Supranational Policy of Migrant Integration in the EU
... http://www.mipex.eu/about (accessed: 16.01.2014).
21. Portes, A., Zhou, M. 1994, Should Immigrants Assimilate? Public Interest, no. 116 (Summer), p. 1—17.
22. Portes, A., Borocz, J. 1989, Contemporary Immigration: Theoretical Perspectives on Its Determinants and Modes of Incorporation, International Migration Review, no. 23, p. 606—630.
23. Using EU Indicators of Immigrant Integration, 2013, European Commission, available at: http://ec.europa.eu/ewsi/UDRW/images/items/docl_37216_243039941....
Natural Increase in the Baltic South and South-West
... Kaliningradzkiego Federacji Rosyjskiej // Uwarunkowania rozwoju rosyjskiej i polskiej części Euroregionu„Bałtyk”. Published series: Regiony Nadmorskie. 13 / ed. G. M. Fiedorow.Gdynia ; Pelplin, 2007. P. 63—151.
17. Frejka T. Overview Chapter 5: Determinants of family formation and childbearing during the societal transition in Central and Eastern Europe // Demographic Research. 2008. Vol. 17. P. 139—170.
18. Górecka S. Demographic changes in the Central and East Europe on the turn of the ...
Development of Aland Islands: major trends and challenges
This article considers key conditions and factors of the development of Aland Islands, describes main international legal regulations determining current status of the islands, identifies the trends in volume and structure of economic activities, ana lyzes processes of population change by regions and communes, as well as migration flows. The article also characterizes legal framework ...
Cross-border cooperation in tourism between the Warmian-Masurian voivodeship and the Kaliningrad region
... Republic of Poland should give an additional impetus for the developmentof the economies, services sectors, and tourism industries of the border territories and facilitate the development of these regions. The article makes an attempt to identify the determinants of cross-border cooperation between the Kaliningrad region and the Warmian-Masurian voivodeship that contribute to the development of tourism between the regions, as well as to outline the barriers to their cooperation. The results of the ...
Processes of convergence and divergence in the regions of the European Union: features and qualimetry
... University Press.
4. Barro, R., Sala-i-Martin, X. 2004, Economic Growth, Cambridge, MA, London, MIT Press, p. 50—51.
5. Barro, R, Sala-i-Martin, X. 1992, Convergence, Journal of Political Economy, no.100 (2), p. 223—251.
6. Barro, R. 1997, Determinants of Economic Growth (The Lionel Robbins Lectures), Cambridge, The MIT Press Second Printing.
7. Henin, P., Le Pen, Y. 1995, Les épisodes de la convergence européene, Revue Économique, Vol. 46 (3), p. 667—677.
8. Williamson, J. G. 1965,...
Electric energy cooperation in the Baltic Sea region and the role of Russia in it
... energy market share following the construction of the Baltic NPP and the export of generated electric energy to Poland, Lithuania, Germany, and Sweden. The author concludes that the prospects of Russia’s energy export to the Baltic Sea region will be determined not only by technological, economic and market factors, but rather by the general state of relations between Russia and the EU. Moreover, a lot depends on Lithuania’s decision on the construction of the Visaginas NPP, as well as the way the ...
The prospects of nuclear power development in the eastern part of the Baltic Sea region as a factor of the formation of international relations system in the region
The current development of economic diplomacy in the world is determined by a combination of globalization and regionalization. In addition, it has an economic dimension. At the same time, the Baltic Sea region demonstrates large-scale politicisation of economic cooperation. The development of nuclear power in the ...
A Situational Approach to Strategic Management and Monitoring of Regional and Urban Development
... capacity for constructive interaction between all its “actors and factors”. In this situation, the monitoring territorial development is seen as an integral part of management. It ensures the inventory, observation, and comparison of various trends determining the situation, as well as the results of actions aimed at its targeted alteration. Monitoring helps not only to promptly identify threats, but also to detect the opportunities for developing the situation in the desired directions within ...
Cross-border Specialization of Interregional Interaction: Applying New Assessment Methods
... interregional interaction between border regions. We present a system of indices to describe cross-border specialization of interregional interaction in certain fields, namely investment, international trade, tourism, and migration. Cross-border specialization determines the role of cross-border cooperation in regional external relations. The empiric data we have gathered is used to develop and implement a pilot assessment of cross-border specialization of interregional relations which are characteristic of ...
The foreign policy of Poland and the Kaliningrad region in 1989—2012
This article sets out to analyse the role of the Kaliningrad region in the Polish foreign policy after 1989. The analysis focuses on the political and regional determinants, which had the greatest impact on the Poland-Kaliningrad region relations. The methodology used in the article is not unusual for political science and is based on analysing original (documents) and secondary (scholarly publications, press ...
Rural areas of Eastern Germany: modern challenges
After the German reunification the agricultural development of eastern territories seemed to have picked up its pace. Yet the main problems those territories are facing today hatched already in the mid-1990s. In our study we address the problems and challenges that hinder sustainable development of East German rural areas. We analyse agricultural statistics and describe the structure of agricultural enterprises, land-use, and other critical dimensions of agriculture. We discuss pros and cons of modern...
The externalisation of migration control in the European Union: first steps towards the external dimension of the space of freedom, security and justice
The creation of an area of freedom, security and justice is one of the most rapidly developing aspects of European integration. It this paper, we take a look at the foreign policies involved in this process — aside from the internal development of the European Union, they concern a significant number of third countries, including Russia. In our view, the efforts to manage the flow of migrants and asylum seekers constitute a viable part of the external dimension within the AFSJ policies. Much of this...
On the concept of normative evaluation of cost-effectiveness of GLONASS application in coastal regions
... P., Nagiyeva, Ye. I., Fominov, N. F. 1988, Metodicheskie voprosy opredelenija social'no-jekonomicheskoj jeffektivnosti primenenija kosmicheskoj tehniki narodnohozjajstvennogo naznachenija v interesah regional'nogo razvitija [Methodological issues of determining the socio-economic benefits of space technology economic purposes for regional development], Trudy 12-h Nauchnyh chtenij po kosmonavtike, posvjawennyh pamjati akademika S. P. Koroleva i dr. uchenyh «Social'no-jekonomicheskaja jeffektivnost' ...
Russia's accession to the WTO as an important factor of the country's integration into the world economy
... a need to develop a methodology for the assessment of the preparedness for operating under WTO membership conditions, which can be practically applied in the development of measures aimed at increasing the competitiveness of economic entities. This determines the objective of the research. This article offers the author's assessment of the reasonability of Russia's accession to the WTO and suggests methodological approaches to the assessment of preparedness of the constituent entities of the Russian ...
Modern Lithuanian foreign policy: the adjustment of traditional policy
... practical significance of this work is explained by its emphasis on the need to apply an additional theoretical framework to studies into the foreign policy initiatives of the Republic of Lithuania in the international arena. While earlier they were determined by the value (democratic approach), which was a reflection of American realism, today an increasingly important factor is the personality of the president, who does not always positively influence the changing policy of the country. The results ...
The openness of the Russian economy: tendencies and international comparison
... differ from those employed by international organisations. The paper examines the intensity of Russian trade in terms of its gross domestic product and the relatively high barriers in relation to import penetration in Russia. Methodological differences determine the differences in the analysis results.
1. Gosudarstvennyj komitet Rossijskoj Federacii po statistike. [online] Available at: <http://www. gks. ru/wps/wcm/connect/rosstat/rosstatsite/main>(Accessed 17 February 2011).
2. Golovanova,...
The response of different plant life forms to natural environment changes
... Pinus sylvetris L; water-plant -Galium palustre L.; grass — Solidago Canadensis; cereal — Secale cereal L. Collection and processing of the material was made in the area of Berlin/Brandenburg, Germany. Clark sensor-based method made it possible to determine the amount and rate of the oxygen evolution by plants in the dark and light phase. Under the reaction norm the average amount of the oxygen evolved and the average rate of metabolism processes during dark and light phases are changing simultaneously....
Different forms of parliamentarism and the factors determining the variations
Parliamentarism can be implemented in a few versions: parliamentary-cabinet,cabinet-parliamentary, parliamentary-presidential and parliamentary-committee. It is, thus, an internally diversified system. It is influenced by a number of factors, among others, the type of party system, the way of granting the non-confidence vote and dissolving the parliament, as well as the scope of so called delegated legislation.In contemporary parliamentary democracies aspirations to strengthen executives can be observed...
On the periodisation of the battle for East Prussia in 1944—1945
This article considers the problematic issue of the prehistory of the Kaliningrad region. The author analyses different approaches to the periodisation of the East Prussian offensive, delimits the periods of its stages and determines the date of the termination of the operation.
1.
Очерки
истории Восточной Пруссии. Калининград, 2002.
2.
Военный
энциклопедический словарь: ...
The Baltic Sea Region and the Black Sea Area: Two Pieces of the Same Puzzle
... and economic dynamics and by external actors. The aim of this research is to analyse the political and economic factors that influence the cooperation in the Baltic Sea region and the Black Sea area by means of comparative approach, which will help to determine the similarities and differences necessary to give an overview of two strategic areas in the European context.
1. Aydin M.
Regional cooperation in the
Black Sea
and the role of institutions // Perceptions Journal of International Affairs....
