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CONTENTS
Editorial ...................................................................................
9
Political systems
Piotr Hanaj, Bartłomiej Nowotarski, Is a democratic Iran
possible? ...................................................................................
11
Katarzyna Krzywicka, Direct democracy in Venezuela.
Legal determinants ....................................................................
39
Adam Burakowski, The role of the President in Romania’s
contemporary political system ....................................................
69
Political thought
Janusz Grygieńć, Between liberalism and republicanism.
Communitarian citizenship according to Benjamin Barber
and Henry Tam .........................................................................
93
Mariusz Kopczyński, Anti-Semitism as a ‘scientific’ world view.
Theodor Fritsch and his ‘Catechism’ ........................................... 113
Arkadiusz Barut, Recognition. A means for the political expression
of identity? Or a method for its political transformation? ............. 151
Łukasz Dominiak, Łukasz Perlikowski, Bartosz Płotka,
Contemporary biopolitical divides in the light of the debate
over human enhancement .......................................................... 175
International relations
Tomasz Grzegorz Grosse, The erosion of the USA’s geopolitical
system. The role of the liberalisation of the financial markets ...... 191
Miron Lakomy, Domestic and external determinants of the civil
war in Syria .............................................................................. 217
Modern history
Dominika Mikucka-Wójtowicz, The Serbian parliamentary
elections of 6th May 2012 as part of a great electoral marathon ... 247
Dominik Smyrgała, The Image of the CIA in the Films
and Literature of Communist Poland .......................................... 277
Political theory
Janusz T. Hryniewicz, Centre-periphery. An old theory
in new times ............................................................................. 291
Society
Paweł Kaczorowski, Society and Modernity. Semantic
and philosophical deliberations on the historical nature
of the notion of ‘society’ ............................................................. 315
Critical appraisals, commentaries and reviews
Totalitarianism and Liberal Democracy. Critical appraisal
of the book Triumf człowieka pospolitego (The Triumph
of the Common Man) by Ryszard Legutko
(Wojciech Roszkowski) ......................................................... 353
The Polish National Interest. Two Sides of the Coin. A critical,
comparative, appraisal of two books: Polski interes narodowy:
refleksje o historii i współczesności (The Polish National
Interest. Reflections on History and the Present Day)
by Jerzy J. Wiatr and Geopolityka – siła – wola.
Rzeczypospolitej zmagania z losem (Geopolitics – Power – Will.
The Republic of Poland’s Struggles with Destiny)
by Przemysław Żurawski vel Grajewski (Piotr Andrzejewski) .. 362
Pierwsza polska prezydencja w Unii Europejskiej.
Uwarunkowania – procesy decyzyjne – osiągnięcia
i niepowodzenia (The First Polish Presidency of the European
Union. Determinants; Decision-Making Processes; Achievements
and Failures) by Janusz J. Węc (Józef M. Fiszer) .................. 373
Prezydencja Polski w Radzie Unii Europejskiej (Poland’s
Presidency of the Council of Europe), Józef M. Fiszer (ed.)
(Paweł Olszewski) ................................................................. 378