The political elite recruitment in the Baltic: the role of the ethnic factor
The role of the ethnic factor in political processes in Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia has been rather significant since these countries’ independence. The author ... ... Estonian power groups had to tackle the problem of civil society formation and the development of a political regime based on democratic procedures. In these countries... ... which exist in Latvia and Estonia, “freeze” the system of elite recruitment. In the conditions of increasing social unrest, it may have an adverse effect on the overall...
The factors and pedagogical conditions for the development of general cultural competences of cadets in the current educational process at a military university
... vectors of human activities in a knowledge society, the author thoroughly analyses the current educational process at a military university in view of its contribution to the general cultural development of cadets. The author attempts to analyse the factors facilitating and inhibiting the development of general cultural competences in cadets, as well as to identify the pedagogical conditions for the development of cadet’s general cultural competences in the current educational process of a military university based on a comprehensive analysis of these factors. To this end, structural and functional connections between the general ...
Development of Aland Islands: major trends and challenges
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Martynov V. L., Sazonova I. E.
10.5922/2079-8555-2014-1-8
93-103
Aland Islands, conditions and factors of development, population change, regional features, economic and geographic position
The features of choosing an institutional development trajectory in Eastern Europe in the 16th—17th centuries: Moscovy and the Polish — Lithuanian Commonwealth
Recent decades have witnessed an increase in the number of works dedicated to the analysis of effects of historical events on the choice of institutions and further economic and social development of regions. This article employs the new institutional economic theory approach ... ... the Grand Duchy of Lithuania) in the 16th—17th centuries. The author emphasizes the factors, which affected the choice of institutional development trajectory, and considers... ... shows how the contingent property rights in Moscovy turned out to be competitive in the conditions of a considerable contribution of decentralization factors to defence capacity...
Use of mathematical methods in the analysis and forecasting of nitrogen-phosphorus cycle indicators in the Pregolya river basin
The analysis of multidimensional raw data on the state of aquatic ecosystems often requires the use ... ... monitoring data for the Pregolya River (Kaliningrad) in order to identify the main factors determining variability in the hydrochemical regime and to assess their temporal dynamics. To analyze data on indicators of the nitrogen... ... integrated application of chemometric methods serves as an effective tool for diagnosing the condition of urban water bodies, identifying pollution sources, and providing a scientific basis for the development of management decisions in the field of water resource protection.
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Measuring social well-being in the rural areas of the Kaliningrad region
This article evaluates the social wellbeing of rural municipalities of the Kaliningrad region. ... ... assessed on the basis of an analysis of statistical data and expert evaluations. Rural districts were identified ... ... geodemographic situation, investment potential, and production development. Rural municipalities were ranked according ... ... jekonomiki rossijskogo jeksklava [General and specific factors of economic development of the Russian exclave],... ... (accessed 09.12.2013).
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