sustainable development goals, which are identified in the National Strategy for Sustainable Development of the Republic of Serbia, and aims to achieve sustainability in all sectoral policies.
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- Property of Jewish Greeks in Context of the Holocaust
- Summary/Abstract: The Greek Constitution, since the founding of the State, recognized only Greeks–Hellenes. Full emancipation, civil rights and full freedom of Religion and its practice were enshrined and guaranteed. No Anti– Judaic laws were ever legislated, even during the German occupation 1941–1944. The Holocaust left property owned by Jews orphaned. The puppet government during occupation entrusted these properties to the meseggiouhoi [trustees]. De jure Aryanization was never legislated. Two days before liberation of Athens (12 October 1944), Prime Minister Rallis passed a law heralding the return of the properties to their rightful owners. Post war legislation, unique universally, restituted all properties to their owners and, in cases of heirless properties, the State did not exercise its constitutional right of acquisition but, instead, endowed with these properties a newly created entity (OPAIE) whose purpose was and still is to aid the remaining Jewish Greeks.
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- REPRESENTATION OF CONFLICTS IN EIGHT GRADE TEXTBOOKS
- Summary/Abstract: Building upon ideas on the importance of conflict for so cial action and role that selective tradition and hidden curricu lum have in society, the aim of this paper is to analyse the way in which conflicts are presented in the 8th grade elementary school textbooks. Content analysis of the textbooks has been conducted. After noting every representation of each conflict and labelling the conflict as violent or nonviolent, five separate categories have been defined by the means of induction, representing different types of conflicts: 1. international; 2. intranational; 3. conflicts for improvement of position of a specific group; 4. conflicts be tween individuals; 5. intellectual conflicts. The first four types of conflicts represent social conflicts in a narrow sense, while the fifth type is based on Apple’s notion of intellectual conflict. Results show that intellectual conflicts are almost non-existent. Among social conflicts in a narrow sense, the most common are inter national conflicts, which are, at the same time, the most violent. Other types of conflicts, such as those representing struggle of one population group for improvement of their position, are less com mon, and are mostly represented as nonviolent.
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- ROTATION MANAGEMENT MODEL IN NURSING
- Summary/Abstract: The model for optimizing nursing care organization in psychiatric institutions enables us to compose teams in a way that will meet the requirements of the work process in any given situation, thus yielding quality for patients, employees and institutions (lower time consumption for preparing work schedules and performing supervision, reduced number of everyday interventions by managers, etc.). Rotation model will be presented, which contributes to optimizing human resource capacity of health care. Therefore, the staff rotation model is a good start and contributes to the development of managerial practices that will be focused on ensuring a suitable work environment and appropriate work conditions while promoting good work relationships between the managerial staff and the employees and ensuring employee health and work satisfaction. Employees want rotation as an instrument of equalizing workload and workplace requirements. This indeed reflects the basic quality of developing approaches to staff assignment practices. The following areas constitute the optimization conditions: The kinds of teams which are needed at individual wards (size, number of hours to be worked, etc.); The positions in individual teams which are already occupied by people who remained within the department and at the same workplace over the entire period in question and were never reassigned elsewhere; The number of people in each individual team and their roles (leader, deputy, etc.); The name list of the assigned employees and their capabilities calculated by linear program according to Belbin team roles indicator. The project approach to the optimization of nursing care teams is determined on the basis of the above-mentioned key conditions. The process of optimizing staff assignment to teams consists of ten general modules which represent several managerial activities in the optimization of work processes.
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- Reaction of Banks and Monetary Policy to Fiscal Consolidation in Serbia
- Summary/Abstract: The fiscal consolidation program in 2015 initiated a switch in the monetary policy of the National Bank of Serbia (NBS), and the commercial policy of banks. The NBS turned to monetary easing, which quickly reduced the effective repo rate and related market rates. The commercial banks switched away from lending to the corporate sector towards financing public debt. Lower interest rates brought about lower investment costs that had a positive effect on growth. However, a reduction in corporate lending upset growth and created illusions that a further increase in public debt was sustainable. The lesson learnt so far is that business climate depends overwhelmingly on measures of economic policy, but not entirely. Reaction of the Serbian banks, in the sense of providing more opportunity to the government for financing public debt, created an example of unexpected effects of the fiscal consolidation that increased default risks and uncertainties in the economy.
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- Regulations, Market Power and Stability in the Banking Sector of Transition Countries
- Summary/Abstract: This study explores the channels through which the regulations impact on stability in the banking sector of the transition countries. We argue that the channels through which the different regulations affecting stability vary between EU-member and non-EU transition countries. Our study considers 370 banks from 20 transition countries for the period 2001–2013, where 11 are EU-member (Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia) and 9 are non-EU (Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia, Kazakhstan, Macedonia, Serbia, and Ukraine) states. Our results show that higher economic growth and less competitive conditions would lead to a more stable banking sector in early (EU-member) transition countries. Moreover, the stabilization effect of different regulations such as capital requirement, activity restrictions and supervisors (mainly Central Banks and other government bodies) is higher to the banks with higher market power. For non-EU transition countries we find that higher inflation rates significantly impact on higher levels of risk taking. However, capital requirements have a stabilization effect and thus its higher level leads to more stable banking sectors in both groups of countries. Overall, our results are consistent with the theory that the outcome of the regulations-reforms varies across countries according to their institutional development and therefore the impact of banking regulation is different between EU-member (early) and non-EU member (late) transition countries.
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- Restitution as the Legal Vacuum in the System of Law
- Summary/Abstract: One of the clear examples of the existence of legal gaps in the legislation of the Republic of Serbia is the problem of restitution of property of Holocaust victims, which is shown as a separate problem that remains unregulated. The academic community of experts deserves serious scientific criticism for tolerating legal gaps in the legal system. Criminological phenomena of hate crime and hate speech which in the past resulted in the adoption of racial laws, civil rights and confiscation of property and physical liquidation – Holocaust –are such unique instances of evil that they exceede the limits of one life span and affect generations to come, unprepared to deal with them due to the unwillingness of our generation to act preventively regulating social relations based on modern principles and standards in order to prevent recurrence of the past. This is considered to be the essential (symbolic) inadequacy of the security systems from the perspective of knowledge management and diplomacy. Wrong attitude of the academic community towards the problem of increasing the capacity within the security system to protect the public interest and towards thereform of the security system can be critically assessed through present profiling of the security community outside of executive power – in the judiciary, in the status of law enforcement agencies, although the nature of their work and the principle of secrecy is incompatible with the principle of transparency in the work of law enforcement agencies. Unfortunately, it is likely that all these problems will be crashing down on the future generations.
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- Restitution in Serbia, February 2014
- Summary/Abstract: This World Jewish Restitution Organization (WJRO) position paper reviews the current state of restitution in Serbia. It covers private property, Jewish communal property, heirless formerly-Jewish owned property, and Jewish cultural property that was confiscated or sold under duress during the Holocaust and/or subsequently nationalized under the communist regime in the area of the former Yugoslavia that is now Serbia. There is now an international consensus on the restitution of Holocaust era-property. Serbia and 46 other countries endorsed the Terezin Declaration on Holocaust Era Assets and Related Issues, establishing principles for property restitution. In 2010, 43 countries endorsed guidelines and based practices for restitution of immovable property. Serbia participated with 38 other countries in November 2012 in the immoveable property review conference, reaffirming its commitment to the ‘Terezin Declaration’ and the ‘Guidelines and Best Practices’. In this paper, WJRO urges the government of Serbia to take steps to make further progress toward meeting the international consensus on restitution. WJRO urges the Government of Serbia to address the following important issues Communal property, Private property, Heirless property, and Art, Judaica, and other cultural property.
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- Restitution of Art, Judaica, and Other Cultural Property Plundered in Serbia During World War II
- Summary/Abstract: Restitution efforts understandably focus primarily on immovable property.Plundered artworks, books, manuscripts, archives, religious artifacts, and other unique, movable objects of cultural property are also of great importance, however. Artworks and religious artifacts plundered by the Nazis and their allies from Jewish communities and families have emotional meaning. These were communal and personal possessions valued for their beauty and cultural significance, often handed down through several generations.In many cases, these artworks or artifacts are the last personal link heirs may have to families and communities destroyed in the Holocaust.